Sweat collection by iontophoresis at MultiCare Covington Medical Center
17700 SE 272nd Street, Covington, WA · Multicare · · NPI 1326564071
$94.40
Cash price Discounted cash price What a hospital charges a self-pay patient who pays directly, without going through insurance — usually well below the gross charge. Example: A CT scan has a $3,200 gross charge but an $850 discounted cash price. Ask for it by name when scheduling — hospitals don't always advertise it up front.
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What you pay up front if you don't use insurance.
$236.00
Gross charge Gross charge (chargemaster price) The hospital's full, undiscounted list price — pulled from its internal "chargemaster" price list. Almost no one actually pays this. Example: A chest X-ray has a gross charge of $1,450. The same hospital's discounted cash price for the same X-ray is $180 — the gross charge mostly anchors negotiations, not what patients pay.
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The hospital's undiscounted list price — almost no one pays this.
$20.02 with Molina vs $314.63 with First Choice — same scan, same building. Share
Negotiated rates by payer
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Negotiated rate
The price a specific insurance plan agreed to pay the hospital for a service — it varies by insurer, and even by plan within the same insurer.
Example: The same knee MRI has a negotiated rate of $904 with one insurer's PPO plan and $1,509 with another's — identical hospital, identical scan.
Full explanation →
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Negotiated rate
The price a specific insurance plan agreed to pay the hospital for a service — it varies by insurer, and even by plan within the same insurer.
Example: The same knee MRI has a negotiated rate of $904 with one insurer's PPO plan and $1,509 with another's — identical hospital, identical scan.
Full explanation →Payer ?Payer The insurance company footing the bill — Aetna, UnitedHealthcare, Medicare, and so on. Example: "Blue Cross Blue Shield" is the payer. Its negotiated rate for an MRI might be $904, while a different payer's negotiated rate for the same scan is $1,509. Full explanation → |
Plan ?Plan The specific product an insurer sells — e.g. "Blue Cross PPO 500" — which sets your deductible, coinsurance and negotiated rates. Example: Two people both insured by Aetna can owe very different amounts for the same MRI: $50 with an HMO plan's flat copay, or the full $1,200 toward a high-deductible PPO plan's unmet deductible. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
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| Molina | Apple Health | $20.02 | ↓ -79% |
| WellPoint | Apple Health | $20.02 | ↓ -79% |
| United Healthcare | Apple Health | $21.63 | ↓ -77% |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | Apple Health | $21.63 | ↓ -77% |
| Coordinated Care | Apple Health | $21.63 | ↓ -77% |
| SCAN | MedAdvantage | $59.30 | ↓ -37% |
| Aetna | MedAdvantage | $61.08 | ↓ -35% |
| Regence | MedAdvantage | $61.08 | ↓ -35% |
| United Healthcare | MedAdvantage | $61.68 | ↓ -35% |
| WellCare | MedAdvantage | $62.27 | ↓ -34% |
| Molina | MedAdvantage | $62.27 | ↓ -34% |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | MedAdvantage | $65.23 | ↓ -31% |
| Premera | HMO | $93.92 | ↓ -1% |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | Cascade Care | $99.99 | ↑ +6% |
| Ambetter | Coordinated Care Exchange | $118.61 | ↑ +26% |
| Uniform Medical | All Commercial Plans | $131.91 | ↑ +40% |
| Multiplan/PHCS | All Commercial Plans | $137.97 | ↑ +46% |
| First Health | All Commercial Plans | $137.97 | ↑ +46% |
| First Choice | MHS Employee MCC/PPO | $166.75 | ↑ +77% |
| Regence | MCC/AHN | $177.90 | ↑ +88% |
| Regence | Blue High Performance | $177.90 | ↑ +88% |
| Regence | RealValue | $182.99 | ↑ +94% |
| Premera | Signature | $197.97 | ↑ +110% |
| Premera | Prime | $202.43 | ↑ +114% |
| Regence | Commercial | $203.32 | ↑ +115% |
| Kaiser | PPO | $232.15 | ↑ +146% |
| First Choice | MCC Wellfound Employee | $232.83 | ↑ +147% |
| Premera | Other Commercial Plans | $248.79 | ↑ +164% |
| Aetna | All Commercial Plans | $249.27 | ↑ +164% |
| Cigna | All Commercial Plans | $250.15 | ↑ +165% |
| United Healthcare | All Commercial Plans | $265.92 | ↑ +182% |
| First Choice | PPO | $314.63 | ↑ +233% |
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Sweat collection by iontophoresis at other Washington hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Providence St Luke's Rehabilitation Medical Center | Spokane | $105.21 | $58.07 – $63.88 |
| Providence St Joseph Hospital | Chewelah | $100.80 | not published |
| Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital | Spokane | $247.10 | $6.34 – $178.09 |
| Central Medical Center | Seattle | $128.80 | $130.00 – $130.00 |
| Providence Mount Carmel Hospital | Colville | $154.70 | not published |
| Kadlec Regional Medical Center | Richland | $68.60 | $4.01 – $193.43 |
| Providence Holy Family Hospital | Spokane | $172.20 | $6.34 – $152.43 |
| MultiCare Yakima Memorial Hospital | Yakima | $63.20 | $62.17 – $168.64 |