Test pathogen(s) for platelets reference at MultiCare Covington Medical Center
17700 SE 272nd Street, Covington, WA · Multicare · · NPI 1326564071
$185.20
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.
$463.00
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.
$6.66 with Molina vs $301.04 with United Healthcare — 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 | $6.66 | ↓ -96% |
| United Healthcare | Apple Health | $7.20 | ↓ -96% |
| WellPoint | Apple Health | $7.20 | ↓ -96% |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | Apple Health | $7.20 | ↓ -96% |
| Coordinated Care | Apple Health | $7.20 | ↓ -96% |
| SCAN | MedAdvantage | $67.13 | ↓ -64% |
| Aetna | MedAdvantage | $69.15 | ↓ -63% |
| Regence | MedAdvantage | $69.15 | ↓ -63% |
| United Healthcare | MedAdvantage | $69.82 | ↓ -62% |
| WellCare | MedAdvantage | $70.49 | ↓ -62% |
| Molina | MedAdvantage | $70.49 | ↓ -62% |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | MedAdvantage | $73.85 | ↓ -60% |
| Premera | HMO | $107.68 | ↓ -42% |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | Cascade Care | $113.19 | ↓ -39% |
| First Choice | MHS Employee MCC/PPO | $119.66 | ↓ -35% |
| Ambetter | Coordinated Care Exchange | $134.27 | ↓ -28% |
| Uniform Medical | All Commercial Plans | $148.91 | ↓ -20% |
| First Choice | MCC Wellfound Employee | $167.08 | ↓ -10% |
| Regence | MCC/AHN | $200.82 | ↑ +8% |
| Regence | Blue High Performance | $200.82 | ↑ +8% |
| Regence | RealValue | $206.56 | ↑ +12% |
| Premera | Signature | $223.47 | ↑ +21% |
| First Choice | PPO | $225.78 | ↑ +22% |
| Premera | Prime | $228.50 | ↑ +23% |
| Regence | Commercial | $229.51 | ↑ +24% |
| Kaiser | PPO | $266.13 | ↑ +44% |
| First Health | All Commercial Plans | $270.10 | ↑ +46% |
| Multiplan/PHCS | All Commercial Plans | $270.10 | ↑ +46% |
| Aetna | All Commercial Plans | $277.10 | ↑ +50% |
| Premera | Other Commercial Plans | $280.83 | ↑ +52% |
| Cigna | All Commercial Plans | $283.18 | ↑ +53% |
| United Healthcare | All Commercial Plans | $301.04 | ↑ +63% |
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Test pathogen(s) for platelets reference at other Washington hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus | Seattle | $256.80 | $68.31 – $207.53 |
| Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill | Seattle | $256.80 | $68.31 – $161.53 |
| Swedish Issaquah | Issaquah | $256.80 | $68.50 – $166.85 |
| Swedish Edmonds Hospital | Edmonds | $228.00 | $67.18 – $170.64 |
| Providence Regional Medical Center Everett - Colby Campus | Everett | $278.20 | $67.18 – $155.86 |
| MultiCare Valley Hospital | Spokane Valley | $105.20 | $6.51 – $255.79 |
| MultiCare Yakima Memorial Hospital | Yakima | $105.60 | $64.97 – $190.36 |
| MultiCare Auburn Medical Center | Auburn | $185.20 | $6.66 – $283.18 |