Test socket knee disarticula at MultiCare Covington Medical Center

17700 SE 272nd Street, Covington, WA · Multicare · · NPI 1326564071

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Aug 27, 2026 · Ingested Sep 17, 2026

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Cash price

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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.

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Gross charge

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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.

$429.07 with Regence vs $2,212.82 with Kaiser — 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.

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Payer
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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.

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Plan
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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.

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Negotiated rate vs. cash
Regence Blue High Performance $429.07
Regence MCC/AHN $429.07
Regence RealValue $441.32
Uniform Medical All Commercial Plans $490.36
Regence Commercial $490.36
First Choice MHS Employee MCC/PPO $497.87
SCAN MedAdvantage $501.93
Regence MedAdvantage $516.98
Aetna MedAdvantage $516.98
United Healthcare MedAdvantage $522.00
Molina MedAdvantage $527.02
WellCare MedAdvantage $527.02
Community Health Plan of Washington MedAdvantage $552.12
Aetna All Commercial Plans $672.85
First Choice MCC Wellfound Employee $695.14
Cigna All Commercial Plans $702.98
Premera HMO $764.69
Community Health Plan of Washington Cascade Care $846.25
Premera Signature $882.65
Premera Prime $882.65
First Choice PPO $939.38
Ambetter Coordinated Care Exchange $1,003.85
Premera Other Commercial Plans $1,078.79
Kaiser PPO $2,212.82

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Test socket knee disarticula at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Providence St Luke's Rehabilitation Medical Center Spokane not published $512.17 – $563.39
Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus Seattle not published $512.17 – $1,555.97
Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital Spokane not published $512.17 – $1,303.47
Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill Seattle not published $512.17 – $1,252.50
Swedish Issaquah Issaquah not published $512.17 – $1,137.02
Providence Centralia Hospital Centralia not published $512.17 – $968.60
Swedish Edmonds Hospital Edmonds not published $512.17 – $1,670.00
Kadlec Regional Medical Center Richland not published $512.17 – $947.51

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