Thi/glut/ischia wgt bearing 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.

$326.06 with Regence vs $1,681.62 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 $326.06
Regence MCC/AHN $326.06
Regence RealValue $335.38
Uniform Medical All Commercial Plans $372.64
Regence Commercial $372.64
First Choice MHS Employee MCC/PPO $378.37
SCAN MedAdvantage $381.43
Regence MedAdvantage $392.87
Aetna MedAdvantage $392.87
United Healthcare MedAdvantage $396.68
Molina MedAdvantage $400.50
WellCare MedAdvantage $400.50
Community Health Plan of Washington MedAdvantage $419.57
Aetna All Commercial Plans $511.32
First Choice MCC Wellfound Employee $528.29
Cigna All Commercial Plans $534.21
Premera HMO $581.12
Community Health Plan of Washington Cascade Care $643.08
Premera Signature $670.75
Premera Prime $670.75
First Choice PPO $713.90
Ambetter Coordinated Care Exchange $762.85
Premera Other Commercial Plans $819.81
Kaiser PPO $1,681.62

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Thi/glut/ischia wgt bearing at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Providence St Luke's Rehabilitation Medical Center Spokane not published $389.21 – $428.13
Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus Seattle not published $389.21 – $1,182.42
Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital Spokane not published $389.21 – $990.54
Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill Seattle not published $389.21 – $951.87
Swedish Issaquah Issaquah not published $389.21 – $864.05
Providence Centralia Hospital Centralia not published $389.21 – $736.11
Swedish Edmonds Hospital Edmonds not published $389.21 – $1,269.16
Kadlec Regional Medical Center Richland not published $389.21 – $720.04

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