Tomosynthesis breast diagnostic left at MultiCare Covington Medical Center
17700 SE 272nd Street, Covington, WA · Multicare · · NPI 1326564071
$46.00
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.
$115.00
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.
$21.12 with Regence vs $134.96 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.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Regence | MCC/AHN | $21.12 | ↓ -54% |
| Regence | Blue High Performance | $21.12 | ↓ -54% |
| Aetna | All Commercial Plans | $21.19 | ↓ -54% |
| Regence | RealValue | $21.72 | ↓ -53% |
| Uniform Medical | All Commercial Plans | $24.14 | ↓ -48% |
| Regence | Commercial | $24.14 | ↓ -48% |
| Cigna | All Commercial Plans | $25.97 | ↓ -44% |
| First Choice | MHS Employee MCC/PPO | $30.13 | ↓ -35% |
| Molina | Apple Health | $35.14 | ↓ -24% |
| Premera | Prime | $35.55 | ↓ -23% |
| Premera | Signature | $35.55 | ↓ -23% |
| Coordinated Care | Apple Health | $37.95 | ↓ -18% |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | Apple Health | $37.95 | ↓ -18% |
| WellPoint | Apple Health | $37.95 | ↓ -18% |
| United Healthcare | Apple Health | $37.95 | ↓ -18% |
| Premera | HMO | $40.10 | ↓ -13% |
| United Healthcare | All Commercial Plans | $40.65 | ↓ -12% |
| First Choice | MCC Wellfound Employee | $42.06 | ↓ -9% |
| Premera | Other Commercial Plans | $43.45 | ↓ -6% |
| SCAN | MedAdvantage | $44.78 | ↓ -3% |
| Aetna | MedAdvantage | $46.12 | ↑ +0% |
| Regence | MedAdvantage | $46.12 | ↑ +0% |
| United Healthcare | MedAdvantage | $46.57 | ↑ +1% |
| WellCare | MedAdvantage | $47.02 | ↑ +2% |
| Molina | MedAdvantage | $47.02 | ↑ +2% |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | MedAdvantage | $49.25 | ↑ +7% |
| First Choice | PPO | $56.84 | ↑ +24% |
| First Health | All Commercial Plans | $67.16 | ↑ +46% |
| Multiplan/PHCS | All Commercial Plans | $67.16 | ↑ +46% |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | Cascade Care | $75.49 | ↑ +64% |
| Ambetter | Coordinated Care Exchange | $89.55 | ↑ +95% |
| Kaiser | PPO | $134.96 | ↑ +193% |
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Tomosynthesis breast diagnostic left at other Washington hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Providence St Joseph Hospital | Chewelah | $46.20 | not published |
| Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus | Seattle | $145.44 | $10.70 – $48.00 |
| Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill | Seattle | $145.44 | $10.70 – $75.79 |
| Swedish Issaquah | Issaquah | $145.44 | $10.70 – $48.00 |
| Central Medical Center | Seattle | $56.00 | $16.00 – $16.00 |
| Providence Centralia Hospital | Centralia | $156.52 | $13.37 – $105.98 |
| Providence St Mary Medical Center | Walla Walla | $41.30 | $13.37 – $24.73 |
| Kadlec Regional Medical Center | Richland | $45.50 | $13.37 – $46.74 |