Tprnl plmt biodegrdabl matrl at MultiCare Covington Medical Center
17700 SE 272nd Street, Covington, WA · Multicare · · NPI 1326564071
$4,193.20
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.
$10,483.00
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.
$6,101.80 with SCAN vs $27,361.16 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| SCAN | MedAdvantage | $6,101.80 | ↑ +46% |
| Regence | MedAdvantage | $6,284.85 | ↑ +50% |
| Aetna | MedAdvantage | $6,284.85 | ↑ +50% |
| United Healthcare | MedAdvantage | $6,345.87 | ↑ +51% |
| Molina | MedAdvantage | $6,406.89 | ↑ +53% |
| WellCare | MedAdvantage | $6,406.89 | ↑ +53% |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | MedAdvantage | $6,711.98 | ↑ +60% |
| First Health | All Commercial Plans | $7,652.59 | ↑ +83% |
| Multiplan/PHCS | All Commercial Plans | $7,652.59 | ↑ +83% |
| Premera | HMO | $8,258.25 | ↑ +97% |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | Cascade Care | $10,287.63 | ↑ +145% |
| Ambetter | Coordinated Care Exchange | $12,203.60 | ↑ +191% |
| Uniform Medical | All Commercial Plans | $12,596.35 | ↑ +200% |
| First Choice | MHS Employee MCC/PPO | $14,263.94 | ↑ +240% |
| Regence | Blue High Performance | $16,987.82 | ↑ +305% |
| Regence | MCC/AHN | $16,987.82 | ↑ +305% |
| Regence | RealValue | $17,473.19 | ↑ +317% |
| Premera | Signature | $18,905.74 | ↑ +351% |
| Premera | Prime | $19,331.15 | ↑ +361% |
| Regence | Commercial | $19,414.66 | ↑ +363% |
| First Choice | MCC Wellfound Employee | $19,915.70 | ↑ +375% |
| Kaiser | PPO | $21,771.09 | ↑ +419% |
| Aetna | All Commercial Plans | $23,716.62 | ↑ +466% |
| Premera | Other Commercial Plans | $23,758.42 | ↑ +467% |
| Cigna | All Commercial Plans | $25,737.83 | ↑ +514% |
| First Choice | PPO | $26,913.10 | ↑ +542% |
| United Healthcare | All Commercial Plans | $27,361.16 | ↑ +553% |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | Apple Health | not published by hospital | — |
| Coordinated Care | Apple Health | not published by hospital | — |
| Molina | Apple Health | not published by hospital | — |
| United Healthcare | Apple Health | not published by hospital | — |
| WellPoint | Apple Health | not published by hospital | — |
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Tprnl plmt biodegrdabl matrl at other Washington hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Providence St Mary Medical Center | Walla Walla | $4,266.50 | $4,584.97 – $19,211.55 |
| MultiCare Auburn Medical Center | Auburn | $4,193.20 | $6,101.80 – $25,737.83 |
| MultiCare Good Samaritan Hospital | Puyallup | $4,193.20 | $6,132.40 – $25,737.83 |
| Virginia Mason Medical Center | Seattle | $7,425.60 | $35.55 – $790.96 |
| MultiCare Capital Medical Center | Olympia | $4,193.20 | $6,084.73 – $27,740.48 |
| MultiCare Mary Bridge Children's Hospital | Tacoma | $4,193.20 | $6,316.37 – $36,982.65 |
| MultiCare Allenmore Hospital | Tacoma | $4,193.20 | $6,132.40 – $25,737.83 |
| Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus | Seattle | not published | $6,208.90 – $19,888.61 |