Tracheobrnchsc thru est trachs incisn 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

$1,788.40

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.

$4,471.00

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.

$613.76 with SCAN vs $3,263.83 with First Health — 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
SCAN MedAdvantage $613.76 ↓ -66%
Regence MedAdvantage $632.18 ↓ -65%
Aetna MedAdvantage $632.18 ↓ -65%
United Healthcare MedAdvantage $638.31 ↓ -64%
Molina MedAdvantage $644.45 ↓ -64%
WellCare MedAdvantage $644.45 ↓ -64%
Community Health Plan of Washington MedAdvantage $675.14 ↓ -62%
Premera HMO $855.78 ↓ -52%
Community Health Plan of Washington Cascade Care $1,034.80 ↓ -42%
Molina Apple Health $1,139.22 ↓ -36%
Ambetter Coordinated Care Exchange $1,227.53 ↓ -31%
WellPoint Apple Health $1,230.36 ↓ -31%
United Healthcare Apple Health $1,230.36 ↓ -31%
Coordinated Care Apple Health $1,230.36 ↓ -31%
Community Health Plan of Washington Apple Health $1,230.36 ↓ -31%
Uniform Medical All Commercial Plans $1,339.41 ↓ -25%
First Choice MHS Employee MCC/PPO $1,488.95 ↓ -17%
Regence Blue High Performance $1,806.37 ↑ +1%
Regence MCC/AHN $1,806.37 ↑ +1%
Regence RealValue $1,857.98 ↑ +4%
Premera Signature $2,010.31 ↑ +12%
Premera Prime $2,055.54 ↑ +15%
Regence Commercial $2,064.42 ↑ +15%
First Choice MCC Wellfound Employee $2,078.91 ↑ +16%
Kaiser PPO $2,115.08 ↑ +18%
Aetna All Commercial Plans $2,375.82 ↑ +33%
Premera Other Commercial Plans $2,526.31 ↑ +41%
Cigna All Commercial Plans $2,588.91 ↑ +45%
United Healthcare All Commercial Plans $2,752.20 ↑ +54%
First Choice PPO $2,809.34 ↑ +57%
Multiplan/PHCS All Commercial Plans $3,263.83 ↑ +83%
First Health All Commercial Plans $3,263.83 ↑ +83%

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Tracheobrnchsc thru est trachs incisn at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Providence St Joseph Hospital Chewelah $797.30 not published
Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus Seattle $1,371.84 $624.54 – $2,076.08
Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital Spokane $1,024.10 $601.00 – $1,529.54
Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill Seattle $1,371.84 $624.54 – $2,009.83
Swedish Issaquah Issaquah $1,371.84 $626.29 – $2,076.08
Providence Centralia Hospital Centralia $902.72 $624.54 – $2,584.06
Providence Mount Carmel Hospital Colville $799.40 not published
Providence St Mary Medical Center Walla Walla $1,421.00 $487.53 – $2,005.41

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