Urinary reflex study at MultiCare Covington Medical Center
17700 SE 272nd Street, Covington, WA · Multicare · · NPI 1326564071
$201.60
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.
$504.00
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.
$67.13 with SCAN vs $367.92 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.
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 |
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| SCAN | MedAdvantage | $67.13 | ↓ -67% |
| Aetna | MedAdvantage | $69.15 | ↓ -66% |
| Regence | MedAdvantage | $69.15 | ↓ -66% |
| United Healthcare | MedAdvantage | $69.82 | ↓ -65% |
| Molina | MedAdvantage | $70.49 | ↓ -65% |
| WellCare | MedAdvantage | $70.49 | ↓ -65% |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | MedAdvantage | $73.85 | ↓ -63% |
| Premera | HMO | $107.68 | ↓ -47% |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | Cascade Care | $113.19 | ↓ -44% |
| Ambetter | Coordinated Care Exchange | $134.27 | ↓ -33% |
| Uniform Medical | All Commercial Plans | $148.91 | ↓ -26% |
| First Choice | MHS Employee MCC/PPO | $185.43 | ↓ -8% |
| Regence | MCC/AHN | $200.82 | ↓ -0% |
| Regence | Blue High Performance | $200.82 | ↓ -0% |
| Regence | RealValue | $206.56 | ↑ +2% |
| Premera | Signature | $223.47 | ↑ +11% |
| Premera | Prime | $228.50 | ↑ +13% |
| Regence | Commercial | $229.51 | ↑ +14% |
| First Choice | MCC Wellfound Employee | $258.90 | ↑ +28% |
| Molina | Apple Health | $263.66 | ↑ +31% |
| Kaiser | PPO | $266.13 | ↑ +32% |
| Aetna | All Commercial Plans | $277.10 | ↑ +37% |
| Premera | Other Commercial Plans | $280.83 | ↑ +39% |
| Cigna | All Commercial Plans | $283.18 | ↑ +40% |
| WellPoint | Apple Health | $284.75 | ↑ +41% |
| United Healthcare | Apple Health | $284.75 | ↑ +41% |
| Coordinated Care | Apple Health | $284.75 | ↑ +41% |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | Apple Health | $284.75 | ↑ +41% |
| United Healthcare | All Commercial Plans | $301.04 | ↑ +49% |
| First Choice | PPO | $349.86 | ↑ +74% |
| Multiplan/PHCS | All Commercial Plans | $367.92 | ↑ +83% |
| First Health | All Commercial Plans | $367.92 | ↑ +83% |
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Urinary reflex study at other Washington hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| MultiCare Auburn Medical Center | Auburn | $201.60 | $67.13 – $284.75 |
| MultiCare Good Samaritan Hospital | Puyallup | $201.60 | $67.47 – $291.33 |
| Virginia Mason Medical Center | Seattle | $173.40 | $7.93 – $1,025.05 |
| MultiCare Capital Medical Center | Olympia | $201.60 | $66.95 – $420.35 |
| MultiCare Mary Bridge Children's Hospital | Tacoma | $201.60 | $69.49 – $953.23 |
| MultiCare Allenmore Hospital | Tacoma | $201.60 | $67.47 – $291.45 |
| Providence St Luke's Rehabilitation Medical Center | Spokane | not published | $65.74 – $72.31 |
| Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus | Seattle | not published | $68.31 – $258.55 |