Warde cadmium blood 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

$26.40

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.

$66.00

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.

$7.61 with Molina vs $109.69 with Aetna — 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
Molina Apple Health $7.61 ↓ -71%
WellPoint Apple Health $7.61 ↓ -71%
United Healthcare Apple Health $8.22 ↓ -69%
Community Health Plan of Washington Apple Health $8.22 ↓ -69%
Coordinated Care Apple Health $8.22 ↓ -69%
SCAN MedAdvantage $23.17 ↓ -12%
Premera HMO $23.64 ↓ -10%
Premera Signature $23.64 ↓ -10%
Premera Prime $23.64 ↓ -10%
Regence MCC/AHN $23.79 ↓ -10%
Regence Blue High Performance $23.79 ↓ -10%
First Choice MHS Employee MCC/PPO $23.81 ↓ -10%
Aetna MedAdvantage $23.86 ↓ -10%
Regence MedAdvantage $23.86 ↓ -10%
United Healthcare MedAdvantage $24.09 ↓ -9%
Molina MedAdvantage $24.33 ↓ -8%
WellCare MedAdvantage $24.33 ↓ -8%
Regence RealValue $24.47 ↓ -7%
Community Health Plan of Washington MedAdvantage $25.48 ↓ -3%
Kaiser PPO $26.00 ↓ -2%
Regence Commercial $27.19 ↑ +3%
Uniform Medical All Commercial Plans $27.19 ↑ +3%
United Healthcare All Commercial Plans $28.37 ↑ +7%
Cigna All Commercial Plans $28.37 ↑ +7%
Premera Other Commercial Plans $29.55 ↑ +12%
First Choice MCC Wellfound Employee $33.24 ↑ +26%
First Health All Commercial Plans $38.69 ↑ +47%
Multiplan/PHCS All Commercial Plans $38.69 ↑ +47%
Community Health Plan of Washington Cascade Care $39.06 ↑ +48%
First Choice PPO $44.92 ↑ +70%
Ambetter Coordinated Care Exchange $46.33 ↑ +75%
Aetna All Commercial Plans $109.69 ↑ +315%

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Warde cadmium blood at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Providence St Joseph Hospital Chewelah $99.40 not published
Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus Seattle $108.96 $21.28 – $111.11
Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill Seattle $108.96 $21.28 – $107.56
Swedish Issaquah Issaquah $108.96 $21.28 – $111.11
Central Medical Center Seattle $113.60 $18.00 – $18.00
Providence Centralia Hospital Centralia $107.12 $23.64 – $147.28
Providence Mount Carmel Hospital Colville $113.40 not published
Providence St Mary Medical Center Walla Walla $107.10 $23.64 – $43.73

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