2nd order venous cath at MultiCare Good Samaritan Hospital
401 15th Avenue Southeast, Puyallup, WA · Multicare · · NPI 1841231461
$1,043.20
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.
$2,608.00
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.
$451.14 with Molina vs $1,903.84 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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| Molina | Apple Health | $451.14 | ↓ -57% |
| United Healthcare | Apple Health | $487.23 | ↓ -53% |
| Coordinated Care | Apple Health | $487.23 | ↓ -53% |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | Apple Health | $487.23 | ↓ -53% |
| WellPoint | Apple Health | $487.23 | ↓ -53% |
| Multiplan/PHCS | All Commercial Plans | $1,903.84 | ↑ +83% |
| First Health | All Commercial Plans | $1,903.84 | ↑ +83% |
| Cigna | All Commercial Plans | not published by hospital | — |
| Kaiser | PPO | not published by hospital | — |
| First Choice | PPO | not published by hospital | — |
| First Choice | MCC Wellfound Employee | not published by hospital | — |
| First Choice | MHS Employee MCC/PPO | not published by hospital | — |
| United Healthcare | All Commercial Plans | not published by hospital | — |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | Cascade Care | not published by hospital | — |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | MedAdvantage | not published by hospital | — |
| Premera | HMO | not published by hospital | — |
| Premera | Signature | not published by hospital | — |
| Premera | Other Commercial Plans | not published by hospital | — |
| Premera | Prime | not published by hospital | — |
| Regence | Commercial | not published by hospital | — |
| Regence | Blue High Performance | not published by hospital | — |
| Regence | MCC/AHN | not published by hospital | — |
| Regence | MedAdvantage | not published by hospital | — |
| Regence | RealValue | not published by hospital | — |
| Uniform Medical | All Commercial Plans | not published by hospital | — |
| SCAN | MedAdvantage | not published by hospital | — |
| United Healthcare | MedAdvantage | not published by hospital | — |
| WellCare | MedAdvantage | not published by hospital | — |
| Aetna | All Commercial Plans | not published by hospital | — |
| Aetna | MedAdvantage | not published by hospital | — |
| Molina | MedAdvantage | not published by hospital | — |
| Ambetter | Coordinated Care Exchange | not published by hospital | — |
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2nd order venous cath at other Washington hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus | Seattle | $11,442.24 | not published |
| Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital | Spokane | $980.00 | $13,212.00 – $13,212.00 |
| Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill | Seattle | $11,442.24 | not published |
| Swedish Issaquah | Issaquah | $11,442.24 | $9,339.00 – $9,339.00 |
| Central Medical Center | Seattle | $3,600.00 | not published |
| Providence St Mary Medical Center | Walla Walla | $868.00 | $6,522.00 – $6,522.00 |
| Kadlec Regional Medical Center | Richland | $1,973.30 | $290.30 – $290.30 |
| Providence Holy Family Hospital | Spokane | $511.00 | $3,379.00 – $3,379.00 |