3d ech img cgen car anomal at MultiCare Good Samaritan Hospital
401 15th Avenue Southeast, Puyallup, WA · Multicare · · NPI 1841231461
$675.20
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.
$1,688.00
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.
$329.43 with Molina vs $985.50 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 | $329.43 | ↓ -51% |
| United Healthcare | Apple Health | $355.78 | ↓ -47% |
| Coordinated Care | Apple Health | $355.78 | ↓ -47% |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | Apple Health | $355.78 | ↓ -47% |
| WellPoint | Apple Health | $355.78 | ↓ -47% |
| Multiplan/PHCS | All Commercial Plans | $985.50 | ↑ +46% |
| First Health | All Commercial Plans | $985.50 | ↑ +46% |
| 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 | — |
Visitor-reported prices
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3d ech img cgen car anomal at other Washington hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital | Spokane | $1,092.70 | $333.57 – $333.57 |
| Kadlec Regional Medical Center | Richland | $695.10 | $41.89 – $41.89 |
| Providence Holy Family Hospital | Spokane | $1,072.40 | $240.74 – $240.74 |
| Providence Regional Medical Center Everett - Colby Campus | Everett | $690.56 | $314.53 – $314.53 |
| Providence St Peter Hospital | Olympia | $750.88 | $333.57 – $333.57 |
| MultiCare Valley Hospital | Spokane Valley | $540.00 | $314.78 – $333.30 |
| MultiCare Yakima Memorial Hospital | Yakima | $540.00 | not published |
| St. Michael Medical Center | Silverdale | $524.06 | $748.06 – $1,068.66 |