Abrasion lesion single at MultiCare Good Samaritan Hospital
401 15th Avenue Southeast, Puyallup, WA · Multicare · · NPI 1841231461
$461.60
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.
$1,154.00
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.
$116.08 with Molina vs $1,111.28 with First Choice — 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 | $116.08 | ↓ -75% |
| United Healthcare | Apple Health | $125.37 | ↓ -73% |
| WellPoint | Apple Health | $125.37 | ↓ -73% |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | Apple Health | $125.37 | ↓ -73% |
| Coordinated Care | Apple Health | $125.37 | ↓ -73% |
| SCAN | MedAdvantage | $229.47 | ↓ -50% |
| Aetna | MedAdvantage | $236.35 | ↓ -49% |
| Regence | MedAdvantage | $236.35 | ↓ -49% |
| United Healthcare | MedAdvantage | $238.65 | ↓ -48% |
| WellCare | MedAdvantage | $240.94 | ↓ -48% |
| Molina | MedAdvantage | $240.94 | ↓ -48% |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | MedAdvantage | $252.42 | ↓ -45% |
| Premera | HMO | $338.30 | ↓ -27% |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | Cascade Care | $386.89 | ↓ -16% |
| Ambetter | Coordinated Care Exchange | $458.94 | ↓ -1% |
| Uniform Medical | All Commercial Plans | $487.37 | ↑ +6% |
| First Choice | MHS Employee MCC/PPO | $588.98 | ↑ +28% |
| Regence | Blue High Performance | $657.28 | ↑ +42% |
| Regence | MCC/AHN | $657.28 | ↑ +42% |
| Regence | RealValue | $676.06 | ↑ +46% |
| Premera | Signature | $731.47 | ↑ +58% |
| Premera | Prime | $747.93 | ↑ +62% |
| Regence | Commercial | $751.17 | ↑ +63% |
| First Choice | MCC Wellfound Employee | $822.35 | ↑ +78% |
| Kaiser | PPO | $836.09 | ↑ +81% |
| Multiplan/PHCS | All Commercial Plans | $842.42 | ↑ +83% |
| First Health | All Commercial Plans | $842.42 | ↑ +83% |
| Premera | Other Commercial Plans | $919.22 | ↑ +99% |
| Aetna | All Commercial Plans | $927.01 | ↑ +101% |
| Cigna | All Commercial Plans | $963.09 | ↑ +109% |
| United Healthcare | All Commercial Plans | $1,023.83 | ↑ +122% |
| First Choice | PPO | $1,111.28 | ↑ +141% |
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Abrasion lesion single at other Washington hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Providence Regional Medical Center Everett - Colby Campus | Everett | $360.88 | $228.48 – $681.45 |
| MultiCare Auburn Medical Center | Auburn | $461.60 | $113.46 – $963.09 |
| MultiCare Capital Medical Center | Olympia | $461.60 | $122.10 – $1,038.03 |
| MultiCare Covington Medical Center | Covington | $461.60 | $113.46 – $963.09 |
| MultiCare Mary Bridge Children's Hospital | Tacoma | $461.60 | $115.55 – $1,420.26 |
| MultiCare Allenmore Hospital | Tacoma | $461.60 | $116.13 – $963.09 |
| Providence St Luke's Rehabilitation Medical Center | Spokane | not published | $223.58 – $245.93 |
| Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus | Seattle | not published | $232.33 – $821.23 |