Acylcarnitines qual at MultiCare Good Samaritan Hospital

401 15th Avenue Southeast, Puyallup, WA · Multicare · · NPI 1841231461

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Aug 27, 2026 · Ingested Sep 17, 2026

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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.

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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.

$8.63 with Molina vs $76.51 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 $8.63
WellPoint Apple Health $8.63
United Healthcare Apple Health $9.32
Coordinated Care Apple Health $9.32
Community Health Plan of Washington Apple Health $9.32
SCAN MedAdvantage $16.16
Premera Prime $16.49
Premera Signature $16.49
Premera HMO $16.49
First Choice MHS Employee MCC/PPO $16.61
Aetna MedAdvantage $16.65
Regence MedAdvantage $16.65
United Healthcare MedAdvantage $16.81
WellCare MedAdvantage $16.97
Molina MedAdvantage $16.97
Community Health Plan of Washington MedAdvantage $17.78
Kaiser PPO $18.14
Cigna All Commercial Plans $19.79
Premera Other Commercial Plans $20.61
First Choice MCC Wellfound Employee $23.18
Community Health Plan of Washington Cascade Care $27.25
First Choice PPO $31.33
Ambetter Coordinated Care Exchange $32.32
Aetna All Commercial Plans $76.51

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Acylcarnitines qual at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Central Medical Center Seattle $73.60 $13.00 – $13.00
Virginia Mason Medical Center Seattle $40.29 $11.54 – $51.54
Providence St Luke's Rehabilitation Medical Center Spokane not published $16.49 – $18.14
Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus Seattle not published $14.84 – $77.50
Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital Spokane not published $16.49 – $59.36
Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill Seattle not published $14.84 – $75.03
Swedish Issaquah Issaquah not published $14.84 – $77.50
Providence Centralia Hospital Centralia not published $16.49 – $102.73

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