Administration vaccine pneumococcal 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

$38.80

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.

$97.00

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.

$27.29 with Molina vs $242.38 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.

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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 $27.29 ↓ -30%
United Healthcare Apple Health $29.48 ↓ -24%
WellPoint Apple Health $29.48 ↓ -24%
Community Health Plan of Washington Apple Health $29.48 ↓ -24%
Coordinated Care Apple Health $29.48 ↓ -24%
SCAN MedAdvantage $53.56 ↑ +38%
Aetna MedAdvantage $55.16 ↑ +42%
Regence MedAdvantage $55.16 ↑ +42%
United Healthcare MedAdvantage $55.70 ↑ +44%
WellCare MedAdvantage $56.23 ↑ +45%
Molina MedAdvantage $56.23 ↑ +45%
Community Health Plan of Washington MedAdvantage $58.91 ↑ +52%
Multiplan/PHCS All Commercial Plans $70.81 ↑ +83%
First Health All Commercial Plans $70.81 ↑ +83%
Premera HMO $79.38 ↑ +105%
Community Health Plan of Washington Cascade Care $90.29 ↑ +133%
Ambetter Coordinated Care Exchange $107.11 ↑ +176%
Uniform Medical All Commercial Plans $115.64 ↑ +198%
First Choice MHS Employee MCC/PPO $128.46 ↑ +231%
Regence MCC/AHN $155.95 ↑ +302%
Regence Blue High Performance $155.95 ↑ +302%
Regence RealValue $160.41 ↑ +313%
Premera Signature $173.54 ↑ +347%
Premera Prime $177.45 ↑ +357%
Regence Commercial $178.23 ↑ +359%
First Choice MCC Wellfound Employee $179.36 ↑ +362%
Kaiser PPO $196.17 ↑ +406%
Aetna All Commercial Plans $215.24 ↑ +455%
Premera Other Commercial Plans $218.09 ↑ +462%
Cigna All Commercial Plans $224.76 ↑ +479%
United Healthcare All Commercial Plans $238.94 ↑ +516%
First Choice PPO $242.38 ↑ +525%

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Administration vaccine pneumococcal at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus Seattle $56.64 $54.22 – $179.12
Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill Seattle $56.64 $54.22 – $173.40
Swedish Issaquah Issaquah $56.64 $54.38 – $179.12
Swedish Edmonds Hospital Edmonds $19.68 $53.33 – $171.50
MultiCare Valley Hospital Spokane Valley $96.80 $26.08 – $188.55
MultiCare Yakima Memorial Hospital Yakima $84.40 $55.86 – $147.83
St. Michael Medical Center Silverdale $58.56 $83.59 – $199.69
St. Anne Hospital Burien $40.52 $57.06 – $136.45

All Washington hospitals for this procedure →