Adv prim care mgmt lvl 2 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.

$42.85 with SCAN vs $179.84 with Cigna — 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
SCAN MedAdvantage $42.85
Aetna MedAdvantage $44.14
Regence MedAdvantage $44.14
United Healthcare MedAdvantage $44.57
Molina MedAdvantage $45.00
WellCare MedAdvantage $45.00
Community Health Plan of Washington MedAdvantage $47.14
Community Health Plan of Washington Cascade Care $72.25
Ambetter Coordinated Care Exchange $85.71
Premera Signature $104.85
Premera Prime $107.21
Premera Other Commercial Plans $131.76
Kaiser PPO $137.93
Aetna All Commercial Plans $138.99
Cigna All Commercial Plans $179.84

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Adv prim care mgmt lvl 2 at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus Seattle not published $43.39 – $131.81
Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital Spokane not published $41.75 – $106.26
Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill Seattle not published $43.39 – $101.53
Swedish Issaquah Issaquah not published $43.51 – $96.59
Providence Centralia Hospital Centralia not published $43.39 – $80.27
Swedish Edmonds Hospital Edmonds not published $42.67 – $108.38
Providence St Mary Medical Center Walla Walla not published $27.70 – $77.24
Providence Holy Family Hospital Spokane not published $41.75 – $109.60

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