Alcohol/subs interv 15-30mn at MultiCare Good Samaritan Hospital
401 15th Avenue Southeast, Puyallup, WA · Multicare · · NPI 1841231461
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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.
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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.
$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.
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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| 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 | — |
| Premera | HMO | $55.60 | — |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | Cascade Care | $72.25 | — |
| Ambetter | Coordinated Care Exchange | $85.71 | — |
| First Choice | MHS Employee MCC/PPO | $92.09 | — |
| Premera | Signature | $104.85 | — |
| Premera | Prime | $107.21 | — |
| First Choice | MCC Wellfound Employee | $128.58 | — |
| Premera | Other Commercial Plans | $131.76 | — |
| Kaiser | PPO | $137.42 | — |
| Aetna | All Commercial Plans | $138.99 | — |
| First Choice | PPO | $173.76 | — |
| Cigna | All Commercial Plans | $179.84 | — |
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Alcohol/subs interv 15-30mn at other Washington hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| St. Michael Medical Center | Silverdale | $68.44 | $97.69 – $139.88 |
| St. Anne Hospital | Burien | $47.35 | $66.68 – $196.13 |
| St. Anthony Hospital | Gig Harbor | $47.16 | $80.76 – $184.72 |
| St. Joseph Medical Center | Tacoma | $51.36 | $80.76 – $184.72 |
| St. Elizabeth Hospital | Enumclaw | $54.79 | $26.36 – $139.55 |
| Virginia Mason Medical Center | Seattle | $71.91 | $1.04 – $1,690.14 |
| St. Francis Hospital | Federal Way | $48.66 | $80.76 – $184.72 |
| St. Clare Hospital | Lakewood | $44.70 | $80.76 – $184.72 |