Ambl bp mntr w/sw a/r 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

$276.80

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.

$692.00

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.

$48.48 with Molina vs $693.43 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 $48.48 ↓ -82%
United Healthcare Apple Health $52.36 ↓ -81%
WellPoint Apple Health $52.36 ↓ -81%
Community Health Plan of Washington Apple Health $52.36 ↓ -81%
Coordinated Care Apple Health $52.36 ↓ -81%
SCAN MedAdvantage $152.17 ↓ -45%
Aetna MedAdvantage $156.74 ↓ -43%
Regence MedAdvantage $156.74 ↓ -43%
United Healthcare MedAdvantage $158.26 ↓ -43%
WellCare MedAdvantage $159.78 ↓ -42%
Molina MedAdvantage $159.78 ↓ -42%
Community Health Plan of Washington MedAdvantage $167.39 ↓ -40%
Premera HMO $217.52 ↓ -21%
Community Health Plan of Washington Cascade Care $256.56 ↓ -7%
Ambetter Coordinated Care Exchange $304.34 ↑ +10%
Uniform Medical All Commercial Plans $310.97 ↑ +12%
First Choice MHS Employee MCC/PPO $367.52 ↑ +33%
Regence Blue High Performance $419.38 ↑ +52%
Regence MCC/AHN $419.38 ↑ +52%
Regence RealValue $431.36 ↑ +56%
Premera Signature $466.71 ↑ +69%
Premera Prime $477.22 ↑ +72%
Regence Commercial $479.29 ↑ +73%
Multiplan/PHCS All Commercial Plans $505.16 ↑ +83%
First Health All Commercial Plans $505.16 ↑ +83%
First Choice MCC Wellfound Employee $513.14 ↑ +85%
Kaiser PPO $537.59 ↑ +94%
Premera Other Commercial Plans $586.51 ↑ +112%
Aetna All Commercial Plans $601.37 ↑ +117%
Cigna All Commercial Plans $638.68 ↑ +131%
United Healthcare All Commercial Plans $678.96 ↑ +145%
First Choice PPO $693.43 ↑ +151%

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Ambl bp mntr w/sw a/r at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Providence St Mary Medical Center Walla Walla $194.60 $113.19 – $274.28
MultiCare Valley Hospital Spokane Valley $214.00 $46.32 – $516.69
MultiCare Auburn Medical Center Auburn $276.80 $47.38 – $638.68
Virginia Mason Medical Center Seattle $243.27 $0.15 – $892.48
MultiCare Capital Medical Center Olympia $276.80 $50.99 – $688.38
MultiCare Covington Medical Center Covington $276.80 $47.38 – $638.68
MultiCare Mary Bridge Children's Hospital Tacoma $276.80 $48.26 – $913.21
MultiCare Allenmore Hospital Tacoma $276.80 $48.50 – $638.68

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