Amniocentesis therapeutic at MultiCare Good Samaritan Hospital
401 15th Avenue Southeast, Puyallup, WA · Multicare · · NPI 1841231461
$856.80
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.
$2,142.00
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.
$348.53 with SCAN vs $1,721.78 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.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| SCAN | MedAdvantage | $348.53 | ↓ -59% |
| Regence | MedAdvantage | $358.98 | ↓ -58% |
| Aetna | MedAdvantage | $358.98 | ↓ -58% |
| United Healthcare | MedAdvantage | $362.47 | ↓ -58% |
| Molina | MedAdvantage | $365.95 | ↓ -57% |
| WellCare | MedAdvantage | $365.95 | ↓ -57% |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | MedAdvantage | $383.38 | ↓ -55% |
| Molina | Apple Health | $462.01 | ↓ -46% |
| WellPoint | Apple Health | $498.97 | ↓ -42% |
| United Healthcare | Apple Health | $498.97 | ↓ -42% |
| Coordinated Care | Apple Health | $498.97 | ↓ -42% |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | Apple Health | $498.97 | ↓ -42% |
| Premera | HMO | $546.93 | ↓ -36% |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | Cascade Care | $587.61 | ↓ -31% |
| Ambetter | Coordinated Care Exchange | $697.05 | ↓ -19% |
| Uniform Medical | All Commercial Plans | $780.96 | ↓ -9% |
| First Choice | MHS Employee MCC/PPO | $912.54 | ↑ +7% |
| Regence | MCC/AHN | $1,053.23 | ↑ +23% |
| Regence | Blue High Performance | $1,053.23 | ↑ +23% |
| Regence | RealValue | $1,083.32 | ↑ +26% |
| Premera | Signature | $1,172.14 | ↑ +37% |
| Premera | Prime | $1,198.52 | ↑ +40% |
| Regence | Commercial | $1,203.69 | ↑ +40% |
| First Choice | MCC Wellfound Employee | $1,274.12 | ↑ +49% |
| Kaiser | PPO | $1,351.77 | ↑ +58% |
| Aetna | All Commercial Plans | $1,419.14 | ↑ +66% |
| Cigna | All Commercial Plans | $1,462.78 | ↑ +71% |
| Premera | Other Commercial Plans | $1,473.01 | ↑ +72% |
| United Healthcare | All Commercial Plans | $1,555.04 | ↑ +81% |
| Multiplan/PHCS | All Commercial Plans | $1,563.66 | ↑ +83% |
| First Health | All Commercial Plans | $1,563.66 | ↑ +83% |
| First Choice | PPO | $1,721.78 | ↑ +101% |
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Amniocentesis therapeutic at other Washington hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus | Seattle | $2,503.20 | $352.87 – $1,272.38 |
| Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital | Spokane | $1,424.50 | $339.57 – $864.22 |
| Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill | Seattle | $2,503.20 | $352.87 – $1,231.78 |
| Swedish Issaquah | Issaquah | $2,503.20 | $353.86 – $1,272.38 |
| Providence Regional Medical Center Everett - Colby Campus | Everett | $1,164.80 | $347.03 – $1,055.81 |
| MultiCare Valley Hospital | Spokane Valley | $390.00 | $342.77 – $1,299.22 |
| MultiCare Yakima Memorial Hospital | Yakima | $929.20 | $363.54 – $998.47 |
| St. Michael Medical Center | Silverdale | $766.70 | $1,094.42 – $1,563.45 |