Amputate metacarpal bone 26910 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

not published by hospital

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.

Full explanation →

What you pay up front if you don't use insurance.

not published by hospital

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.

Full explanation →

The hospital's undiscounted list price — almost no one pays this.

$1,559.13 with Molina vs $15,706.36 with Cigna — same scan, same building. Share

Negotiated rates by payer
?

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
Molina Apple Health $1,559.13
United Healthcare Apple Health $1,683.86
Coordinated Care Apple Health $1,683.86
Community Health Plan of Washington Apple Health $1,683.86
WellPoint Apple Health $1,683.86
SCAN MedAdvantage $3,742.25
Aetna MedAdvantage $3,854.52
Regence MedAdvantage $3,854.52
United Healthcare MedAdvantage $3,891.94
Molina MedAdvantage $3,929.37
WellCare MedAdvantage $3,929.37
Community Health Plan of Washington MedAdvantage $4,116.48
First Choice MHS Employee MCC/PPO $4,570.17
Premera HMO $5,227.78
Community Health Plan of Washington Cascade Care $6,309.44
First Choice MCC Wellfound Employee $6,381.00
Ambetter Coordinated Care Exchange $7,484.51
First Choice PPO $8,622.97
Premera Signature $11,826.57
Premera Prime $12,092.68
Kaiser PPO $13,781.94
Premera Other Commercial Plans $14,862.18
Aetna All Commercial Plans $15,137.08
Cigna All Commercial Plans $15,706.36

Visitor-reported prices

visitor-reported
Report what you paid sign in to post

Comments

Add a comment sign in to post

Amputate metacarpal bone 26910 at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Virginia Mason Medical Center Seattle $3,887.22 $22.61 – $2,895.01
Providence St Luke's Rehabilitation Medical Center Spokane not published $3,646.14 – $4,010.75
Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus Seattle not published $3,788.94 – $13,331.38
Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital Spokane not published $3,646.14 – $9,279.41
Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill Seattle not published $3,788.94 – $12,838.64
Swedish Issaquah Issaquah not published $3,799.57 – $13,331.38
Central Medical Center Seattle not published not published
Providence Centralia Hospital Centralia not published $3,788.94 – $16,014.08

All Washington hospitals for this procedure →