Analysis complx cranial nerve pulse gen prgrmg 95977 at MultiCare Good Samaritan Hospital
401 15th Avenue Southeast, Puyallup, WA · Multicare · · NPI 1841231461
$320.40
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.
$801.00
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.
$104.03 with Molina vs $721.41 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Molina | Apple Health | $104.03 | ↓ -68% |
| SCAN | MedAdvantage | $108.73 | ↓ -66% |
| Aetna | MedAdvantage | $112.00 | ↓ -65% |
| Regence | MedAdvantage | $112.00 | ↓ -65% |
| WellPoint | Apple Health | $112.35 | ↓ -65% |
| United Healthcare | Apple Health | $112.35 | ↓ -65% |
| Coordinated Care | Apple Health | $112.35 | ↓ -65% |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | Apple Health | $112.35 | ↓ -65% |
| United Healthcare | MedAdvantage | $113.08 | ↓ -65% |
| Molina | MedAdvantage | $114.17 | ↓ -64% |
| WellCare | MedAdvantage | $114.17 | ↓ -64% |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | MedAdvantage | $119.61 | ↓ -63% |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | Cascade Care | $183.33 | ↓ -43% |
| Premera | HMO | $186.98 | ↓ -42% |
| Ambetter | Coordinated Care Exchange | $217.47 | ↓ -32% |
| Uniform Medical | All Commercial Plans | $235.65 | ↓ -26% |
| Regence | MCC/AHN | $317.80 | ↓ -1% |
| Regence | Blue High Performance | $317.80 | ↓ -1% |
| Regence | RealValue | $326.88 | ↑ +2% |
| Premera | Signature | $353.69 | ↑ +10% |
| Premera | Prime | $361.65 | ↑ +13% |
| Regence | Commercial | $363.20 | ↑ +13% |
| First Choice | MHS Employee MCC/PPO | $382.35 | ↑ +19% |
| Aetna | All Commercial Plans | $428.23 | ↑ +34% |
| Premera | Other Commercial Plans | $444.47 | ↑ +39% |
| Cigna | All Commercial Plans | $456.35 | ↑ +42% |
| Kaiser | PPO | $462.12 | ↑ +44% |
| United Healthcare | All Commercial Plans | $485.14 | ↑ +51% |
| First Choice | MCC Wellfound Employee | $533.85 | ↑ +67% |
| First Health | All Commercial Plans | $584.73 | ↑ +83% |
| Multiplan/PHCS | All Commercial Plans | $584.73 | ↑ +83% |
| First Choice | PPO | $721.41 | ↑ +125% |
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Analysis complx cranial nerve pulse gen prgrmg 95977 at other Washington hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus | Seattle | $444.48 | $110.09 – $533.12 |
| Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital | Spokane | $511.70 | $105.94 – $408.35 |
| Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill | Seattle | $444.48 | $110.09 – $516.11 |
| Swedish Issaquah | Issaquah | $444.48 | $110.40 – $533.12 |
| Providence Regional Medical Center Everett - Colby Campus | Everett | $193.96 | $108.27 – $476.41 |
| MultiCare Valley Hospital | Spokane Valley | $274.00 | $99.40 – $444.15 |
| MultiCare Auburn Medical Center | Auburn | $320.40 | $101.68 – $462.12 |
| Virginia Mason Medical Center | Seattle | $158.10 | $1.57 – $1,225.68 |