Analysis gene f2 20210g>a variant at MultiCare Good Samaritan Hospital
401 15th Avenue Southeast, Puyallup, WA · Multicare · · NPI 1841231461
$82.40
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.
$206.00
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.
$30.75 with Molina vs $147.80 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 |
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| Molina | Apple Health | $30.75 | ↓ -63% |
| WellPoint | Apple Health | $30.75 | ↓ -63% |
| United Healthcare | Apple Health | $33.21 | ↓ -60% |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | Apple Health | $33.21 | ↓ -60% |
| Coordinated Care | Apple Health | $33.21 | ↓ -60% |
| SCAN | MedAdvantage | $64.38 | ↓ -22% |
| Premera | HMO | $65.69 | ↓ -20% |
| Premera | Signature | $65.69 | ↓ -20% |
| Premera | Prime | $65.69 | ↓ -20% |
| Regence | Blue High Performance | $66.10 | ↓ -20% |
| Regence | MCC/AHN | $66.10 | ↓ -20% |
| Regence | MedAdvantage | $66.31 | ↓ -20% |
| Aetna | MedAdvantage | $66.31 | ↓ -20% |
| United Healthcare | MedAdvantage | $66.95 | ↓ -19% |
| WellCare | MedAdvantage | $67.60 | ↓ -18% |
| Molina | MedAdvantage | $67.60 | ↓ -18% |
| Regence | RealValue | $67.99 | ↓ -17% |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | MedAdvantage | $70.81 | ↓ -14% |
| Kaiser | PPO | $72.26 | ↓ -12% |
| Uniform Medical | All Commercial Plans | $75.54 | ↓ -8% |
| Regence | Commercial | $75.54 | ↓ -8% |
| First Choice | MHS Employee MCC/PPO | $78.34 | ↓ -5% |
| United Healthcare | All Commercial Plans | $78.83 | ↓ -4% |
| Cigna | All Commercial Plans | $78.83 | ↓ -4% |
| Premera | Other Commercial Plans | $82.11 | ↓ -0% |
| Aetna | All Commercial Plans | $88.02 | ↑ +7% |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | Cascade Care | $108.54 | ↑ +32% |
| First Choice | MCC Wellfound Employee | $109.37 | ↑ +33% |
| Multiplan/PHCS | All Commercial Plans | $120.45 | ↑ +46% |
| First Health | All Commercial Plans | $120.45 | ↑ +46% |
| Ambetter | Coordinated Care Exchange | $128.75 | ↑ +56% |
| First Choice | PPO | $147.80 | ↑ +79% |
Visitor-reported prices
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Analysis gene f2 20210g>a variant at other Washington hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Providence St Joseph Hospital | Chewelah | $158.90 | not published |
| Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus | Seattle | $191.52 | $59.12 – $199.57 |
| Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital | Spokane | $251.30 | $65.69 – $167.18 |
| Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill | Seattle | $191.52 | $59.12 – $197.07 |
| Swedish Issaquah | Issaquah | $191.52 | $59.12 – $145.83 |
| Central Medical Center | Seattle | $373.60 | $41.00 – $41.00 |
| Providence Centralia Hospital | Centralia | $254.80 | $65.69 – $192.15 |
| Providence Mount Carmel Hospital | Colville | $181.30 | not published |