Androstanediol 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

$67.60

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.

$169.00

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.

$8.93 with Molina vs $133.77 with Aetna — 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 $8.93 ↓ -87%
WellPoint Apple Health $8.93 ↓ -87%
United Healthcare Apple Health $9.65 ↓ -86%
Community Health Plan of Washington Apple Health $9.65 ↓ -86%
Coordinated Care Apple Health $9.65 ↓ -86%
SCAN MedAdvantage $28.25 ↓ -58%
Premera HMO $28.83 ↓ -57%
Premera Signature $28.83 ↓ -57%
Premera Prime $28.83 ↓ -57%
Regence MCC/AHN $29.01 ↓ -57%
Regence Blue High Performance $29.01 ↓ -57%
First Choice MHS Employee MCC/PPO $29.03 ↓ -57%
Aetna MedAdvantage $29.10 ↓ -57%
Regence MedAdvantage $29.10 ↓ -57%
United Healthcare MedAdvantage $29.38 ↓ -57%
Molina MedAdvantage $29.67 ↓ -56%
WellCare MedAdvantage $29.67 ↓ -56%
Regence RealValue $29.84 ↓ -56%
Community Health Plan of Washington MedAdvantage $31.08 ↓ -54%
Kaiser PPO $31.71 ↓ -53%
Uniform Medical All Commercial Plans $33.15 ↓ -51%
Regence Commercial $33.15 ↓ -51%
Cigna All Commercial Plans $34.60 ↓ -49%
United Healthcare All Commercial Plans $34.60 ↓ -49%
Premera Other Commercial Plans $36.04 ↓ -47%
First Choice MCC Wellfound Employee $40.53 ↓ -40%
Community Health Plan of Washington Cascade Care $47.64 ↓ -30%
First Choice PPO $54.78 ↓ -19%
Ambetter Coordinated Care Exchange $56.51 ↓ -16%
Multiplan/PHCS All Commercial Plans $98.55 ↑ +46%
First Health All Commercial Plans $98.55 ↑ +46%
Aetna All Commercial Plans $133.77 ↑ +98%

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Androstanediol at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Central Medical Center Seattle $129.60 $22.00 – $22.00
St. Michael Medical Center Silverdale $318.19 $28.83 – $648.84
St. Anne Hospital Burien $220.14 $28.83 – $648.84
St. Anthony Hospital Gig Harbor $219.27 $28.83 – $540.70
MultiCare Auburn Medical Center Auburn $67.60 $8.73 – $56.51
St. Joseph Medical Center Tacoma $238.78 $28.83 – $540.70
St. Elizabeth Hospital Enumclaw $254.76 $28.83 – $648.84
Virginia Mason Medical Center Seattle $82.62 $20.18 – $90.11

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