Assay of feces porphyrins at MultiCare Good Samaritan Hospital
401 15th Avenue Southeast, Puyallup, WA · Multicare · · NPI 1841231461
$48.00
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.
$120.00
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.
$22.70 with Molina vs $181.47 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.
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 | $22.70 | ↓ -53% |
| WellPoint | Apple Health | $22.70 | ↓ -53% |
| United Healthcare | Apple Health | $24.51 | ↓ -49% |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | Apple Health | $24.51 | ↓ -49% |
| Coordinated Care | Apple Health | $24.51 | ↓ -49% |
| SCAN | MedAdvantage | $38.33 | ↓ -20% |
| Premera | HMO | $39.11 | ↓ -19% |
| Premera | Signature | $39.11 | ↓ -19% |
| Premera | Prime | $39.11 | ↓ -19% |
| Regence | MCC/AHN | $39.35 | ↓ -18% |
| Regence | Blue High Performance | $39.35 | ↓ -18% |
| First Choice | MHS Employee MCC/PPO | $39.38 | ↓ -18% |
| Aetna | MedAdvantage | $39.48 | ↓ -18% |
| Regence | MedAdvantage | $39.48 | ↓ -18% |
| United Healthcare | MedAdvantage | $39.86 | ↓ -17% |
| Molina | MedAdvantage | $40.24 | ↓ -16% |
| WellCare | MedAdvantage | $40.24 | ↓ -16% |
| Regence | RealValue | $40.48 | ↓ -16% |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | MedAdvantage | $42.16 | ↓ -12% |
| Kaiser | PPO | $43.02 | ↓ -10% |
| Regence | Commercial | $44.98 | ↓ -6% |
| Uniform Medical | All Commercial Plans | $44.98 | ↓ -6% |
| Cigna | All Commercial Plans | $46.93 | ↓ -2% |
| United Healthcare | All Commercial Plans | $46.93 | ↓ -2% |
| Premera | Other Commercial Plans | $48.89 | ↑ +2% |
| First Choice | MCC Wellfound Employee | $54.99 | ↑ +15% |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | Cascade Care | $64.62 | ↑ +35% |
| First Health | All Commercial Plans | $70.08 | ↑ +46% |
| Multiplan/PHCS | All Commercial Plans | $70.08 | ↑ +46% |
| First Choice | PPO | $74.31 | ↑ +55% |
| Ambetter | Coordinated Care Exchange | $76.66 | ↑ +60% |
| Aetna | All Commercial Plans | $181.47 | ↑ +278% |
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Assay of feces porphyrins at other Washington hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus | Seattle | $108.00 | $35.20 – $183.82 |
| Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill | Seattle | $108.00 | $35.20 – $177.95 |
| Swedish Issaquah | Issaquah | $108.00 | $35.20 – $183.82 |
| Central Medical Center | Seattle | $176.00 | $30.00 – $30.00 |
| Providence St Mary Medical Center | Walla Walla | $146.30 | $39.11 – $72.35 |
| St. Michael Medical Center | Silverdale | $101.80 | $39.11 – $207.59 |
| St. Anne Hospital | Burien | $70.44 | $39.11 – $207.59 |
| St. Anthony Hospital | Gig Harbor | $70.16 | $39.11 – $172.99 |