Assay of glutathione at MultiCare Good Samaritan Hospital
401 15th Avenue Southeast, Puyallup, WA · Multicare · · NPI 1841231461
$39.60
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.
$99.00
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.
$8.63 with Molina vs $71.69 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 | $8.63 | ↓ -78% |
| WellPoint | Apple Health | $8.63 | ↓ -78% |
| United Healthcare | Apple Health | $9.32 | ↓ -76% |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | Apple Health | $9.32 | ↓ -76% |
| Coordinated Care | Apple Health | $9.32 | ↓ -76% |
| SCAN | MedAdvantage | $15.14 | ↓ -62% |
| Premera | HMO | $15.45 | ↓ -61% |
| Premera | Signature | $15.45 | ↓ -61% |
| Premera | Prime | $15.45 | ↓ -61% |
| Regence | MCC/AHN | $15.55 | ↓ -61% |
| Regence | Blue High Performance | $15.55 | ↓ -61% |
| First Choice | MHS Employee MCC/PPO | $15.56 | ↓ -61% |
| Aetna | MedAdvantage | $15.60 | ↓ -61% |
| Regence | MedAdvantage | $15.60 | ↓ -61% |
| United Healthcare | MedAdvantage | $15.75 | ↓ -60% |
| Molina | MedAdvantage | $15.90 | ↓ -60% |
| WellCare | MedAdvantage | $15.90 | ↓ -60% |
| Regence | RealValue | $15.99 | ↓ -60% |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | MedAdvantage | $16.66 | ↓ -58% |
| Kaiser | PPO | $17.00 | ↓ -57% |
| Uniform Medical | All Commercial Plans | $17.77 | ↓ -55% |
| Regence | Commercial | $17.77 | ↓ -55% |
| Cigna | All Commercial Plans | $18.54 | ↓ -53% |
| United Healthcare | All Commercial Plans | $18.54 | ↓ -53% |
| Premera | Other Commercial Plans | $19.31 | ↓ -51% |
| First Choice | MCC Wellfound Employee | $21.72 | ↓ -45% |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | Cascade Care | $25.53 | ↓ -36% |
| First Choice | PPO | $29.36 | ↓ -26% |
| Ambetter | Coordinated Care Exchange | $30.28 | ↓ -24% |
| Multiplan/PHCS | All Commercial Plans | $57.67 | ↑ +46% |
| First Health | All Commercial Plans | $57.67 | ↑ +46% |
| Aetna | All Commercial Plans | $71.69 | ↑ +81% |
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Assay of glutathione at other Washington hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Central Medical Center | Seattle | $68.80 | $12.00 – $12.00 |
| Providence St Mary Medical Center | Walla Walla | $119.00 | $15.45 – $28.58 |
| Kadlec Regional Medical Center | Richland | $46.20 | $15.45 – $60.41 |
| St. Michael Medical Center | Silverdale | $110.10 | $15.45 – $224.52 |
| St. Anne Hospital | Burien | $76.18 | $15.45 – $224.52 |
| St. Anthony Hospital | Gig Harbor | $75.88 | $15.45 – $187.10 |
| MultiCare Auburn Medical Center | Auburn | $39.60 | $8.43 – $30.28 |
| St. Joseph Medical Center | Tacoma | $82.63 | $15.45 – $187.10 |