Autoimmune rheumatoid arthr anl 12 mrk ia at MultiCare Good Samaritan Hospital
401 15th Avenue Southeast, Puyallup, WA · Multicare · · NPI 1841231461
$1,478.00
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.
$3,695.00
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.
$823.84 with SCAN vs $2,157.88 with Multiplan/PHCS — 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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| SCAN | MedAdvantage | $823.84 | ↓ -44% |
| Premera | HMO | $840.65 | ↓ -43% |
| Premera | Prime | $840.65 | ↓ -43% |
| Premera | Signature | $840.65 | ↓ -43% |
| Regence | Blue High Performance | $845.90 | ↓ -43% |
| Regence | MCC/AHN | $845.90 | ↓ -43% |
| First Choice | MHS Employee MCC/PPO | $846.53 | ↓ -43% |
| Aetna | MedAdvantage | $848.55 | ↓ -43% |
| Regence | MedAdvantage | $848.55 | ↓ -43% |
| United Healthcare | MedAdvantage | $856.79 | ↓ -42% |
| WellCare | MedAdvantage | $865.03 | ↓ -41% |
| Molina | MedAdvantage | $865.03 | ↓ -41% |
| Regence | RealValue | $870.07 | ↓ -41% |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | MedAdvantage | $906.22 | ↓ -39% |
| Kaiser | PPO | $924.72 | ↓ -37% |
| Regence | Commercial | $966.75 | ↓ -35% |
| Uniform Medical | All Commercial Plans | $966.75 | ↓ -35% |
| United Healthcare | All Commercial Plans | $1,008.78 | ↓ -32% |
| Cigna | All Commercial Plans | $1,008.78 | ↓ -32% |
| Premera | Other Commercial Plans | $1,050.81 | ↓ -29% |
| Aetna | All Commercial Plans | $1,126.47 | ↓ -24% |
| First Choice | MCC Wellfound Employee | $1,181.95 | ↓ -20% |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | Cascade Care | $1,388.99 | ↓ -6% |
| First Choice | PPO | $1,597.24 | ↑ +8% |
| Ambetter | Coordinated Care Exchange | $1,647.67 | ↑ +11% |
| First Health | All Commercial Plans | $2,157.88 | ↑ +46% |
| Multiplan/PHCS | All Commercial Plans | $2,157.88 | ↑ +46% |
| WellPoint | Apple Health | not published by hospital | — |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | Apple Health | not published by hospital | — |
| Coordinated Care | Apple Health | not published by hospital | — |
| Molina | Apple Health | not published by hospital | — |
| United Healthcare | Apple Health | not published by hospital | — |
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Autoimmune rheumatoid arthr anl 12 mrk ia at other Washington hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Providence St Mary Medical Center | Walla Walla | $1,071.70 | $840.65 – $1,555.20 |
| MultiCare Auburn Medical Center | Auburn | $1,478.00 | $823.84 – $1,647.67 |
| Virginia Mason Medical Center | Seattle | $1,279.59 | $588.46 – $2,627.62 |
| MultiCare Capital Medical Center | Olympia | $1,285.20 | $823.84 – $1,524.10 |
| MultiCare Covington Medical Center | Covington | $1,478.00 | $823.84 – $1,647.67 |
| MultiCare Mary Bridge Children's Hospital | Tacoma | $1,478.00 | $840.65 – $966.75 |
| MultiCare Allenmore Hospital | Tacoma | $1,478.00 | $823.84 – $1,647.67 |
| Providence St Luke's Rehabilitation Medical Center | Spokane | not published | $840.65 – $924.72 |