Biliary endoscopy thru skin at MultiCare Good Samaritan Hospital
401 15th Avenue Southeast, Puyallup, WA · Multicare · · NPI 1841231461
$10,156.40
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.
$25,391.00
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.
$3,049.94 with Molina vs $54,243.94 with United Healthcare — 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 | $3,049.94 | ↓ -70% |
| United Healthcare | Apple Health | $3,293.94 | ↓ -68% |
| WellPoint | Apple Health | $3,293.94 | ↓ -68% |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | Apple Health | $3,293.94 | ↓ -68% |
| Coordinated Care | Apple Health | $3,293.94 | ↓ -68% |
| First Choice | MHS Employee MCC/PPO | $8,069.88 | ↓ -21% |
| First Choice | MCC Wellfound Employee | $11,267.38 | ↑ +11% |
| SCAN | MedAdvantage | $12,157.56 | ↑ +20% |
| Aetna | MedAdvantage | $12,522.29 | ↑ +23% |
| Regence | MedAdvantage | $12,522.29 | ↑ +23% |
| United Healthcare | MedAdvantage | $12,643.86 | ↑ +24% |
| Molina | MedAdvantage | $12,765.44 | ↑ +26% |
| WellCare | MedAdvantage | $12,765.44 | ↑ +26% |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | MedAdvantage | $13,373.32 | ↑ +32% |
| First Choice | PPO | $15,226.19 | ↑ +50% |
| Premera | HMO | $15,959.65 | ↑ +57% |
| First Health | All Commercial Plans | $18,535.43 | ↑ +83% |
| Multiplan/PHCS | All Commercial Plans | $18,535.43 | ↑ +83% |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | Cascade Care | $20,497.65 | ↑ +102% |
| Kaiser | PPO | $24,132.25 | ↑ +138% |
| Ambetter | Coordinated Care Exchange | $24,315.12 | ↑ +139% |
| Uniform Medical | All Commercial Plans | $25,058.83 | ↑ +147% |
| Regence | Blue High Performance | $33,795.09 | ↑ +233% |
| Regence | MCC/AHN | $33,795.09 | ↑ +233% |
| Regence | RealValue | $34,760.66 | ↑ +242% |
| Premera | Signature | $37,610.54 | ↑ +270% |
| Premera | Prime | $38,456.83 | ↑ +279% |
| Regence | Commercial | $38,622.96 | ↑ +280% |
| Premera | Other Commercial Plans | $47,264.31 | ↑ +365% |
| Aetna | All Commercial Plans | $48,571.45 | ↑ +378% |
| Cigna | All Commercial Plans | $51,025.66 | ↑ +402% |
| United Healthcare | All Commercial Plans | $54,243.94 | ↑ +434% |
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Biliary endoscopy thru skin at other Washington hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus | Seattle | $12,201.60 | $7,277.00 – $37,395.46 |
| Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital | Spokane | $11,128.60 | $9,231.00 – $30,146.28 |
| Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill | Seattle | $12,201.60 | $7,277.00 – $28,803.62 |
| Swedish Issaquah | Issaquah | $12,201.60 | $7,277.00 – $27,403.18 |
| Kadlec Regional Medical Center | Richland | $11,217.50 | $1,014.49 – $21,913.80 |
| Providence Regional Medical Center Everett - Colby Campus | Everett | $10,575.76 | $9,161.00 – $28,084.26 |
| MultiCare Valley Hospital | Spokane Valley | $10,156.40 | $2,914.39 – $33,386.28 |
| MultiCare Yakima Memorial Hospital | Yakima | $10,156.40 | $8,020.09 – $32,037.81 |