Biliary endoscopy thru skin at MultiCare Good Samaritan Hospital
401 15th Avenue Southeast, Puyallup, WA · Multicare · · NPI 1841231461
$3,742.80
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.
$9,357.00
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 $33,035.83 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 | ↓ -19% |
| United Healthcare | Apple Health | $3,293.94 | ↓ -12% |
| WellPoint | Apple Health | $3,293.94 | ↓ -12% |
| Coordinated Care | Apple Health | $3,293.94 | ↓ -12% |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | Apple Health | $3,293.94 | ↓ -12% |
| First Choice | MHS Employee MCC/PPO | $5,191.04 | ↑ +39% |
| Premera | HMO | $6,220.53 | ↑ +66% |
| First Health | All Commercial Plans | $6,830.61 | ↑ +83% |
| Multiplan/PHCS | All Commercial Plans | $6,830.61 | ↑ +83% |
| First Choice | MCC Wellfound Employee | $7,247.87 | ↑ +94% |
| SCAN | MedAdvantage | $7,404.24 | ↑ +98% |
| Aetna | MedAdvantage | $7,626.37 | ↑ +104% |
| Regence | MedAdvantage | $7,626.37 | ↑ +104% |
| United Healthcare | MedAdvantage | $7,700.41 | ↑ +106% |
| WellCare | MedAdvantage | $7,774.46 | ↑ +108% |
| Molina | MedAdvantage | $7,774.46 | ↑ +108% |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | MedAdvantage | $8,144.67 | ↑ +118% |
| Uniform Medical | All Commercial Plans | $8,422.15 | ↑ +125% |
| First Choice | PPO | $9,794.42 | ↑ +162% |
| Regence | Blue High Performance | $11,358.36 | ↑ +203% |
| Regence | MCC/AHN | $11,358.36 | ↑ +203% |
| Regence | RealValue | $11,682.89 | ↑ +212% |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | Cascade Care | $12,483.55 | ↑ +234% |
| Premera | Signature | $12,640.70 | ↑ +238% |
| Premera | Prime | $12,925.13 | ↑ +245% |
| Regence | Commercial | $12,980.99 | ↑ +247% |
| Ambetter | Coordinated Care Exchange | $14,808.49 | ↑ +296% |
| Premera | Other Commercial Plans | $15,885.28 | ↑ +324% |
| Kaiser | PPO | $16,399.14 | ↑ +338% |
| Aetna | All Commercial Plans | $16,464.12 | ↑ +340% |
| Cigna | All Commercial Plans | $31,075.82 | ↑ +730% |
| United Healthcare | All Commercial Plans | $33,035.83 | ↑ +783% |
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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 | $8,326.08 | $7,277.00 – $22,774.72 |
| Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital | Spokane | $2,720.90 | $6,949.39 – $18,359.80 |
| Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill | Seattle | $8,326.08 | $7,277.00 – $17,542.08 |
| Swedish Issaquah | Issaquah | $8,326.08 | $7,277.00 – $16,689.18 |
| Providence Holy Family Hospital | Spokane | $3,294.20 | $5,081.00 – $18,936.92 |
| Providence Regional Medical Center Everett - Colby Campus | Everett | $5,591.04 | $7,270.79 – $17,103.98 |
| MultiCare Valley Hospital | Spokane Valley | $6,924.00 | $2,914.39 – $20,333.03 |
| MultiCare Yakima Memorial Hospital | Yakima | $6,924.00 | $5,159.02 – $12,947.67 |