Biopsy skin incisional single lesion at MultiCare Good Samaritan Hospital
401 15th Avenue Southeast, Puyallup, WA · Multicare · · NPI 1841231461
$415.20
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.
$1,038.00
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.
$316.31 with Molina vs $3,771.47 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 | $316.31 | ↓ -24% |
| Coordinated Care | Apple Health | $341.61 | ↓ -18% |
| United Healthcare | Apple Health | $341.61 | ↓ -18% |
| WellPoint | Apple Health | $341.61 | ↓ -18% |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | Apple Health | $341.61 | ↓ -18% |
| Multiplan/PHCS | All Commercial Plans | $757.74 | ↑ +83% |
| First Health | All Commercial Plans | $757.74 | ↑ +83% |
| SCAN | MedAdvantage | $845.29 | ↑ +104% |
| Aetna | MedAdvantage | $870.65 | ↑ +110% |
| Regence | MedAdvantage | $870.65 | ↑ +110% |
| United Healthcare | MedAdvantage | $879.10 | ↑ +112% |
| WellCare | MedAdvantage | $887.56 | ↑ +114% |
| Molina | MedAdvantage | $887.56 | ↑ +114% |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | MedAdvantage | $929.82 | ↑ +124% |
| First Choice | MHS Employee MCC/PPO | $1,077.00 | ↑ +159% |
| Premera | HMO | $1,088.32 | ↑ +162% |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | Cascade Care | $1,425.16 | ↑ +243% |
| First Choice | MCC Wellfound Employee | $1,503.74 | ↑ +262% |
| Uniform Medical | All Commercial Plans | $1,528.91 | ↑ +268% |
| Ambetter | Coordinated Care Exchange | $1,690.58 | ↑ +307% |
| First Choice | PPO | $2,032.08 | ↑ +389% |
| Regence | MCC/AHN | $2,061.94 | ↑ +397% |
| Regence | Blue High Performance | $2,061.94 | ↑ +397% |
| Regence | RealValue | $2,120.85 | ↑ +411% |
| Premera | Signature | $2,294.73 | ↑ +453% |
| Premera | Prime | $2,346.36 | ↑ +465% |
| Regence | Commercial | $2,356.50 | ↑ +468% |
| Kaiser | PPO | $2,689.80 | ↑ +548% |
| Aetna | All Commercial Plans | $2,855.76 | ↑ +588% |
| Premera | Other Commercial Plans | $2,883.73 | ↑ +595% |
| Cigna | All Commercial Plans | $3,547.71 | ↑ +754% |
| United Healthcare | All Commercial Plans | $3,771.47 | ↑ +808% |
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Biopsy skin incisional single lesion at other Washington hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Providence St Joseph Hospital | Chewelah | $868.70 | not published |
| Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus | Seattle | $1,160.16 | $855.84 – $2,600.04 |
| Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital | Spokane | $1,375.50 | $823.58 – $2,096.01 |
| Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill | Seattle | $1,160.16 | $855.84 – $2,002.66 |
| Swedish Issaquah | Issaquah | $1,160.16 | $858.24 – $1,905.29 |
| Providence Centralia Hospital | Centralia | $960.44 | $855.84 – $1,869.13 |
| Providence Mount Carmel Hospital | Colville | $1,016.40 | not published |
| Providence St Mary Medical Center | Walla Walla | $816.20 | $556.51 – $1,523.62 |