Borrelia burgdorferi (lyme disease) antibody nonspecific at MultiCare Good Samaritan Hospital

401 15th Avenue Southeast, Puyallup, WA · Multicare · · NPI 1841231461

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Aug 27, 2026 · Ingested Sep 17, 2026

$42.40

Cash price

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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.

$106.00

Gross charge

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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.

$7.40 with Molina vs $79.02 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.

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Payer
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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.

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Plan
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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.

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Negotiated rate vs. cash
Molina Apple Health $7.40 ↓ -83%
WellPoint Apple Health $7.40 ↓ -83%
United Healthcare Apple Health $8.00 ↓ -81%
Community Health Plan of Washington Apple Health $8.00 ↓ -81%
Coordinated Care Apple Health $8.00 ↓ -81%
SCAN MedAdvantage $16.69 ↓ -61%
Premera HMO $17.03 ↓ -60%
Premera Signature $17.03 ↓ -60%
Premera Prime $17.03 ↓ -60%
Regence MCC/AHN $17.14 ↓ -60%
Regence Blue High Performance $17.14 ↓ -60%
First Choice MHS Employee MCC/PPO $17.15 ↓ -60%
Aetna MedAdvantage $17.19 ↓ -59%
Regence MedAdvantage $17.19 ↓ -59%
United Healthcare MedAdvantage $17.36 ↓ -59%
Molina MedAdvantage $17.52 ↓ -59%
WellCare MedAdvantage $17.52 ↓ -59%
Regence RealValue $17.63 ↓ -58%
Community Health Plan of Washington MedAdvantage $18.36 ↓ -57%
Kaiser PPO $18.73 ↓ -56%
Uniform Medical All Commercial Plans $19.58 ↓ -54%
Regence Commercial $19.58 ↓ -54%
Cigna All Commercial Plans $20.44 ↓ -52%
United Healthcare All Commercial Plans $20.44 ↓ -52%
Premera Other Commercial Plans $21.29 ↓ -50%
First Choice MCC Wellfound Employee $23.94 ↓ -44%
Community Health Plan of Washington Cascade Care $28.14 ↓ -34%
First Choice PPO $32.36 ↓ -24%
Ambetter Coordinated Care Exchange $33.38 ↓ -21%
Multiplan/PHCS All Commercial Plans $62.05 ↑ +46%
First Health All Commercial Plans $62.05 ↑ +46%
Aetna All Commercial Plans $79.02 ↑ +86%

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Borrelia burgdorferi (lyme disease) antibody nonspecific at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Providence St Joseph Hospital Chewelah $152.60 not published
Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus Seattle $89.28 $15.33 – $80.04
Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital Spokane $189.70 $17.03 – $61.31
Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill Seattle $89.28 $15.33 – $77.49
Swedish Issaquah Issaquah $89.28 $15.33 – $80.04
Central Medical Center Seattle $116.00 $13.00 – $13.00
Providence Mount Carmel Hospital Colville $184.10 not published
Swedish Edmonds Hospital Edmonds $89.28 $17.03 – $76.64

All Washington hospitals for this procedure →