Brachy src nonstrand hdr ir-192 at MultiCare Good Samaritan Hospital
401 15th Avenue Southeast, Puyallup, WA · Multicare · · NPI 1841231461
$717.60
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.
$1,794.00
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.
$297.47 with Molina vs $2,270.24 with First Choice — 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 | $297.47 | ↓ -59% |
| United Healthcare | Apple Health | $321.27 | ↓ -55% |
| WellPoint | Apple Health | $321.27 | ↓ -55% |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | Apple Health | $321.27 | ↓ -55% |
| Coordinated Care | Apple Health | $321.27 | ↓ -55% |
| SCAN | MedAdvantage | $400.20 | ↓ -44% |
| Aetna | MedAdvantage | $412.21 | ↓ -43% |
| Regence | MedAdvantage | $412.21 | ↓ -43% |
| United Healthcare | MedAdvantage | $416.21 | ↓ -42% |
| WellCare | MedAdvantage | $420.21 | ↓ -41% |
| Molina | MedAdvantage | $420.21 | ↓ -41% |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | MedAdvantage | $440.22 | ↓ -39% |
| Premera | HMO | $628.89 | ↓ -12% |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | Cascade Care | $674.74 | ↓ -6% |
| Ambetter | Coordinated Care Exchange | $800.40 | ↑ +12% |
| Uniform Medical | All Commercial Plans | $886.53 | ↑ +24% |
| United Healthcare | All Commercial Plans | $1,058.46 | ↑ +48% |
| Regence | Blue High Performance | $1,195.61 | ↑ +67% |
| Regence | MCC/AHN | $1,195.61 | ↑ +67% |
| First Choice | MHS Employee MCC/PPO | $1,203.23 | ↑ +68% |
| Regence | RealValue | $1,229.77 | ↑ +71% |
| First Health | All Commercial Plans | $1,309.62 | ↑ +83% |
| Multiplan/PHCS | All Commercial Plans | $1,309.62 | ↑ +83% |
| Premera | Signature | $1,330.58 | ↑ +85% |
| Premera | Prime | $1,360.52 | ↑ +90% |
| Regence | Commercial | $1,366.41 | ↑ +90% |
| Kaiser | PPO | $1,554.34 | ↑ +117% |
| Aetna | All Commercial Plans | $1,597.36 | ↑ +123% |
| Premera | Other Commercial Plans | $1,672.10 | ↑ +133% |
| Cigna | All Commercial Plans | $1,679.64 | ↑ +134% |
| First Choice | MCC Wellfound Employee | $1,679.98 | ↑ +134% |
| First Choice | PPO | $2,270.24 | ↑ +216% |
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Brachy src nonstrand hdr ir-192 at other Washington hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus | Seattle | $459.84 | $357.49 – $1,513.49 |
| Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital | Spokane | $697.90 | $357.49 – $1,159.27 |
| Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill | Seattle | $459.84 | $357.49 – $1,352.48 |
| Swedish Issaquah | Issaquah | $459.84 | $357.49 – $1,513.49 |
| Providence St Mary Medical Center | Walla Walla | $660.80 | $322.69 – $661.36 |
| Providence Regional Medical Center Everett - Colby Campus | Everett | $671.32 | $357.49 – $1,352.48 |
| MultiCare Valley Hospital | Spokane Valley | $717.60 | $284.25 – $1,493.91 |
| MultiCare Yakima Memorial Hospital | Yakima | $1,085.20 | $417.44 – $1,133.43 |