Brain MRI (without contrast) at MultiCare Good Samaritan Hospital
401 15th Avenue Southeast, Puyallup, WA · Multicare · · NPI 1841231461
$1,703.20
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.
$4,258.00
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.
$180.77 with Molina vs $2,486.38 with Multiplan/PHCS — 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 | $180.77 | ↓ -89% |
| United Healthcare | Apple Health | $195.23 | ↓ -89% |
| WellPoint | Apple Health | $195.23 | ↓ -89% |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | Apple Health | $195.23 | ↓ -89% |
| Coordinated Care | Apple Health | $195.23 | ↓ -89% |
| SCAN | MedAdvantage | $272.89 | ↓ -84% |
| Aetna | MedAdvantage | $281.08 | ↓ -83% |
| Regence | MedAdvantage | $281.08 | ↓ -83% |
| United Healthcare | MedAdvantage | $283.81 | ↓ -83% |
| WellCare | MedAdvantage | $286.54 | ↓ -83% |
| Molina | MedAdvantage | $286.54 | ↓ -83% |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | MedAdvantage | $300.18 | ↓ -82% |
| Premera | HMO | $437.46 | ↓ -74% |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | Cascade Care | $460.10 | ↓ -73% |
| Ambetter | Coordinated Care Exchange | $545.79 | ↓ -68% |
| Uniform Medical | All Commercial Plans | $596.52 | ↓ -65% |
| First Choice | MHS Employee MCC/PPO | $785.53 | ↓ -54% |
| Regence | Blue High Performance | $804.48 | ↓ -53% |
| Regence | MCC/AHN | $804.48 | ↓ -53% |
| Regence | RealValue | $827.46 | ↓ -51% |
| Premera | Signature | $895.29 | ↓ -47% |
| Premera | Prime | $915.44 | ↓ -46% |
| Regence | Commercial | $919.40 | ↓ -46% |
| Kaiser | PPO | $1,081.20 | ↓ -37% |
| First Choice | MCC Wellfound Employee | $1,096.78 | ↓ -36% |
| Premera | Other Commercial Plans | $1,125.09 | ↓ -34% |
| Aetna | All Commercial Plans | $1,127.69 | ↓ -34% |
| Cigna | All Commercial Plans | $1,145.33 | ↓ -33% |
| United Healthcare | All Commercial Plans | $1,217.57 | ↓ -29% |
| First Choice | PPO | $1,482.13 | ↓ -13% |
| First Health | All Commercial Plans | $2,486.38 | ↑ +46% |
| Multiplan/PHCS | All Commercial Plans | $2,486.38 | ↑ +46% |
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Brain MRI (without contrast) at other Washington hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Providence St Luke's Rehabilitation Medical Center | Spokane | $1,304.10 | $241.79 – $292.47 |
| Providence St Joseph Hospital | Chewelah | $2,132.20 | not published |
| Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus | Seattle | $1,038.24 | $276.30 – $1,095.29 |
| Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital | Spokane | $2,482.90 | $265.88 – $838.94 |
| Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill | Seattle | $1,038.24 | $276.30 – $1,060.33 |
| Swedish Issaquah | Issaquah | $1,038.24 | $277.07 – $1,095.29 |
| Central Medical Center | Seattle | $1,840.00 | $242.00 – $242.00 |
| Providence Centralia Hospital | Centralia | $812.76 | $276.30 – $1,451.84 |