Breast reconstruction 19357 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

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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.

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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.

$4,834.74 with Molina vs $81,168.51 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 $4,834.74
United Healthcare Apple Health $5,221.52
Coordinated Care Apple Health $5,221.52
Community Health Plan of Washington Apple Health $5,221.52
WellPoint Apple Health $5,221.52
SCAN MedAdvantage $15,761.56
Aetna MedAdvantage $16,234.41
Regence MedAdvantage $16,234.41
United Healthcare MedAdvantage $16,392.02
WellCare MedAdvantage $16,549.64
Molina MedAdvantage $16,549.64
Community Health Plan of Washington MedAdvantage $17,337.72
First Choice MHS Employee MCC/PPO $23,128.13
Community Health Plan of Washington Cascade Care $26,573.99
Premera HMO $31,254.41
Ambetter Coordinated Care Exchange $31,523.12
First Choice MCC Wellfound Employee $32,292.11
First Choice PPO $43,637.99
Premera Signature $64,385.87
Premera Prime $65,834.64
Cigna All Commercial Plans $66,151.71
Kaiser PPO $77,245.86
Premera Other Commercial Plans $80,912.26
Aetna All Commercial Plans $81,168.51

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Breast reconstruction 19357 at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Virginia Mason Medical Center Seattle $17,122.74 $13.72 – $6,292.80
Providence St Luke's Rehabilitation Medical Center Spokane not published $15,356.73 – $16,892.40
Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus Seattle not published $7,277.00 – $67,465.72
Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital Spokane not published $12,967.00 – $42,945.32
Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill Seattle not published $7,277.00 – $64,972.12
Swedish Issaquah Issaquah not published $7,277.00 – $67,465.72
Central Medical Center Seattle not published not published
Providence Centralia Hospital Centralia not published $15,958.20 – $81,041.98

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