Breath tst attain/anal c-14 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.

$8.63 with Molina vs $24.89 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.

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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 $8.63
United Healthcare Apple Health $9.32
Coordinated Care Apple Health $9.32
Community Health Plan of Washington Apple Health $9.32
WellPoint Apple Health $9.32
SCAN MedAdvantage $10.84
Premera Prime $11.06
Premera Signature $11.06
Premera HMO $11.06
Aetna MedAdvantage $11.16
Regence MedAdvantage $11.16
United Healthcare MedAdvantage $11.27
WellCare MedAdvantage $11.38
Molina MedAdvantage $11.38
Community Health Plan of Washington MedAdvantage $11.92
Kaiser PPO $12.17
First Choice MHS Employee MCC/PPO $13.19
Cigna All Commercial Plans $13.27
Premera Other Commercial Plans $13.83
Aetna All Commercial Plans $14.82
Community Health Plan of Washington Cascade Care $18.27
First Choice MCC Wellfound Employee $18.41
Ambetter Coordinated Care Exchange $21.68
First Choice PPO $24.89

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Breath tst attain/anal c-14 at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus Seattle $35.52 $9.95 – $41.43
Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital Spokane $945.70 $11.06 – $45.57
Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill Seattle $35.52 $9.95 – $41.43
Swedish Issaquah Issaquah $35.52 $9.95 – $41.43
Providence St Mary Medical Center Walla Walla $434.00 $11.06 – $20.46
Kadlec Regional Medical Center Richland $144.90 $11.06 – $20.46
Providence Holy Family Hospital Spokane $553.00 $11.06 – $45.58
Providence Regional Medical Center Everett - Colby Campus Everett $96.72 $11.06 – $48.34

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