Bronchoscopy w/biopsy(s) 31625 at MultiCare Good Samaritan Hospital
401 15th Avenue Southeast, Puyallup, WA · Multicare · · NPI 1841231461
$2,912.00
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.
$7,280.00
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.
$1,165.56 with Molina vs $9,082.78 with United Healthcare — 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 | $1,165.56 | ↓ -60% |
| United Healthcare | Apple Health | $1,258.81 | ↓ -57% |
| WellPoint | Apple Health | $1,258.81 | ↓ -57% |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | Apple Health | $1,258.81 | ↓ -57% |
| Coordinated Care | Apple Health | $1,258.81 | ↓ -57% |
| SCAN | MedAdvantage | $2,035.71 | ↓ -30% |
| Aetna | MedAdvantage | $2,096.78 | ↓ -28% |
| Regence | MedAdvantage | $2,096.78 | ↓ -28% |
| United Healthcare | MedAdvantage | $2,117.14 | ↓ -27% |
| WellCare | MedAdvantage | $2,137.49 | ↓ -27% |
| Molina | MedAdvantage | $2,137.49 | ↓ -27% |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | MedAdvantage | $2,239.28 | ↓ -23% |
| First Choice | MHS Employee MCC/PPO | $2,388.40 | ↓ -18% |
| Premera | HMO | $2,807.47 | ↓ -4% |
| First Choice | MCC Wellfound Employee | $3,334.75 | ↑ +15% |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | Cascade Care | $3,432.20 | ↑ +18% |
| Ambetter | Coordinated Care Exchange | $4,071.41 | ↑ +40% |
| Uniform Medical | All Commercial Plans | $4,131.79 | ↑ +42% |
| First Choice | PPO | $4,506.42 | ↑ +55% |
| First Health | All Commercial Plans | $5,314.40 | ↑ +83% |
| Multiplan/PHCS | All Commercial Plans | $5,314.40 | ↑ +83% |
| Regence | MCC/AHN | $5,572.26 | ↑ +91% |
| Regence | Blue High Performance | $5,572.26 | ↑ +91% |
| Regence | RealValue | $5,731.47 | ↑ +97% |
| Premera | Signature | $6,201.38 | ↑ +113% |
| Premera | Prime | $6,340.92 | ↑ +118% |
| Regence | Commercial | $6,368.30 | ↑ +119% |
| Kaiser | PPO | $7,401.33 | ↑ +154% |
| Premera | Other Commercial Plans | $7,793.13 | ↑ +168% |
| Aetna | All Commercial Plans | $8,045.19 | ↑ +176% |
| Cigna | All Commercial Plans | $8,543.90 | ↑ +193% |
| United Healthcare | All Commercial Plans | $9,082.78 | ↑ +212% |
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Bronchoscopy w/biopsy(s) 31625 at other Washington hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Providence St Joseph Hospital | Chewelah | $1,999.90 | not published |
| Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus | Seattle | $3,877.44 | $2,061.10 – $6,967.07 |
| Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital | Spokane | $2,081.10 | $1,983.42 – $5,047.80 |
| Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill | Seattle | $3,877.44 | $2,061.10 – $6,709.56 |
| Swedish Issaquah | Issaquah | $3,877.44 | $2,066.89 – $6,967.07 |
| Providence Mount Carmel Hospital | Colville | $345.10 | not published |
| MultiCare Valley Hospital | Spokane Valley | $1,886.00 | $1,113.76 – $7,113.59 |
| MultiCare Yakima Memorial Hospital | Yakima | $1,900.80 | $2,123.39 – $5,282.52 |