Canakinumab injection 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.

$146.58 with SCAN vs $7,001.18 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.

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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
SCAN MedAdvantage $146.58
Aetna MedAdvantage $150.98
Regence MedAdvantage $150.98
United Healthcare MedAdvantage $152.45
WellCare MedAdvantage $153.91
Molina MedAdvantage $153.91
Community Health Plan of Washington MedAdvantage $161.24
Cigna All Commercial Plans $190.23
Premera HMO $191.29
Community Health Plan of Washington Cascade Care $247.14
Aetna All Commercial Plans $279.91
Premera Signature $285.95
Premera Prime $285.95
Ambetter Coordinated Care Exchange $293.17
First Choice MHS Employee MCC/PPO $295.28
Premera Other Commercial Plans $348.11
First Choice MCC Wellfound Employee $412.28
Kaiser PPO $554.77
First Choice PPO $557.13
Molina Apple Health $6,482.58
WellPoint Apple Health $7,001.18
Coordinated Care Apple Health $7,001.18
Community Health Plan of Washington Apple Health $7,001.18
United Healthcare Apple Health $7,001.18

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Canakinumab injection at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital Spokane $60,768.34 $96.97 – $276.71
Providence St Mary Medical Center Walla Walla $65,385.54 $126.55 – $782.51
Providence Holy Family Hospital Spokane $60,768.34 $124.33 – $298.94
Providence St Luke's Rehabilitation Medical Center Spokane not published $149.57 – $164.53
Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus Seattle not published $126.55 – $312.54
Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill Seattle not published $126.55 – $276.71
Swedish Issaquah Issaquah not published $133.66 – $312.54
Central Medical Center Seattle not published $141.00 – $141.00

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