Carbohydrate deficient transf - sendout 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

$45.20

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.

$113.00

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 $83.80 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 $8.63 ↓ -81%
WellPoint Apple Health $8.63 ↓ -81%
United Healthcare Apple Health $9.32 ↓ -79%
Community Health Plan of Washington Apple Health $9.32 ↓ -79%
Coordinated Care Apple Health $9.32 ↓ -79%
SCAN MedAdvantage $17.70 ↓ -61%
Premera HMO $18.06 ↓ -60%
Premera Signature $18.06 ↓ -60%
Premera Prime $18.06 ↓ -60%
Regence MCC/AHN $18.17 ↓ -60%
Regence Blue High Performance $18.17 ↓ -60%
First Choice MHS Employee MCC/PPO $18.19 ↓ -60%
Aetna MedAdvantage $18.23 ↓ -60%
Regence MedAdvantage $18.23 ↓ -60%
United Healthcare MedAdvantage $18.41 ↓ -59%
Molina MedAdvantage $18.58 ↓ -59%
WellCare MedAdvantage $18.58 ↓ -59%
Regence RealValue $18.69 ↓ -59%
Community Health Plan of Washington MedAdvantage $19.47 ↓ -57%
Kaiser PPO $19.87 ↓ -56%
Uniform Medical All Commercial Plans $20.77 ↓ -54%
Regence Commercial $20.77 ↓ -54%
Cigna All Commercial Plans $21.67 ↓ -52%
United Healthcare All Commercial Plans $21.67 ↓ -52%
Premera Other Commercial Plans $22.58 ↓ -50%
First Choice MCC Wellfound Employee $25.39 ↓ -44%
Community Health Plan of Washington Cascade Care $29.84 ↓ -34%
First Choice PPO $34.31 ↓ -24%
Ambetter Coordinated Care Exchange $35.40 ↓ -22%
Multiplan/PHCS All Commercial Plans $65.70 ↑ +45%
First Health All Commercial Plans $65.70 ↑ +45%
Aetna All Commercial Plans $83.80 ↑ +85%

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Carbohydrate deficient transf - sendout at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus Seattle $94.56 $16.25 – $84.88
Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill Seattle $94.56 $16.25 – $82.17
Swedish Issaquah Issaquah $94.56 $16.25 – $84.88
Central Medical Center Seattle $80.80 $14.00 – $14.00
Swedish Edmonds Hospital Edmonds $94.56 $18.06 – $81.27
Providence St Mary Medical Center Walla Walla $188.30 $18.06 – $33.41
Providence Regional Medical Center Everett - Colby Campus Everett $102.44 $18.06 – $75.85
MultiCare Valley Hospital Spokane Valley $80.00 $8.25 – $32.74

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