Cdna analysis for variants at MultiCare Good Samaritan Hospital
401 15th Avenue Southeast, Puyallup, WA · Multicare · · NPI 1841231461
$223.60
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.
$559.00
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.
$84.33 with Molina vs $416.70 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.
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 | $84.33 | ↓ -62% |
| WellPoint | Apple Health | $84.33 | ↓ -62% |
| United Healthcare | Apple Health | $91.07 | ↓ -59% |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | Apple Health | $91.07 | ↓ -59% |
| Coordinated Care | Apple Health | $91.07 | ↓ -59% |
| SCAN | MedAdvantage | $181.50 | ↓ -19% |
| Premera | HMO | $185.20 | ↓ -17% |
| Premera | Signature | $185.20 | ↓ -17% |
| Premera | Prime | $185.20 | ↓ -17% |
| Regence | Blue High Performance | $186.36 | ↓ -17% |
| Regence | MCC/AHN | $186.36 | ↓ -17% |
| Regence | MedAdvantage | $186.94 | ↓ -16% |
| Aetna | MedAdvantage | $186.94 | ↓ -16% |
| United Healthcare | MedAdvantage | $188.76 | ↓ -16% |
| WellCare | MedAdvantage | $190.57 | ↓ -15% |
| Molina | MedAdvantage | $190.57 | ↓ -15% |
| Regence | RealValue | $191.68 | ↓ -14% |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | MedAdvantage | $199.65 | ↓ -11% |
| Kaiser | PPO | $203.72 | ↓ -9% |
| Uniform Medical | All Commercial Plans | $212.98 | ↓ -5% |
| Regence | Commercial | $212.98 | ↓ -5% |
| First Choice | MHS Employee MCC/PPO | $220.85 | ↓ -1% |
| United Healthcare | All Commercial Plans | $222.24 | ↓ -1% |
| Cigna | All Commercial Plans | $222.24 | ↓ -1% |
| Premera | Other Commercial Plans | $231.50 | ↑ +4% |
| Aetna | All Commercial Plans | $248.17 | ↑ +11% |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | Cascade Care | $306.00 | ↑ +37% |
| First Choice | MCC Wellfound Employee | $308.36 | ↑ +38% |
| Multiplan/PHCS | All Commercial Plans | $326.31 | ↑ +46% |
| First Health | All Commercial Plans | $326.31 | ↑ +46% |
| Ambetter | Coordinated Care Exchange | $362.99 | ↑ +62% |
| First Choice | PPO | $416.70 | ↑ +86% |
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Cdna analysis for variants at other Washington hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus | Seattle | $387.84 | $166.68 – $562.64 |
| Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital | Spokane | $632.10 | $185.20 – $471.33 |
| Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill | Seattle | $387.84 | $166.68 – $555.60 |
| Swedish Issaquah | Issaquah | $387.84 | $166.68 – $411.14 |
| Providence Mount Carmel Hospital | Colville | $345.10 | not published |
| Swedish Edmonds Hospital | Edmonds | $387.84 | $185.20 – $740.80 |
| Providence St Mary Medical Center | Walla Walla | $448.70 | $185.20 – $342.62 |
| Kadlec Regional Medical Center | Richland | $592.90 | $185.20 – $342.62 |