Change g-tube to g-j perc at MultiCare Good Samaritan Hospital
401 15th Avenue Southeast, Puyallup, WA · Multicare · · NPI 1841231461
$2,195.20
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.
$5,488.00
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.
$477.34 with Molina vs $9,792.15 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 | $477.34 | ↓ -78% |
| United Healthcare | Apple Health | $515.53 | ↓ -77% |
| WellPoint | Apple Health | $515.53 | ↓ -77% |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | Apple Health | $515.53 | ↓ -77% |
| Coordinated Care | Apple Health | $515.53 | ↓ -77% |
| SCAN | MedAdvantage | $2,194.69 | ↓ -0% |
| Aetna | MedAdvantage | $2,260.54 | ↑ +3% |
| Regence | MedAdvantage | $2,260.54 | ↑ +3% |
| United Healthcare | MedAdvantage | $2,282.48 | ↑ +4% |
| WellCare | MedAdvantage | $2,304.43 | ↑ +5% |
| Molina | MedAdvantage | $2,304.43 | ↑ +5% |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | MedAdvantage | $2,414.16 | ↑ +10% |
| First Choice | MHS Employee MCC/PPO | $2,600.08 | ↑ +18% |
| Premera | HMO | $3,058.68 | ↑ +39% |
| First Choice | MCC Wellfound Employee | $3,630.30 | ↑ +65% |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | Cascade Care | $3,700.25 | ↑ +69% |
| Multiplan/PHCS | All Commercial Plans | $4,006.24 | ↑ +83% |
| First Health | All Commercial Plans | $4,006.24 | ↑ +83% |
| Ambetter | Coordinated Care Exchange | $4,389.39 | ↑ +100% |
| Uniform Medical | All Commercial Plans | $4,632.19 | ↑ +111% |
| First Choice | PPO | $4,905.81 | ↑ +123% |
| Regence | MCC/AHN | $6,247.11 | ↑ +185% |
| Regence | Blue High Performance | $6,247.11 | ↑ +185% |
| Regence | RealValue | $6,425.60 | ↑ +193% |
| Premera | Signature | $6,952.41 | ↑ +217% |
| Premera | Prime | $7,108.85 | ↑ +224% |
| Regence | Commercial | $7,139.55 | ↑ +225% |
| Kaiser | PPO | $8,063.56 | ↑ +267% |
| Premera | Other Commercial Plans | $8,736.94 | ↑ +298% |
| Aetna | All Commercial Plans | $8,850.03 | ↑ +303% |
| Cigna | All Commercial Plans | $9,211.19 | ↑ +320% |
| United Healthcare | All Commercial Plans | $9,792.15 | ↑ +346% |
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Change g-tube to g-j perc at other Washington hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus | Seattle | $4,914.72 | $2,222.08 – $7,584.54 |
| Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital | Spokane | $3,096.80 | $2,138.32 – $5,442.03 |
| Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill | Seattle | $4,914.72 | $2,222.08 – $7,304.21 |
| Swedish Issaquah | Issaquah | $4,914.72 | $2,228.31 – $7,584.54 |
| Providence Mount Carmel Hospital | Colville | $1,356.60 | not published |
| Providence St Mary Medical Center | Walla Walla | $2,826.60 | $1,686.08 – $3,955.90 |
| Kadlec Regional Medical Center | Richland | $2,802.80 | $282.36 – $5,777.95 |
| Providence Holy Family Hospital | Spokane | $5,476.80 | $2,138.32 – $5,613.10 |