Chemo ia infusion up to 1 hr 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.

$215.09 with Molina vs $1,585.54 with Cigna — 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 $215.09
United Healthcare Apple Health $232.30
Coordinated Care Apple Health $232.30
Community Health Plan of Washington Apple Health $232.30
WellPoint Apple Health $232.30
SCAN MedAdvantage $377.78
Aetna MedAdvantage $389.11
Regence MedAdvantage $389.11
United Healthcare MedAdvantage $392.89
WellCare MedAdvantage $396.67
Molina MedAdvantage $396.67
Community Health Plan of Washington MedAdvantage $415.56
First Choice MHS Employee MCC/PPO $619.35
Premera HMO $623.11
Community Health Plan of Washington Cascade Care $636.93
Ambetter Coordinated Care Exchange $755.56
First Choice MCC Wellfound Employee $864.75
Kaiser PPO $956.42
First Choice PPO $1,168.59
Premera Signature $1,237.39
Premera Prime $1,265.23
Aetna All Commercial Plans $1,547.44
Premera Other Commercial Plans $1,555.00
Cigna All Commercial Plans $1,585.54

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Chemo ia infusion up to 1 hr at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Kadlec Regional Medical Center Richland $1,213.10 $279.39 – $718.42
Providence Regional Medical Center Everett - Colby Campus Everett $659.36 $376.15 – $872.68
St. Michael Medical Center Silverdale $451.66 $644.72 – $973.56
St. Anne Hospital Burien $312.49 $440.05 – $1,142.74
St. Anthony Hospital Gig Harbor $311.26 $511.68 – $1,076.25
St. Joseph Medical Center Tacoma $338.94 $511.68 – $1,076.25
St. Elizabeth Hospital Enumclaw $361.62 $173.97 – $921.02
Virginia Mason Medical Center Seattle $605.37 $5.16 – $1,738.24

All Washington hospitals for this procedure →