Chemodener muscle larynx emg 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.

$309.03 with Molina vs $3,388.40 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 $309.03
United Healthcare Apple Health $333.75
Coordinated Care Apple Health $333.75
Community Health Plan of Washington Apple Health $333.75
WellPoint Apple Health $333.75
SCAN MedAdvantage $807.33
Aetna MedAdvantage $831.55
Regence MedAdvantage $831.55
United Healthcare MedAdvantage $839.62
Molina MedAdvantage $847.70
WellCare MedAdvantage $847.70
First Choice MHS Employee MCC/PPO $882.37
Community Health Plan of Washington MedAdvantage $888.06
Premera HMO $1,131.63
First Choice MCC Wellfound Employee $1,231.99
Community Health Plan of Washington Cascade Care $1,361.16
Ambetter Coordinated Care Exchange $1,614.66
First Choice PPO $1,664.86
Premera Signature $2,526.71
Premera Prime $2,583.57
Kaiser PPO $2,983.29
Premera Other Commercial Plans $3,175.26
Aetna All Commercial Plans $3,230.82
Cigna All Commercial Plans $3,388.40

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Chemodener muscle larynx emg at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus Seattle $825.60 $817.40 – $2,483.27
Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill Seattle $825.60 $817.40 – $1,912.72
Swedish Issaquah Issaquah $825.60 $819.70 – $1,819.73
Virginia Mason Medical Center Seattle $1,047.54 $4.80 – $512.19
Providence St Luke's Rehabilitation Medical Center Spokane not published $786.59 – $865.25
Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital Spokane not published $786.59 – $2,001.88
Central Medical Center Seattle not published not published
Providence Centralia Hospital Centralia not published $817.40 – $1,531.35

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