Cholecystostomy complete w/supervision & interpretation at MultiCare Good Samaritan Hospital
401 15th Avenue Southeast, Puyallup, WA · Multicare · · NPI 1841231461
$5,677.20
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.
$14,193.00
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.
$1,788.22 with Molina vs $18,270.76 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 | $1,788.22 | ↓ -69% |
| United Healthcare | Apple Health | $1,931.28 | ↓ -66% |
| WellPoint | Apple Health | $1,931.28 | ↓ -66% |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | Apple Health | $1,931.28 | ↓ -66% |
| Coordinated Care | Apple Health | $1,931.28 | ↓ -66% |
| SCAN | MedAdvantage | $4,094.98 | ↓ -28% |
| Aetna | MedAdvantage | $4,217.83 | ↓ -26% |
| Regence | MedAdvantage | $4,217.83 | ↓ -26% |
| United Healthcare | MedAdvantage | $4,258.78 | ↓ -25% |
| WellCare | MedAdvantage | $4,299.73 | ↓ -24% |
| Molina | MedAdvantage | $4,299.73 | ↓ -24% |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | MedAdvantage | $4,504.48 | ↓ -21% |
| First Choice | MHS Employee MCC/PPO | $5,191.04 | ↓ -9% |
| Premera | HMO | $6,220.53 | ↑ +10% |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | Cascade Care | $6,904.13 | ↑ +22% |
| First Choice | MCC Wellfound Employee | $7,247.87 | ↑ +28% |
| Ambetter | Coordinated Care Exchange | $8,189.96 | ↑ +44% |
| Uniform Medical | All Commercial Plans | $8,422.15 | ↑ +48% |
| First Choice | PPO | $9,794.42 | ↑ +73% |
| First Health | All Commercial Plans | $10,360.89 | ↑ +83% |
| Multiplan/PHCS | All Commercial Plans | $10,360.89 | ↑ +83% |
| Regence | MCC/AHN | $11,358.36 | ↑ +100% |
| Regence | Blue High Performance | $11,358.36 | ↑ +100% |
| Regence | RealValue | $11,682.89 | ↑ +106% |
| Premera | Signature | $12,640.70 | ↑ +123% |
| Premera | Prime | $12,925.13 | ↑ +128% |
| Regence | Commercial | $12,980.99 | ↑ +129% |
| Premera | Other Commercial Plans | $15,885.28 | ↑ +180% |
| Kaiser | PPO | $16,399.14 | ↑ +189% |
| Aetna | All Commercial Plans | $16,464.12 | ↑ +190% |
| Cigna | All Commercial Plans | $17,186.76 | ↑ +203% |
| United Healthcare | All Commercial Plans | $18,270.76 | ↑ +222% |
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Cholecystostomy complete w/supervision & interpretation at other Washington hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus | Seattle | $10,518.72 | $4,146.07 – $15,142.49 |
| Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital | Spokane | $5,624.50 | $3,989.80 – $10,154.04 |
| Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill | Seattle | $10,518.72 | $4,146.07 – $14,582.80 |
| Swedish Issaquah | Issaquah | $10,518.72 | $4,157.70 – $15,142.49 |
| Providence St Mary Medical Center | Walla Walla | $6,196.40 | $3,065.60 – $7,381.13 |
| Kadlec Regional Medical Center | Richland | $5,383.00 | $647.76 – $11,535.65 |
| Providence Holy Family Hospital | Spokane | $4,236.40 | $2,985.00 – $11,241.00 |
| Providence Regional Medical Center Everett - Colby Campus | Everett | $4,696.64 | $4,077.37 – $11,784.40 |