Circumcise/surg/28 days or < 54160 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

$1,128.00

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.

$2,820.00

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.

$797.51 with SCAN vs $3,558.28 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.

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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
SCAN MedAdvantage $797.51 ↓ -29%
Regence MedAdvantage $821.44 ↓ -27%
Aetna MedAdvantage $821.44 ↓ -27%
United Healthcare MedAdvantage $829.41 ↓ -26%
Molina MedAdvantage $837.39 ↓ -26%
WellCare MedAdvantage $837.39 ↓ -26%
Community Health Plan of Washington MedAdvantage $877.26 ↓ -22%
Premera HMO $1,171.47 ↑ +4%
Community Health Plan of Washington Cascade Care $1,344.61 ↑ +19%
Molina Apple Health $1,393.78 ↑ +24%
WellPoint Apple Health $1,505.29 ↑ +33%
United Healthcare Apple Health $1,505.29 ↑ +33%
Coordinated Care Apple Health $1,505.29 ↑ +33%
Community Health Plan of Washington Apple Health $1,505.29 ↑ +33%
Ambetter Coordinated Care Exchange $1,595.03 ↑ +41%
Uniform Medical All Commercial Plans $1,662.95 ↑ +47%
First Choice MHS Employee MCC/PPO $1,875.95 ↑ +66%
First Health All Commercial Plans $2,058.60 ↑ +83%
Multiplan/PHCS All Commercial Plans $2,058.60 ↑ +83%
Regence MCC/AHN $2,242.70 ↑ +99%
Regence Blue High Performance $2,242.70 ↑ +99%
Regence RealValue $2,306.78 ↑ +105%
Premera Signature $2,495.88 ↑ +121%
Premera Prime $2,552.05 ↑ +126%
Regence Commercial $2,563.09 ↑ +127%
First Choice MCC Wellfound Employee $2,619.25 ↑ +132%
Kaiser PPO $2,895.32 ↑ +157%
Aetna All Commercial Plans $3,113.93 ↑ +176%
Premera Other Commercial Plans $3,136.52 ↑ +178%
Cigna All Commercial Plans $3,347.17 ↑ +197%
First Choice PPO $3,539.53 ↑ +214%
United Healthcare All Commercial Plans $3,558.28 ↑ +215%

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Circumcise/surg/28 days or < 54160 at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus Seattle $1,518.72 $807.46 – $2,615.69
Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill Seattle $1,518.72 $807.46 – $2,532.21
Swedish Issaquah Issaquah $1,518.72 $809.73 – $2,615.69
Kadlec Regional Medical Center Richland $87.50 $243.83 – $2,064.73
MultiCare Auburn Medical Center Auburn $1,128.00 $793.53 – $3,347.17
Virginia Mason Medical Center Seattle $2,804.49 $6.56 – $670.38
MultiCare Capital Medical Center Olympia $570.00 $791.31 – $3,607.61
MultiCare Covington Medical Center Covington $1,128.00 $793.53 – $3,347.17

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