Clearance of airways at MultiCare Good Samaritan Hospital
401 15th Avenue Southeast, Puyallup, WA · Multicare · · NPI 1841231461
$128.00
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.
$320.00
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.
$36.95 with Molina vs $1,169.99 with First Choice — 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 | $36.95 | ↓ -71% |
| Coordinated Care | Apple Health | $39.90 | ↓ -69% |
| United Healthcare | Apple Health | $39.90 | ↓ -69% |
| WellPoint | Apple Health | $39.90 | ↓ -69% |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | Apple Health | $39.90 | ↓ -69% |
| Multiplan/PHCS | All Commercial Plans | $233.60 | ↑ +83% |
| First Health | All Commercial Plans | $233.60 | ↑ +83% |
| SCAN | MedAdvantage | $250.45 | ↑ +96% |
| Aetna | MedAdvantage | $257.96 | ↑ +102% |
| Regence | MedAdvantage | $257.96 | ↑ +102% |
| United Healthcare | MedAdvantage | $260.47 | ↑ +103% |
| WellCare | MedAdvantage | $262.97 | ↑ +105% |
| Molina | MedAdvantage | $262.97 | ↑ +105% |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | MedAdvantage | $275.49 | ↑ +115% |
| Premera | HMO | $358.74 | ↑ +180% |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | Cascade Care | $422.26 | ↑ +230% |
| Ambetter | Coordinated Care Exchange | $500.90 | ↑ +291% |
| Uniform Medical | All Commercial Plans | $519.23 | ↑ +306% |
| First Choice | MHS Employee MCC/PPO | $620.09 | ↑ +384% |
| Regence | Blue High Performance | $700.25 | ↑ +447% |
| Regence | MCC/AHN | $700.25 | ↑ +447% |
| Regence | RealValue | $720.25 | ↑ +463% |
| Premera | Signature | $779.32 | ↑ +509% |
| Premera | Prime | $796.85 | ↑ +523% |
| Regence | Commercial | $800.28 | ↑ +525% |
| First Choice | MCC Wellfound Employee | $865.79 | ↑ +576% |
| Kaiser | PPO | $886.65 | ↑ +593% |
| Aetna | All Commercial Plans | $948.90 | ↑ +641% |
| Premera | Other Commercial Plans | $979.35 | ↑ +665% |
| Cigna | All Commercial Plans | $1,051.14 | ↑ +721% |
| United Healthcare | All Commercial Plans | $1,117.44 | ↑ +773% |
| First Choice | PPO | $1,169.99 | ↑ +814% |
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Clearance of airways at other Washington hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Providence St Luke's Rehabilitation Medical Center | Spokane | $200.34 | $244.02 – $268.42 |
| Providence St Joseph Hospital | Chewelah | $287.00 | not published |
| Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus | Seattle | $576.96 | $253.57 – $864.61 |
| Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital | Spokane | $453.60 | $244.02 – $662.26 |
| Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill | Seattle | $576.96 | $253.57 – $837.02 |
| Swedish Issaquah | Issaquah | $576.96 | $254.28 – $864.61 |
| Providence Centralia Hospital | Centralia | $442.52 | $253.57 – $1,146.07 |
| Providence Mount Carmel Hospital | Colville | $335.30 | not published |