Closure paravalvlr leak pq 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

$1,531.60

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.

$3,829.00

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.

$717.46 with SCAN vs $4,010.04 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.

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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 $717.46 ↓ -53%
Aetna MedAdvantage $738.98 ↓ -52%
Regence MedAdvantage $738.98 ↓ -52%
United Healthcare MedAdvantage $746.16 ↓ -51%
Molina MedAdvantage $753.33 ↓ -51%
WellCare MedAdvantage $753.33 ↓ -51%
Community Health Plan of Washington MedAdvantage $789.21 ↓ -48%
Premera HMO $1,083.73 ↓ -29%
Community Health Plan of Washington Cascade Care $1,209.64 ↓ -21%
Ambetter Coordinated Care Exchange $1,434.92 ↓ -6%
Uniform Medical All Commercial Plans $1,529.30 ↓ -0%
Molina Apple Health $1,541.07 ↑ +1%
WellPoint Apple Health $1,664.36 ↑ +9%
United Healthcare Apple Health $1,664.36 ↑ +9%
Coordinated Care Apple Health $1,664.36 ↑ +9%
Community Health Plan of Washington Apple Health $1,664.36 ↑ +9%
Regence MCC/AHN $2,062.45 ↑ +35%
Regence Blue High Performance $2,062.45 ↑ +35%
Regence RealValue $2,121.38 ↑ +39%
First Choice MHS Employee MCC/PPO $2,125.32 ↑ +39%
Premera Signature $2,295.30 ↑ +50%
Premera Prime $2,346.95 ↑ +53%
Regence Commercial $2,357.09 ↑ +54%
Kaiser PPO $2,678.46 ↑ +75%
Multiplan/PHCS All Commercial Plans $2,795.17 ↑ +83%
First Health All Commercial Plans $2,795.17 ↑ +83%
Aetna All Commercial Plans $2,884.38 ↑ +88%
Premera Other Commercial Plans $2,884.45 ↑ +88%
First Choice MCC Wellfound Employee $2,967.43 ↑ +94%
Cigna All Commercial Plans $3,011.21 ↑ +97%
United Healthcare All Commercial Plans $3,201.13 ↑ +109%
First Choice PPO $4,010.04 ↑ +162%

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Closure paravalvlr leak pq at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus Seattle $40,842.24 $726.41 – $2,963.40
Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill Seattle $40,842.24 $726.41 – $2,868.82
Swedish Issaquah Issaquah $40,842.24 $728.45 – $2,963.40
Kadlec Regional Medical Center Richland $7,038.50 $699.03 – $2,339.19
Providence Regional Medical Center Everett - Colby Campus Everett $1,913.60 $714.37 – $7,246.00
Providence St Peter Hospital Olympia $21,118.24 $613.23 – $3,484.00
MultiCare Valley Hospital Spokane Valley $4,011.20 $705.60 – $2,574.33
St. Michael Medical Center Silverdale $4,339.42 $1,481.89 – $2,726.47

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