Consultation pathology during surgery frozen section first tissue block at MultiCare Good Samaritan Hospital
401 15th Avenue Southeast, Puyallup, WA · Multicare · · NPI 1841231461
$149.60
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.
$374.00
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.
$26.14 with Molina vs $912.66 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Molina | Apple Health | $26.14 | ↓ -83% |
| WellPoint | Apple Health | $26.14 | ↓ -83% |
| United Healthcare | Apple Health | $28.23 | ↓ -81% |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | Apple Health | $28.23 | ↓ -81% |
| Coordinated Care | Apple Health | $28.23 | ↓ -81% |
| SCAN | MedAdvantage | $194.86 | ↑ +30% |
| Aetna | MedAdvantage | $200.70 | ↑ +34% |
| Regence | MedAdvantage | $200.70 | ↑ +34% |
| United Healthcare | MedAdvantage | $202.65 | ↑ +35% |
| WellCare | MedAdvantage | $204.60 | ↑ +37% |
| Molina | MedAdvantage | $204.60 | ↑ +37% |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | MedAdvantage | $214.34 | ↑ +43% |
| Multiplan/PHCS | All Commercial Plans | $218.27 | ↑ +46% |
| First Health | All Commercial Plans | $218.27 | ↑ +46% |
| Premera | HMO | $294.59 | ↑ +97% |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | Cascade Care | $328.53 | ↑ +120% |
| Ambetter | Coordinated Care Exchange | $389.71 | ↑ +161% |
| Uniform Medical | All Commercial Plans | $415.80 | ↑ +178% |
| First Choice | MHS Employee MCC/PPO | $483.71 | ↑ +223% |
| Regence | MCC/AHN | $560.76 | ↑ +275% |
| Regence | Blue High Performance | $560.76 | ↑ +275% |
| Regence | RealValue | $576.78 | ↑ +286% |
| Premera | Signature | $624.07 | ↑ +317% |
| Premera | Prime | $638.11 | ↑ +327% |
| Regence | Commercial | $640.87 | ↑ +328% |
| First Choice | MCC Wellfound Employee | $675.37 | ↑ +351% |
| Kaiser | PPO | $728.07 | ↑ +387% |
| Premera | Other Commercial Plans | $784.26 | ↑ +424% |
| Aetna | All Commercial Plans | $799.47 | ↑ +434% |
| Cigna | All Commercial Plans | $817.83 | ↑ +447% |
| United Healthcare | All Commercial Plans | $869.41 | ↑ +481% |
| First Choice | PPO | $912.66 | ↑ +510% |
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Consultation pathology during surgery frozen section first tissue block at other Washington hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Providence St Joseph Hospital | Chewelah | $88.20 | not published |
| Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus | Seattle | $120.48 | $79.17 – $674.45 |
| Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital | Spokane | $357.70 | $87.09 – $516.60 |
| Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill | Seattle | $120.48 | $79.17 – $652.93 |
| Swedish Issaquah | Issaquah | $120.48 | $79.17 – $674.45 |
| Central Medical Center | Seattle | $408.00 | $425.00 – $425.00 |
| Providence Centralia Hospital | Centralia | $282.88 | $118.76 – $894.01 |
| Providence Mount Carmel Hospital | Colville | $60.90 | not published |