Counseling visit to discuss need for ldct g0296 at MultiCare Good Samaritan Hospital
401 15th Avenue Southeast, Puyallup, WA · Multicare · · NPI 1841231461
$219.20
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.
$548.00
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.
$116.19 with SCAN vs $518.42 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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| SCAN | MedAdvantage | $116.19 | ↓ -47% |
| Regence | MedAdvantage | $119.68 | ↓ -45% |
| Aetna | MedAdvantage | $119.68 | ↓ -45% |
| United Healthcare | MedAdvantage | $120.84 | ↓ -45% |
| Molina | MedAdvantage | $122.00 | ↓ -44% |
| WellCare | MedAdvantage | $122.00 | ↓ -44% |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | MedAdvantage | $127.81 | ↓ -42% |
| Premera | HMO | $142.10 | ↓ -35% |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | Cascade Care | $195.90 | ↓ -11% |
| Uniform Medical | All Commercial Plans | $217.00 | ↓ -1% |
| Ambetter | Coordinated Care Exchange | $232.38 | ↑ +6% |
| First Choice | MHS Employee MCC/PPO | $264.74 | ↑ +21% |
| Regence | MCC/AHN | $292.65 | ↑ +34% |
| Regence | Blue High Performance | $292.65 | ↑ +34% |
| Regence | RealValue | $301.01 | ↑ +37% |
| Premera | Signature | $325.67 | ↑ +49% |
| Premera | Prime | $333.00 | ↑ +52% |
| Regence | Commercial | $334.45 | ↑ +53% |
| Kaiser | PPO | $351.19 | ↑ +60% |
| First Choice | MCC Wellfound Employee | $369.64 | ↑ +69% |
| Multiplan/PHCS | All Commercial Plans | $400.04 | ↑ +83% |
| First Health | All Commercial Plans | $400.04 | ↑ +83% |
| Premera | Other Commercial Plans | $409.27 | ↑ +87% |
| Aetna | All Commercial Plans | $431.56 | ↑ +97% |
| Cigna | All Commercial Plans | $487.67 | ↑ +122% |
| First Choice | PPO | $499.51 | ↑ +128% |
| United Healthcare | All Commercial Plans | $518.42 | ↑ +137% |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | Apple Health | not published by hospital | — |
| Coordinated Care | Apple Health | not published by hospital | — |
| Molina | Apple Health | not published by hospital | — |
| United Healthcare | Apple Health | not published by hospital | — |
| WellPoint | Apple Health | not published by hospital | — |
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Counseling visit to discuss need for ldct g0296 at other Washington hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Providence St Mary Medical Center | Walla Walla | $200.90 | $78.98 – $209.43 |
| MultiCare Valley Hospital | Spokane Valley | $141.60 | $114.27 – $337.53 |
| MultiCare Auburn Medical Center | Auburn | $219.20 | $115.61 – $487.67 |
| Virginia Mason Medical Center | Seattle | $148.41 | $0.83 – $1,556.42 |
| MultiCare Capital Medical Center | Olympia | $219.20 | $115.29 – $525.61 |
| MultiCare Covington Medical Center | Covington | $219.20 | $115.61 – $487.67 |
| MultiCare Mary Bridge Children's Hospital | Tacoma | $219.20 | $119.68 – $596.56 |
| MultiCare Allenmore Hospital | Tacoma | $219.20 | $116.19 – $487.67 |