Cta upper extremity w &/or without contrast left 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

$1,516.00

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.

$3,790.00

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.

$200.61 with SCAN vs $2,213.36 with First Health — 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 $200.61 ↓ -87%
Regence MedAdvantage $206.63 ↓ -86%
Aetna MedAdvantage $206.63 ↓ -86%
United Healthcare MedAdvantage $208.63 ↓ -86%
Molina MedAdvantage $210.64 ↓ -86%
WellCare MedAdvantage $210.64 ↓ -86%
Community Health Plan of Washington MedAdvantage $220.67 ↓ -85%
Molina Apple Health $274.65 ↓ -82%
WellPoint Apple Health $296.63 ↓ -80%
United Healthcare Apple Health $296.63 ↓ -80%
Coordinated Care Apple Health $296.63 ↓ -80%
Community Health Plan of Washington Apple Health $296.63 ↓ -80%
Premera HMO $337.83 ↓ -78%
Community Health Plan of Washington Cascade Care $338.23 ↓ -78%
Ambetter Coordinated Care Exchange $401.22 ↓ -74%
Uniform Medical All Commercial Plans $447.28 ↓ -70%
Regence MCC/AHN $603.21 ↓ -60%
Regence Blue High Performance $603.21 ↓ -60%
First Choice MHS Employee MCC/PPO $614.23 ↓ -59%
Regence RealValue $620.45 ↓ -59%
Premera Signature $671.32 ↓ -56%
Premera Prime $686.42 ↓ -55%
Regence Commercial $689.39 ↓ -55%
Aetna All Commercial Plans $830.50 ↓ -45%
Kaiser PPO $834.97 ↓ -45%
Cigna All Commercial Plans $841.97 ↓ -44%
Premera Other Commercial Plans $843.63 ↓ -44%
First Choice MCC Wellfound Employee $857.60 ↓ -43%
United Healthcare All Commercial Plans $895.07 ↓ -41%
First Choice PPO $1,158.92 ↓ -24%
Multiplan/PHCS All Commercial Plans $2,213.36 ↑ +46%
First Health All Commercial Plans $2,213.36 ↑ +46%

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Cta upper extremity w &/or without contrast left at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Providence St Joseph Hospital Chewelah $2,236.50 not published
Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus Seattle $1,052.16 $203.11 – $856.43
Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital Spokane $1,680.70 $195.46 – $655.99
Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill Seattle $1,052.16 $203.11 – $829.10
Swedish Issaquah Issaquah $1,052.16 $203.68 – $856.43
Central Medical Center Seattle $1,200.00 $179.00 – $179.00
Providence Centralia Hospital Centralia $1,698.32 $203.11 – $1,135.23
Providence Mount Carmel Hospital Colville $1,544.20 not published

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