Cystic fibrosis cftr 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

$967.60

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.

$2,419.00

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.

$286.81 with Molina vs $1,412.55 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
Molina Apple Health $286.81 ↓ -70%
WellPoint Apple Health $286.81 ↓ -70%
United Healthcare Apple Health $309.76 ↓ -68%
Community Health Plan of Washington Apple Health $309.76 ↓ -68%
Coordinated Care Apple Health $309.76 ↓ -68%
SCAN MedAdvantage $489.02 ↓ -49%
Premera HMO $499.00 ↓ -48%
Premera Signature $499.00 ↓ -48%
Premera Prime $499.00 ↓ -48%
Regence Blue High Performance $502.12 ↓ -48%
Regence MCC/AHN $502.12 ↓ -48%
Regence MedAdvantage $503.69 ↓ -48%
Aetna MedAdvantage $503.69 ↓ -48%
United Healthcare MedAdvantage $508.58 ↓ -47%
WellCare MedAdvantage $513.47 ↓ -47%
Molina MedAdvantage $513.47 ↓ -47%
Regence RealValue $516.47 ↓ -47%
Community Health Plan of Washington MedAdvantage $537.92 ↓ -44%
Kaiser PPO $548.90 ↓ -43%
Uniform Medical All Commercial Plans $573.85 ↓ -41%
Regence Commercial $573.85 ↓ -41%
First Choice MHS Employee MCC/PPO $595.06 ↓ -39%
United Healthcare All Commercial Plans $598.80 ↓ -38%
Cigna All Commercial Plans $598.80 ↓ -38%
Premera Other Commercial Plans $623.75 ↓ -36%
Aetna All Commercial Plans $668.66 ↓ -31%
Community Health Plan of Washington Cascade Care $824.49 ↓ -15%
First Choice MCC Wellfound Employee $830.84 ↓ -14%
Ambetter Coordinated Care Exchange $978.04 ↑ +1%
First Choice PPO $1,122.75 ↑ +16%
Multiplan/PHCS All Commercial Plans $1,412.55 ↑ +46%
First Health All Commercial Plans $1,412.55 ↑ +46%

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Cystic fibrosis cftr at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus Seattle $1,381.44 $449.10 – $1,515.96
Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill Seattle $1,381.44 $449.10 – $1,497.00
Swedish Issaquah Issaquah $1,381.44 $449.10 – $1,107.78
Providence St Mary Medical Center Walla Walla $2,142.70 $499.00 – $923.15
MultiCare Valley Hospital Spokane Valley $774.00 $274.06 – $904.69
MultiCare Yakima Memorial Hospital Yakima $774.00 $498.80 – $913.17
St. Michael Medical Center Silverdale $1,864.89 $499.00 – $3,802.89
St. Anne Hospital Burien $1,290.26 $499.00 – $3,802.89

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