Cytopath c/v automated at MultiCare Good Samaritan Hospital
401 15th Avenue Southeast, Puyallup, WA · Multicare · · NPI 1841231461
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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.
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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.
$12.26 with Molina vs $234.60 with Aetna — 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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| Molina | Apple Health | $12.26 | — |
| WellPoint | Apple Health | $12.26 | — |
| United Healthcare | Apple Health | $13.25 | — |
| Coordinated Care | Apple Health | $13.25 | — |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | Apple Health | $13.25 | — |
| SCAN | MedAdvantage | $49.55 | — |
| Premera | Prime | $50.56 | — |
| Premera | Signature | $50.56 | — |
| Premera | HMO | $50.56 | — |
| First Choice | MHS Employee MCC/PPO | $50.91 | — |
| Aetna | MedAdvantage | $51.04 | — |
| Regence | MedAdvantage | $51.04 | — |
| United Healthcare | MedAdvantage | $51.53 | — |
| WellCare | MedAdvantage | $52.03 | — |
| Molina | MedAdvantage | $52.03 | — |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | MedAdvantage | $54.50 | — |
| Kaiser | PPO | $55.62 | — |
| Cigna | All Commercial Plans | $60.67 | — |
| Premera | Other Commercial Plans | $63.20 | — |
| First Choice | MCC Wellfound Employee | $71.09 | — |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | Cascade Care | $83.54 | — |
| First Choice | PPO | $96.06 | — |
| Ambetter | Coordinated Care Exchange | $99.10 | — |
| Aetna | All Commercial Plans | $234.60 | — |
Visitor-reported prices
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Cytopath c/v automated at other Washington hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Providence St Joseph Hospital | Chewelah | $128.80 | not published |
| Central Medical Center | Seattle | $274.40 | $60.00 – $60.00 |
| Providence Holy Family Hospital | Spokane | $126.70 | $50.56 – $215.79 |
| Providence St Luke's Rehabilitation Medical Center | Spokane | not published | $50.26 – $55.62 |
| Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus | Seattle | not published | $45.50 – $237.63 |
| Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital | Spokane | not published | $50.56 – $182.02 |
| Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill | Seattle | not published | $45.50 – $230.05 |
| Swedish Issaquah | Issaquah | not published | $45.50 – $237.63 |