Cytopathology fluids/washings/brushings smears with interpretation at MultiCare Good Samaritan Hospital
401 15th Avenue Southeast, Puyallup, WA · Multicare · · NPI 1841231461
$58.00
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.
$145.00
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.
$6.82 with Molina vs $212.61 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 |
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| Molina | Apple Health | $6.82 | ↓ -88% |
| WellPoint | Apple Health | $6.82 | ↓ -88% |
| United Healthcare | Apple Health | $7.36 | ↓ -87% |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | Apple Health | $7.36 | ↓ -87% |
| Coordinated Care | Apple Health | $7.36 | ↓ -87% |
| SCAN | MedAdvantage | $42.72 | ↓ -26% |
| Aetna | MedAdvantage | $44.00 | ↓ -24% |
| Regence | MedAdvantage | $44.00 | ↓ -24% |
| United Healthcare | MedAdvantage | $44.43 | ↓ -23% |
| WellCare | MedAdvantage | $44.86 | ↓ -23% |
| Molina | MedAdvantage | $44.86 | ↓ -23% |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | MedAdvantage | $46.99 | ↓ -19% |
| Premera | HMO | $63.62 | ↑ +10% |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | Cascade Care | $72.02 | ↑ +24% |
| Multiplan/PHCS | All Commercial Plans | $84.68 | ↑ +46% |
| First Health | All Commercial Plans | $84.68 | ↑ +46% |
| Ambetter | Coordinated Care Exchange | $85.44 | ↑ +47% |
| Uniform Medical | All Commercial Plans | $97.63 | ↑ +68% |
| First Choice | MHS Employee MCC/PPO | $112.69 | ↑ +94% |
| Regence | MCC/AHN | $131.66 | ↑ +127% |
| Regence | Blue High Performance | $131.66 | ↑ +127% |
| Regence | RealValue | $135.42 | ↑ +133% |
| Premera | Signature | $146.53 | ↑ +153% |
| Premera | Prime | $149.83 | ↑ +158% |
| Regence | Commercial | $150.47 | ↑ +159% |
| Kaiser | PPO | $157.23 | ↑ +171% |
| First Choice | MCC Wellfound Employee | $157.33 | ↑ +171% |
| Cigna | All Commercial Plans | $179.28 | ↑ +209% |
| Aetna | All Commercial Plans | $183.12 | ↑ +216% |
| Premera | Other Commercial Plans | $184.15 | ↑ +218% |
| United Healthcare | All Commercial Plans | $190.58 | ↑ +229% |
| First Choice | PPO | $212.61 | ↑ +267% |
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Cytopathology fluids/washings/brushings smears with interpretation at other Washington hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Providence St Joseph Hospital | Chewelah | $261.10 | not published |
| Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus | Seattle | $88.32 | $43.25 – $157.12 |
| Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital | Spokane | $142.10 | $41.62 – $120.35 |
| Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill | Seattle | $88.32 | $43.25 – $152.11 |
| Swedish Issaquah | Issaquah | $88.32 | $43.37 – $157.12 |
| Central Medical Center | Seattle | $460.00 | $40.00 – $40.00 |
| Providence Mount Carmel Hospital | Colville | $136.50 | not published |
| Swedish Edmonds Hospital | Edmonds | $88.32 | $42.54 – $150.44 |