Ear irrigation 69209 at MultiCare Good Samaritan Hospital
401 15th Avenue Southeast, Puyallup, WA · Multicare · · NPI 1841231461
$163.20
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.
$408.00
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.
$67.47 with SCAN vs $349.86 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| SCAN | MedAdvantage | $67.47 | ↓ -59% |
| Regence | MedAdvantage | $69.49 | ↓ -57% |
| Aetna | MedAdvantage | $69.49 | ↓ -57% |
| United Healthcare | MedAdvantage | $70.17 | ↓ -57% |
| Molina | MedAdvantage | $70.84 | ↓ -57% |
| WellCare | MedAdvantage | $70.84 | ↓ -57% |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | MedAdvantage | $74.22 | ↓ -55% |
| Molina | Apple Health | $78.87 | ↓ -52% |
| WellPoint | Apple Health | $85.18 | ↓ -48% |
| United Healthcare | Apple Health | $85.18 | ↓ -48% |
| Coordinated Care | Apple Health | $85.18 | ↓ -48% |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | Apple Health | $85.18 | ↓ -48% |
| Premera | HMO | $107.68 | ↓ -34% |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | Cascade Care | $113.76 | ↓ -30% |
| Ambetter | Coordinated Care Exchange | $134.94 | ↓ -17% |
| Uniform Medical | All Commercial Plans | $148.91 | ↓ -9% |
| First Choice | MHS Employee MCC/PPO | $185.43 | ↑ +14% |
| Regence | MCC/AHN | $200.82 | ↑ +23% |
| Regence | Blue High Performance | $200.82 | ↑ +23% |
| Regence | RealValue | $206.56 | ↑ +27% |
| Premera | Signature | $223.47 | ↑ +37% |
| Premera | Prime | $228.50 | ↑ +40% |
| Regence | Commercial | $229.51 | ↑ +41% |
| First Choice | MCC Wellfound Employee | $258.90 | ↑ +59% |
| Kaiser | PPO | $266.13 | ↑ +63% |
| Aetna | All Commercial Plans | $277.10 | ↑ +70% |
| Premera | Other Commercial Plans | $280.83 | ↑ +72% |
| Cigna | All Commercial Plans | $283.18 | ↑ +74% |
| Multiplan/PHCS | All Commercial Plans | $297.84 | ↑ +83% |
| First Health | All Commercial Plans | $297.84 | ↑ +83% |
| United Healthcare | All Commercial Plans | $301.04 | ↑ +84% |
| First Choice | PPO | $349.86 | ↑ +114% |
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Ear irrigation 69209 at other Washington hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Providence St Joseph Hospital | Chewelah | $58.10 | not published |
| Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus | Seattle | $204.00 | $68.31 – $258.55 |
| Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital | Spokane | $230.30 | $65.74 – $198.04 |
| Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill | Seattle | $204.00 | $68.31 – $250.30 |
| Swedish Issaquah | Issaquah | $204.00 | $68.50 – $258.55 |
| Providence Centralia Hospital | Centralia | $256.88 | $68.31 – $342.71 |
| Providence Mount Carmel Hospital | Colville | $24.50 | not published |
| Providence St Mary Medical Center | Walla Walla | $208.60 | $54.20 – $121.61 |