Excision benign lesion trunk/arms/legs 1.1 - 2.0 cm at MultiCare Good Samaritan Hospital
401 15th Avenue Southeast, Puyallup, WA · Multicare · · NPI 1841231461
$1,826.00
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.
$4,565.00
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.
$316.31 with Molina vs $3,879.66 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Molina | Apple Health | $316.31 | ↓ -83% |
| United Healthcare | Apple Health | $341.61 | ↓ -81% |
| WellPoint | Apple Health | $341.61 | ↓ -81% |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | Apple Health | $341.61 | ↓ -81% |
| Coordinated Care | Apple Health | $341.61 | ↓ -81% |
| SCAN | MedAdvantage | $809.91 | ↓ -56% |
| Aetna | MedAdvantage | $834.20 | ↓ -54% |
| Regence | MedAdvantage | $834.20 | ↓ -54% |
| United Healthcare | MedAdvantage | $842.30 | ↓ -54% |
| WellCare | MedAdvantage | $850.40 | ↓ -53% |
| Molina | MedAdvantage | $850.40 | ↓ -53% |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | MedAdvantage | $890.90 | ↓ -51% |
| Premera | HMO | $1,215.75 | ↓ -33% |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | Cascade Care | $1,365.50 | ↓ -25% |
| Ambetter | Coordinated Care Exchange | $1,619.81 | ↓ -11% |
| Uniform Medical | All Commercial Plans | $1,712.77 | ↓ -6% |
| First Choice | MHS Employee MCC/PPO | $2,056.22 | ↑ +13% |
| Regence | Blue High Performance | $2,309.89 | ↑ +27% |
| Regence | MCC/AHN | $2,309.89 | ↑ +27% |
| Regence | RealValue | $2,375.89 | ↑ +30% |
| Premera | Signature | $2,570.68 | ↑ +41% |
| Premera | Prime | $2,628.52 | ↑ +44% |
| Regence | Commercial | $2,639.88 | ↑ +45% |
| First Choice | MCC Wellfound Employee | $2,870.95 | ↑ +57% |
| Kaiser | PPO | $3,004.73 | ↑ +65% |
| Premera | Other Commercial Plans | $3,230.51 | ↑ +77% |
| Aetna | All Commercial Plans | $3,282.45 | ↑ +80% |
| Multiplan/PHCS | All Commercial Plans | $3,332.45 | ↑ +83% |
| First Health | All Commercial Plans | $3,332.45 | ↑ +83% |
| Cigna | All Commercial Plans | $3,399.19 | ↑ +86% |
| United Healthcare | All Commercial Plans | $3,613.58 | ↑ +98% |
| First Choice | PPO | $3,879.66 | ↑ +112% |
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Excision benign lesion trunk/arms/legs 1.1 - 2.0 cm at other Washington hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Providence St Joseph Hospital | Chewelah | $970.90 | not published |
| Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus | Seattle | $2,054.88 | $820.01 – $2,867.05 |
| Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital | Spokane | $1,536.50 | $789.10 – $2,008.27 |
| Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill | Seattle | $2,054.88 | $820.01 – $2,775.55 |
| Swedish Issaquah | Issaquah | $2,054.88 | $822.31 – $2,867.05 |
| Providence Centralia Hospital | Centralia | $1,499.16 | $820.01 – $3,568.56 |
| Providence Mount Carmel Hospital | Colville | $1,135.40 | not published |
| Providence St Mary Medical Center | Walla Walla | $806.40 | $623.43 – $2,769.45 |