External cannula declotting 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.
$215.09 with Molina vs $7,556.28 with Cigna — 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 | $215.09 | — |
| United Healthcare | Apple Health | $232.30 | — |
| Coordinated Care | Apple Health | $232.30 | — |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | Apple Health | $232.30 | — |
| WellPoint | Apple Health | $232.30 | — |
| SCAN | MedAdvantage | $1,800.39 | — |
| Aetna | MedAdvantage | $1,854.41 | — |
| Regence | MedAdvantage | $1,854.41 | — |
| United Healthcare | MedAdvantage | $1,872.41 | — |
| Molina | MedAdvantage | $1,890.41 | — |
| WellCare | MedAdvantage | $1,890.41 | — |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | MedAdvantage | $1,980.43 | — |
| First Choice | MHS Employee MCC/PPO | $2,125.32 | — |
| Premera | HMO | $2,613.06 | — |
| First Choice | MCC Wellfound Employee | $2,967.43 | — |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | Cascade Care | $3,035.46 | — |
| Ambetter | Coordinated Care Exchange | $3,600.79 | — |
| First Choice | PPO | $4,010.04 | — |
| Premera | Signature | $5,851.61 | — |
| Premera | Prime | $5,983.28 | — |
| Kaiser | PPO | $6,888.75 | — |
| Aetna | All Commercial Plans | $7,247.26 | — |
| Premera | Other Commercial Plans | $7,353.59 | — |
| Cigna | All Commercial Plans | $7,556.28 | — |
Visitor-reported prices
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External cannula declotting at other Washington hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Providence St Joseph Hospital | Chewelah | $3,007.90 | not published |
| Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital | Spokane | $4,079.60 | $1,754.15 – $4,464.31 |
| Providence Centralia Hospital | Centralia | $2,939.56 | $1,822.85 – $3,688.48 |
| Providence Mount Carmel Hospital | Colville | $3,444.00 | not published |
| Providence St Mary Medical Center | Walla Walla | $3,686.90 | $1,419.11 – $3,245.18 |
| Kadlec Regional Medical Center | Richland | $3,206.00 | $187.60 – $3,245.18 |
| Providence Holy Family Hospital | Spokane | $4,643.80 | $1,754.15 – $6,462.00 |
| Providence Regional Medical Center Everett - Colby Campus | Everett | $950.56 | $1,792.65 – $8,002.00 |