Fluoro polarize fetal lung at MultiCare Good Samaritan Hospital

401 15th Avenue Southeast, Puyallup, WA · Multicare · · NPI 1841231461

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Aug 27, 2026 · Ingested Sep 17, 2026

$48.00

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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.

$120.00

Gross charge

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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.

$8.63 with Molina vs $87.74 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.

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Payer
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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.

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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.

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Negotiated rate vs. cash
Molina Apple Health $8.63 ↓ -82%
WellPoint Apple Health $8.63 ↓ -82%
United Healthcare Apple Health $9.32 ↓ -81%
Community Health Plan of Washington Apple Health $9.32 ↓ -81%
Coordinated Care Apple Health $9.32 ↓ -81%
SCAN MedAdvantage $18.53 ↓ -61%
Premera HMO $18.91 ↓ -61%
Premera Signature $18.91 ↓ -61%
Premera Prime $18.91 ↓ -61%
Regence MCC/AHN $19.03 ↓ -60%
Regence Blue High Performance $19.03 ↓ -60%
First Choice MHS Employee MCC/PPO $19.04 ↓ -60%
Aetna MedAdvantage $19.09 ↓ -60%
Regence MedAdvantage $19.09 ↓ -60%
United Healthcare MedAdvantage $19.27 ↓ -60%
Molina MedAdvantage $19.46 ↓ -59%
WellCare MedAdvantage $19.46 ↓ -59%
Regence RealValue $19.57 ↓ -59%
Community Health Plan of Washington MedAdvantage $20.38 ↓ -58%
Kaiser PPO $20.80 ↓ -57%
Uniform Medical All Commercial Plans $21.75 ↓ -55%
Regence Commercial $21.75 ↓ -55%
Cigna All Commercial Plans $22.69 ↓ -53%
United Healthcare All Commercial Plans $22.69 ↓ -53%
Premera Other Commercial Plans $23.64 ↓ -51%
First Choice MCC Wellfound Employee $26.59 ↓ -45%
Community Health Plan of Washington Cascade Care $31.24 ↓ -35%
First Choice PPO $35.93 ↓ -25%
Ambetter Coordinated Care Exchange $37.06 ↓ -23%
Multiplan/PHCS All Commercial Plans $70.08 ↑ +46%
First Health All Commercial Plans $70.08 ↑ +46%
Aetna All Commercial Plans $87.74 ↑ +83%

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Fluoro polarize fetal lung at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Central Medical Center Seattle $85.60 $14.00 – $14.00
MultiCare Yakima Memorial Hospital Yakima $54.00 $19.58 – $33.94
MultiCare Auburn Medical Center Auburn $48.00 $8.43 – $37.06
Virginia Mason Medical Center Seattle $54.57 $13.24 – $59.11
MultiCare Capital Medical Center Olympia $68.80 $9.08 – $34.28
MultiCare Covington Medical Center Covington $48.00 $8.43 – $37.06
MultiCare Mary Bridge Children's Hospital Tacoma $48.00 $8.59 – $30.49
MultiCare Allenmore Hospital Tacoma $48.00 $8.63 – $37.06

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