Ghs central line insert < age 5, failed at MultiCare Good Samaritan Hospital
401 15th Avenue Southeast, Puyallup, WA · Multicare · · NPI 1841231461
$1,939.20
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.
$4,848.00
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.
$798.34 with Molina vs $16,112.59 with United Healthcare — 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 | $798.34 | ↓ -59% |
| United Healthcare | Apple Health | $862.21 | ↓ -56% |
| WellPoint | Apple Health | $862.21 | ↓ -56% |
| Coordinated Care | Apple Health | $862.21 | ↓ -56% |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | Apple Health | $862.21 | ↓ -56% |
| First Choice | MHS Employee MCC/PPO | $2,723.17 | ↑ +40% |
| First Health | All Commercial Plans | $3,539.04 | ↑ +83% |
| Multiplan/PHCS | All Commercial Plans | $3,539.04 | ↑ +83% |
| SCAN | MedAdvantage | $3,611.28 | ↑ +86% |
| Aetna | MedAdvantage | $3,719.61 | ↑ +92% |
| Regence | MedAdvantage | $3,719.61 | ↑ +92% |
| United Healthcare | MedAdvantage | $3,755.73 | ↑ +94% |
| WellCare | MedAdvantage | $3,791.84 | ↑ +96% |
| Molina | MedAdvantage | $3,791.84 | ↑ +96% |
| First Choice | MCC Wellfound Employee | $3,802.16 | ↑ +96% |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | MedAdvantage | $3,972.40 | ↑ +105% |
| First Choice | PPO | $5,138.06 | ↑ +165% |
| Premera | HMO | $5,231.86 | ↑ +170% |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | Cascade Care | $6,088.61 | ↑ +214% |
| Ambetter | Coordinated Care Exchange | $7,222.55 | ↑ +272% |
| Uniform Medical | All Commercial Plans | $7,759.56 | ↑ +300% |
| Regence | MCC/AHN | $10,464.78 | ↑ +440% |
| Regence | Blue High Performance | $10,464.78 | ↑ +440% |
| Regence | RealValue | $10,763.77 | ↑ +455% |
| Premera | Signature | $11,646.25 | ↑ +501% |
| Premera | Prime | $11,908.31 | ↑ +514% |
| Regence | Commercial | $11,959.75 | ↑ +517% |
| Kaiser | PPO | $13,792.63 | ↑ +611% |
| Premera | Other Commercial Plans | $14,635.58 | ↑ +655% |
| Aetna | All Commercial Plans | $14,684.01 | ↑ +657% |
| Cigna | All Commercial Plans | $15,156.63 | ↑ +682% |
| United Healthcare | All Commercial Plans | $16,112.59 | ↑ +731% |
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Ghs central line insert < age 5, failed at other Washington hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Providence St Joseph Hospital | Chewelah | $988.40 | not published |
| Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus | Seattle | $3,102.72 | $3,656.33 – $11,107.93 |
| Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital | Spokane | $2,303.00 | $3,518.52 – $8,954.64 |
| Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill | Seattle | $3,102.72 | $3,656.33 – $8,555.81 |
| Swedish Issaquah | Issaquah | $3,102.72 | $3,666.59 – $8,139.83 |
| Central Medical Center | Seattle | $6,958.40 | not published |
| Providence Centralia Hospital | Centralia | $6,881.68 | $3,656.33 – $9,542.11 |
| Providence Mount Carmel Hospital | Colville | $1,184.40 | not published |