Ghs hgb stability-thal 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

$11.20

Cash price

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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.

$28.00

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.

$3.47 with Molina vs $43.94 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
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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 $3.47 ↓ -69%
WellPoint Apple Health $3.47 ↓ -69%
United Healthcare Apple Health $3.74 ↓ -67%
Community Health Plan of Washington Apple Health $3.74 ↓ -67%
Coordinated Care Apple Health $3.74 ↓ -67%
SCAN MedAdvantage $9.28 ↓ -17%
Premera HMO $9.47 ↓ -15%
Premera Signature $9.47 ↓ -15%
Premera Prime $9.47 ↓ -15%
Regence MCC/AHN $9.53 ↓ -15%
Regence Blue High Performance $9.53 ↓ -15%
First Choice MHS Employee MCC/PPO $9.54 ↓ -15%
Aetna MedAdvantage $9.56 ↓ -15%
Regence MedAdvantage $9.56 ↓ -15%
United Healthcare MedAdvantage $9.65 ↓ -14%
Molina MedAdvantage $9.74 ↓ -13%
WellCare MedAdvantage $9.74 ↓ -13%
Regence RealValue $9.80 ↓ -13%
Community Health Plan of Washington MedAdvantage $10.21 ↓ -9%
Kaiser PPO $10.42 ↓ -7%
Regence Commercial $10.89 ↓ -3%
Uniform Medical All Commercial Plans $10.89 ↓ -3%
Cigna All Commercial Plans $11.36 ↑ +1%
United Healthcare All Commercial Plans $11.36 ↑ +1%
Premera Other Commercial Plans $11.84 ↑ +6%
First Choice MCC Wellfound Employee $13.31 ↑ +19%
Community Health Plan of Washington Cascade Care $15.65 ↑ +40%
First Health All Commercial Plans $16.06 ↑ +43%
Multiplan/PHCS All Commercial Plans $16.06 ↑ +43%
First Choice PPO $17.99 ↑ +61%
Ambetter Coordinated Care Exchange $18.56 ↑ +66%
Aetna All Commercial Plans $43.94 ↑ +292%

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Ghs hgb stability-thal at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Providence St Luke's Rehabilitation Medical Center Spokane $159.39 $9.47 – $10.42
Providence St Joseph Hospital Chewelah $219.10 not published
Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital Spokane $211.40 $9.47 – $34.09
Central Medical Center Seattle $42.40 $7.00 – $7.00
Providence Mount Carmel Hospital Colville $34.30 not published
Kadlec Regional Medical Center Richland $106.40 $9.47 – $37.03
Providence Holy Family Hospital Spokane $172.90 $9.47 – $40.40
St. Michael Medical Center Silverdale $210.68 $9.47 – $429.61

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