Ghs vaginal delivery only 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

$3,966.80

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.

$9,917.00

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.

$1,541.03 with Molina vs $16,519.01 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.

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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 $1,541.03 ↓ -61%
United Healthcare Apple Health $1,664.31 ↓ -58%
WellPoint Apple Health $1,664.31 ↓ -58%
Community Health Plan of Washington Apple Health $1,664.31 ↓ -58%
Coordinated Care Apple Health $1,664.31 ↓ -58%
SCAN MedAdvantage $3,702.37 ↓ -7%
Aetna MedAdvantage $3,813.44 ↓ -4%
Regence MedAdvantage $3,813.44 ↓ -4%
United Healthcare MedAdvantage $3,850.46 ↓ -3%
WellCare MedAdvantage $3,887.49 ↓ -2%
Molina MedAdvantage $3,887.49 ↓ -2%
Community Health Plan of Washington MedAdvantage $4,072.60 ↑ +3%
First Choice MHS Employee MCC/PPO $4,170.58 ↑ +5%
Premera HMO $4,965.71 ↑ +25%
Multiplan/PHCS All Commercial Plans $5,049.41 ↑ +27%
First Health All Commercial Plans $5,049.41 ↑ +27%
First Choice MCC Wellfound Employee $5,823.07 ↑ +47%
Community Health Plan of Washington Cascade Care $6,242.19 ↑ +57%
Ambetter Coordinated Care Exchange $7,404.74 ↑ +87%
Uniform Medical All Commercial Plans $7,610.76 ↑ +92%
First Choice PPO $7,869.02 ↑ +98%
Regence MCC/AHN $10,264.10 ↑ +159%
Regence Blue High Performance $10,264.10 ↑ +159%
Regence RealValue $10,557.36 ↑ +166%
Premera Signature $11,422.92 ↑ +188%
Premera Prime $11,679.95 ↑ +194%
Regence Commercial $11,730.40 ↑ +196%
Kaiser PPO $13,091.05 ↑ +230%
Premera Other Commercial Plans $14,354.92 ↑ +262%
Aetna All Commercial Plans $14,833.44 ↑ +274%
Cigna All Commercial Plans $15,538.94 ↑ +292%
United Healthcare All Commercial Plans $16,519.01 ↑ +316%

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Ghs vaginal delivery only at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Providence St Joseph Hospital Chewelah $2,965.20 not published
Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus Seattle $7,345.92 $3,748.56 – $12,165.75
Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital Spokane $4,113.20 $3,607.27 – $9,180.51
Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill Seattle $7,345.92 $3,748.56 – $11,716.09
Swedish Issaquah Issaquah $7,345.92 $3,759.08 – $12,165.75
Providence Centralia Hospital Centralia $5,409.04 $3,748.56 – $14,613.89
Providence Mount Carmel Hospital Colville $4,100.60 not published
Providence St Mary Medical Center Walla Walla $2,580.90 $2,770.26 – $6,673.45

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