Halo cervical into jckt vest 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

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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.

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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.

$3,071.34 with First Choice vs $13,650.58 with Kaiser — 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
First Choice MHS Employee MCC/PPO $3,071.34
SCAN MedAdvantage $3,096.31
Regence MedAdvantage $3,189.20
Aetna MedAdvantage $3,189.20
United Healthcare MedAdvantage $3,220.16
WellCare MedAdvantage $3,251.13
Molina MedAdvantage $3,251.13
Community Health Plan of Washington MedAdvantage $3,405.94
Aetna All Commercial Plans $4,150.72
First Choice MCC Wellfound Employee $4,288.29
Cigna All Commercial Plans $4,336.57
Premera HMO $4,717.26
Community Health Plan of Washington Cascade Care $5,220.38
Premera Signature $5,444.91
Premera Prime $5,444.91
First Choice PPO $5,794.99
Ambetter Coordinated Care Exchange $6,192.62
Premera Other Commercial Plans $6,654.89
Kaiser PPO $13,650.58

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Halo cervical into jckt vest at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus Seattle $4,191.36 $3,159.50 – $9,598.56
Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill Seattle $4,191.36 $3,159.50 – $7,726.65
Swedish Issaquah Issaquah $4,191.36 $3,159.50 – $7,014.09
Swedish Edmonds Hospital Edmonds $3,898.14 $3,159.50 – $10,302.20
Providence St Luke's Rehabilitation Medical Center Spokane not published $3,159.50 – $3,475.45
Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital Spokane not published $3,159.50 – $8,040.93
Providence Centralia Hospital Centralia not published $3,159.50 – $5,975.28
Kadlec Regional Medical Center Richland not published $3,159.50 – $5,845.08

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