Hpa-3 genotyping at MultiCare Good Samaritan Hospital
401 15th Avenue Southeast, Puyallup, WA · Multicare · · NPI 1841231461
$170.00
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.
$425.00
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.
$30.75 with Molina vs $275.00 with First Choice — 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 |
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| Molina | Apple Health | $30.75 | ↓ -82% |
| WellPoint | Apple Health | $30.75 | ↓ -82% |
| United Healthcare | Apple Health | $33.21 | ↓ -80% |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | Apple Health | $33.21 | ↓ -80% |
| Coordinated Care | Apple Health | $33.21 | ↓ -80% |
| SCAN | MedAdvantage | $119.78 | ↓ -30% |
| Premera | HMO | $122.22 | ↓ -28% |
| Premera | Signature | $122.22 | ↓ -28% |
| Premera | Prime | $122.22 | ↓ -28% |
| Regence | Blue High Performance | $122.98 | ↓ -28% |
| Regence | MCC/AHN | $122.98 | ↓ -28% |
| Regence | MedAdvantage | $123.37 | ↓ -27% |
| Aetna | MedAdvantage | $123.37 | ↓ -27% |
| United Healthcare | MedAdvantage | $124.57 | ↓ -27% |
| WellCare | MedAdvantage | $125.76 | ↓ -26% |
| Molina | MedAdvantage | $125.76 | ↓ -26% |
| Regence | RealValue | $126.50 | ↓ -26% |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | MedAdvantage | $131.75 | ↓ -23% |
| Kaiser | PPO | $134.44 | ↓ -21% |
| Uniform Medical | All Commercial Plans | $140.55 | ↓ -17% |
| Regence | Commercial | $140.55 | ↓ -17% |
| First Choice | MHS Employee MCC/PPO | $145.75 | ↓ -14% |
| United Healthcare | All Commercial Plans | $146.66 | ↓ -14% |
| Cigna | All Commercial Plans | $146.66 | ↓ -14% |
| Premera | Other Commercial Plans | $152.78 | ↓ -10% |
| Aetna | All Commercial Plans | $163.77 | ↓ -4% |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | Cascade Care | $201.94 | ↑ +19% |
| First Choice | MCC Wellfound Employee | $203.50 | ↑ +20% |
| Ambetter | Coordinated Care Exchange | $239.55 | ↑ +41% |
| Multiplan/PHCS | All Commercial Plans | $248.20 | ↑ +46% |
| First Health | All Commercial Plans | $248.20 | ↑ +46% |
| First Choice | PPO | $275.00 | ↑ +62% |
Visitor-reported prices
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Hpa-3 genotyping at other Washington hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus | Seattle | $483.36 | $110.00 – $371.30 |
| Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill | Seattle | $483.36 | $110.00 – $366.66 |
| Swedish Issaquah | Issaquah | $483.36 | $110.00 – $271.33 |
| Swedish Edmonds Hospital | Edmonds | $483.36 | $122.22 – $488.88 |
| MultiCare Auburn Medical Center | Auburn | $170.00 | $30.06 – $239.55 |
| Virginia Mason Medical Center | Seattle | $228.99 | $85.55 – $382.02 |
| MultiCare Capital Medical Center | Olympia | $136.00 | $32.35 – $221.58 |
| MultiCare Covington Medical Center | Covington | $170.00 | $30.06 – $239.55 |