Incisn of toe tndn 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

$3,665.60

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.

$9,164.00

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.

$1,531.31 with Molina vs $8,205.56 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 $1,531.31 ↓ -58%
United Healthcare Apple Health $1,653.81 ↓ -55%
WellPoint Apple Health $1,653.81 ↓ -55%
Community Health Plan of Washington Apple Health $1,653.81 ↓ -55%
Coordinated Care Apple Health $1,653.81 ↓ -55%
SCAN MedAdvantage $1,839.09 ↓ -50%
Aetna MedAdvantage $1,894.27 ↓ -48%
Regence MedAdvantage $1,894.27 ↓ -48%
United Healthcare MedAdvantage $1,912.66 ↓ -48%
WellCare MedAdvantage $1,931.05 ↓ -47%
Molina MedAdvantage $1,931.05 ↓ -47%
Community Health Plan of Washington MedAdvantage $2,023.00 ↓ -45%
First Choice MHS Employee MCC/PPO $2,262.82 ↓ -38%
Premera HMO $2,687.34 ↓ -27%
Community Health Plan of Washington Cascade Care $3,100.71 ↓ -15%
First Choice MCC Wellfound Employee $3,159.41 ↓ -14%
Ambetter Coordinated Care Exchange $3,678.19 ↑ +0%
Uniform Medical All Commercial Plans $3,912.55 ↑ +7%
First Choice PPO $4,269.48 ↑ +16%
Regence Blue High Performance $5,276.58 ↑ +44%
Regence MCC/AHN $5,276.58 ↑ +44%
Regence RealValue $5,427.34 ↑ +48%
Premera Signature $5,872.28 ↑ +60%
Premera Prime $6,004.42 ↑ +64%
Regence Commercial $6,030.38 ↑ +65%
Kaiser PPO $6,641.83 ↑ +81%
First Health All Commercial Plans $6,689.72 ↑ +83%
Multiplan/PHCS All Commercial Plans $6,689.72 ↑ +83%
Premera Other Commercial Plans $7,379.57 ↑ +101%
Aetna All Commercial Plans $7,466.41 ↑ +104%
Cigna All Commercial Plans $7,718.72 ↑ +111%
United Healthcare All Commercial Plans $8,205.56 ↑ +124%

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Incisn of toe tndn at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
MultiCare Yakima Memorial Hospital Yakima $1,768.80 $1,918.31 – $5,002.19
St. Michael Medical Center Silverdale $1,525.86 $2,178.08 – $6,760.89
St. Anne Hospital Burien $1,055.70 $1,486.63 – $3,111.54
St. Anthony Hospital Gig Harbor $1,051.53 $2,489.23 – $3,903.19
MultiCare Auburn Medical Center Auburn $3,665.60 $1,496.70 – $7,718.72
St. Joseph Medical Center Tacoma $1,145.04 $2,489.23 – $3,903.19
St. Elizabeth Hospital Enumclaw $1,221.68 $587.74 – $3,111.54
Virginia Mason Medical Center Seattle $2,428.11 $6.80 – $892.26

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