Inj, levothyroxine, freskabi at MultiCare Good Samaritan Hospital
401 15th Avenue Southeast, Puyallup, WA · Multicare · · NPI 1841231461
$20.54
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.
$51.34
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.
$3.19 with Uniform Medical vs $64.17 with WellPoint — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uniform Medical | All Commercial Plans | $3.19 | ↓ -84% |
| Cigna | All Commercial Plans | $5.35 | ↓ -74% |
| Regence | MCC/AHN | $6.28 | ↓ -69% |
| Regence | Blue High Performance | $6.28 | ↓ -69% |
| Regence | RealValue | $6.46 | ↓ -69% |
| SCAN | MedAdvantage | $6.82 | ↓ -67% |
| United Healthcare | All Commercial Plans | $6.96 | ↓ -66% |
| Regence | MedAdvantage | $7.02 | ↓ -66% |
| Aetna | MedAdvantage | $7.02 | ↓ -66% |
| United Healthcare | MedAdvantage | $7.09 | ↓ -65% |
| Molina | MedAdvantage | $7.16 | ↓ -65% |
| WellCare | MedAdvantage | $7.16 | ↓ -65% |
| Regence | Commercial | $7.18 | ↓ -65% |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | MedAdvantage | $7.50 | ↓ -63% |
| Aetna | All Commercial Plans | $7.87 | ↓ -62% |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | Cascade Care | $11.50 | ↓ -44% |
| Ambetter | Coordinated Care Exchange | $13.64 | ↓ -34% |
| Premera | Signature | $19.37 | ↓ -6% |
| Premera | Prime | $19.37 | ↓ -6% |
| First Health | All Commercial Plans | $21.35 | ↑ +4% |
| Multiplan/PHCS | All Commercial Plans | $21.35 | ↑ +4% |
| Premera | Other Commercial Plans | $23.58 | ↑ +15% |
| Kaiser | PPO | $38.98 | ↑ +90% |
| Molina | Apple Health | $59.42 | ↑ +189% |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | Apple Health | $64.17 | ↑ +212% |
| Coordinated Care | Apple Health | $64.17 | ↑ +212% |
| United Healthcare | Apple Health | $64.17 | ↑ +212% |
| WellPoint | Apple Health | $64.17 | ↑ +212% |
| First Choice | PPO | not published by hospital | — |
| First Choice | MHS Employee MCC/PPO | not published by hospital | — |
| First Choice | MCC Wellfound Employee | not published by hospital | — |
| Premera | HMO | not published by hospital | — |
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Inj, levothyroxine, freskabi at other Washington hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Providence St Joseph Hospital | Chewelah | $727.90 | not published |
| Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus | Seattle | $214.16 | $2.66 – $21.14 |
| Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital | Spokane | $697.47 | $3.99 – $17.71 |
| Providence Mount Carmel Hospital | Colville | $727.90 | not published |
| Swedish Edmonds Hospital | Edmonds | $214.16 | $3.19 – $17.68 |
| Providence St Mary Medical Center | Walla Walla | $573.94 | $2.66 – $20.47 |
| Kadlec Regional Medical Center | Richland | $304.77 | $6.96 – $12.87 |
| Providence Holy Family Hospital | Spokane | $697.47 | $3.99 – $18.27 |