Ins cath ren art 1st bi 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

$5,092.80

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.

$12,732.00

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.

$2,922.55 with Molina vs $16,112.59 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 $2,922.55 ↓ -43%
United Healthcare Apple Health $3,156.36 ↓ -38%
WellPoint Apple Health $3,156.36 ↓ -38%
Community Health Plan of Washington Apple Health $3,156.36 ↓ -38%
Coordinated Care Apple Health $3,156.36 ↓ -38%
SCAN MedAdvantage $3,611.28 ↓ -29%
Aetna MedAdvantage $3,719.61 ↓ -27%
Regence MedAdvantage $3,719.61 ↓ -27%
United Healthcare MedAdvantage $3,755.73 ↓ -26%
WellCare MedAdvantage $3,791.84 ↓ -26%
Molina MedAdvantage $3,791.84 ↓ -26%
Community Health Plan of Washington MedAdvantage $3,972.40 ↓ -22%
First Choice MHS Employee MCC/PPO $4,626.65 ↓ -9%
Premera HMO $5,231.86 ↑ +3%
Community Health Plan of Washington Cascade Care $6,088.61 ↑ +20%
First Choice MCC Wellfound Employee $6,459.85 ↑ +27%
Ambetter Coordinated Care Exchange $7,222.55 ↑ +42%
Uniform Medical All Commercial Plans $7,759.56 ↑ +52%
First Choice PPO $8,729.53 ↑ +71%
First Health All Commercial Plans $9,294.36 ↑ +83%
Multiplan/PHCS All Commercial Plans $9,294.36 ↑ +83%
Regence MCC/AHN $10,464.78 ↑ +105%
Regence Blue High Performance $10,464.78 ↑ +105%
Regence RealValue $10,763.77 ↑ +111%
Premera Signature $11,646.25 ↑ +129%
Premera Prime $11,908.31 ↑ +134%
Regence Commercial $11,959.75 ↑ +135%
Kaiser PPO $13,792.63 ↑ +171%
Premera Other Commercial Plans $14,635.58 ↑ +187%
Aetna All Commercial Plans $14,684.01 ↑ +188%
Cigna All Commercial Plans $15,156.63 ↑ +198%
United Healthcare All Commercial Plans $16,112.59 ↑ +216%

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Ins cath ren art 1st bi at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus Seattle $8,238.24 $3,656.33 – $13,496.13
Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital Spokane $7,067.90 $3,518.52 – $8,954.64
Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill Seattle $8,238.24 $3,656.33 – $12,997.30
Swedish Issaquah Issaquah $8,238.24 $3,666.59 – $13,496.13
Central Medical Center Seattle $7,280.00 not published
Providence St Mary Medical Center Walla Walla $13,216.70 $2,824.42 – $6,509.26
Kadlec Regional Medical Center Richland $12,764.50 $600.67 – $10,281.45
Providence Holy Family Hospital Spokane $16,403.10 $2,985.00 – $9,236.12

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