Lysis of labial adhesions at MultiCare Good Samaritan Hospital
401 15th Avenue Southeast, Puyallup, WA · Multicare · · NPI 1841231461
$5,492.00
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.
$13,730.00
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.
$1,728.07 with Molina vs $16,519.01 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.
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 | $1,728.07 | ↓ -69% |
| United Healthcare | Apple Health | $1,866.32 | ↓ -66% |
| WellPoint | Apple Health | $1,866.32 | ↓ -66% |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | Apple Health | $1,866.32 | ↓ -66% |
| Coordinated Care | Apple Health | $1,866.32 | ↓ -66% |
| SCAN | MedAdvantage | $3,702.37 | ↓ -33% |
| Aetna | MedAdvantage | $3,813.44 | ↓ -31% |
| Regence | MedAdvantage | $3,813.44 | ↓ -31% |
| United Healthcare | MedAdvantage | $3,850.46 | ↓ -30% |
| WellCare | MedAdvantage | $3,887.49 | ↓ -29% |
| Molina | MedAdvantage | $3,887.49 | ↓ -29% |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | MedAdvantage | $4,072.60 | ↓ -26% |
| First Choice | MHS Employee MCC/PPO | $4,170.58 | ↓ -24% |
| Premera | HMO | $4,965.71 | ↓ -10% |
| First Choice | MCC Wellfound Employee | $5,823.07 | ↑ +6% |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | Cascade Care | $6,242.19 | ↑ +14% |
| Ambetter | Coordinated Care Exchange | $7,404.74 | ↑ +35% |
| Uniform Medical | All Commercial Plans | $7,610.76 | ↑ +39% |
| First Choice | PPO | $7,869.02 | ↑ +43% |
| First Health | All Commercial Plans | $10,022.90 | ↑ +83% |
| Multiplan/PHCS | All Commercial Plans | $10,022.90 | ↑ +83% |
| Regence | MCC/AHN | $10,264.10 | ↑ +87% |
| Regence | Blue High Performance | $10,264.10 | ↑ +87% |
| Regence | RealValue | $10,557.36 | ↑ +92% |
| Premera | Signature | $11,422.92 | ↑ +108% |
| Premera | Prime | $11,679.95 | ↑ +113% |
| Regence | Commercial | $11,730.40 | ↑ +114% |
| Kaiser | PPO | $13,091.05 | ↑ +138% |
| Premera | Other Commercial Plans | $14,354.92 | ↑ +161% |
| Aetna | All Commercial Plans | $14,833.44 | ↑ +170% |
| Cigna | All Commercial Plans | $15,538.94 | ↑ +183% |
| United Healthcare | All Commercial Plans | $16,519.01 | ↑ +201% |
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Lysis of labial adhesions at other Washington hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus | Seattle | $7,416.00 | $3,748.56 – $12,165.75 |
| Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill | Seattle | $7,416.00 | $3,748.56 – $11,716.09 |
| Swedish Issaquah | Issaquah | $7,416.00 | $3,759.08 – $12,165.75 |
| St. Michael Medical Center | Silverdale | $2,059.53 | $2,939.87 – $13,325.72 |
| St. Anne Hospital | Burien | $1,424.93 | $2,006.58 – $4,199.81 |
| St. Anthony Hospital | Gig Harbor | $1,419.30 | $3,359.85 – $7,693.18 |
| MultiCare Auburn Medical Center | Auburn | $5,492.00 | $1,689.02 – $15,538.94 |
| St. Joseph Medical Center | Tacoma | $1,545.52 | $3,359.85 – $7,693.18 |