Methylene blue (antidote) 5 mg/ml intravenous solution at MultiCare Good Samaritan Hospital
401 15th Avenue Southeast, Puyallup, WA · Multicare · · NPI 1841231461
$8.22
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.
$20.55
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.
$2.97 with Aetna vs $37.16 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aetna | All Commercial Plans | $2.97 | ↓ -64% |
| United Healthcare | All Commercial Plans | $3.48 | ↓ -58% |
| Multiplan/PHCS | All Commercial Plans | $4.30 | ↓ -48% |
| First Health | All Commercial Plans | $4.30 | ↓ -48% |
| SCAN | MedAdvantage | $10.08 | ↑ +23% |
| Uniform Medical | All Commercial Plans | $10.14 | ↑ +23% |
| Aetna | MedAdvantage | $10.38 | ↑ +26% |
| Regence | MedAdvantage | $10.38 | ↑ +26% |
| United Healthcare | MedAdvantage | $10.48 | ↑ +27% |
| Molina | MedAdvantage | $10.59 | ↑ +29% |
| WellCare | MedAdvantage | $10.59 | ↑ +29% |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | MedAdvantage | $11.09 | ↑ +35% |
| Premera | HMO | $12.40 | ↑ +51% |
| Cigna | All Commercial Plans | $12.46 | ↑ +52% |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | Cascade Care | $17.00 | ↑ +107% |
| Premera | Signature | $18.28 | ↑ +122% |
| Premera | Prime | $18.28 | ↑ +122% |
| First Choice | MHS Employee MCC/PPO | $19.69 | ↑ +140% |
| Regence | MCC/AHN | $19.96 | ↑ +143% |
| Regence | Blue High Performance | $19.96 | ↑ +143% |
| Ambetter | Coordinated Care Exchange | $20.16 | ↑ +145% |
| Regence | RealValue | $20.53 | ↑ +150% |
| Premera | Other Commercial Plans | $22.26 | ↑ +171% |
| Regence | Commercial | $22.82 | ↑ +178% |
| First Choice | MCC Wellfound Employee | $27.50 | ↑ +235% |
| Kaiser | PPO | $34.26 | ↑ +317% |
| First Choice | PPO | $37.16 | ↑ +352% |
| Coordinated Care | Apple Health | not published by hospital | — |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | Apple Health | not published by hospital | — |
| United Healthcare | Apple Health | not published by hospital | — |
| Molina | Apple Health | not published by hospital | — |
| WellPoint | Apple Health | not published by hospital | — |
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Methylene blue (antidote) 5 mg/ml intravenous solution at other Washington hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus | Seattle | $802.91 | $5.73 – $20.84 |
| Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital | Spokane | $825.10 | $5.73 – $19.03 |
| Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill | Seattle | $802.91 | $5.73 – $19.03 |
| Swedish Issaquah | Issaquah | $802.91 | $5.73 – $20.84 |
| Central Medical Center | Seattle | $394.16 | not published |
| Providence Centralia Hospital | Centralia | $1,085.02 | $8.45 – $21.83 |
| Providence Mount Carmel Hospital | Colville | $730.32 | not published |
| Swedish Edmonds Hospital | Edmonds | $802.91 | $5.73 – $19.03 |