Mlh1 gene 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

$235.60

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.

$589.00

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.

$84.33 with Molina vs $432.72 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.

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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 $84.33 ↓ -64%
WellPoint Apple Health $84.33 ↓ -64%
United Healthcare Apple Health $91.07 ↓ -61%
Community Health Plan of Washington Apple Health $91.07 ↓ -61%
Coordinated Care Apple Health $91.07 ↓ -61%
SCAN MedAdvantage $188.47 ↓ -20%
Premera HMO $192.32 ↓ -18%
Premera Signature $192.32 ↓ -18%
Premera Prime $192.32 ↓ -18%
Regence Blue High Performance $193.52 ↓ -18%
Regence MCC/AHN $193.52 ↓ -18%
Regence MedAdvantage $194.13 ↓ -18%
Aetna MedAdvantage $194.13 ↓ -18%
United Healthcare MedAdvantage $196.01 ↓ -17%
WellCare MedAdvantage $197.90 ↓ -16%
Molina MedAdvantage $197.90 ↓ -16%
Regence RealValue $199.05 ↓ -16%
Community Health Plan of Washington MedAdvantage $207.32 ↓ -12%
Kaiser PPO $211.55 ↓ -10%
Uniform Medical All Commercial Plans $221.17 ↓ -6%
Regence Commercial $221.17 ↓ -6%
First Choice MHS Employee MCC/PPO $229.34 ↓ -3%
United Healthcare All Commercial Plans $230.78 ↓ -2%
Cigna All Commercial Plans $230.78 ↓ -2%
Premera Other Commercial Plans $240.40 ↑ +2%
Aetna All Commercial Plans $257.71 ↑ +9%
Community Health Plan of Washington Cascade Care $317.77 ↑ +35%
First Choice MCC Wellfound Employee $320.21 ↑ +36%
Multiplan/PHCS All Commercial Plans $343.83 ↑ +46%
First Health All Commercial Plans $343.83 ↑ +46%
Ambetter Coordinated Care Exchange $376.95 ↑ +60%
First Choice PPO $432.72 ↑ +84%

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Mlh1 gene at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus Seattle $442.56 $173.09 – $584.27
Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill Seattle $442.56 $173.09 – $576.96
Swedish Issaquah Issaquah $442.56 $173.09 – $426.95
Providence Centralia Hospital Centralia $232.96 $192.32 – $562.55
Swedish Edmonds Hospital Edmonds $442.56 $192.32 – $769.28
Providence Regional Medical Center Everett - Colby Campus Everett $479.44 $192.32 – $446.18
Providence St Peter Hospital Olympia $232.96 $163.47 – $627.92
MultiCare Valley Hospital Spokane Valley $344.00 $80.58 – $348.68

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