Mycobacteria dna amp probe at MultiCare Good Samaritan Hospital
401 15th Avenue Southeast, Puyallup, WA · Multicare · · NPI 1841231461
$93.60
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.
$234.00
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.
$19.51 with Molina vs $223.83 with Aetna — 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 | $19.51 | ↓ -79% |
| WellPoint | Apple Health | $19.51 | ↓ -79% |
| United Healthcare | Apple Health | $21.07 | ↓ -77% |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | Apple Health | $21.07 | ↓ -77% |
| Coordinated Care | Apple Health | $21.07 | ↓ -77% |
| SCAN | MedAdvantage | $47.28 | ↓ -49% |
| Premera | HMO | $48.24 | ↓ -48% |
| Premera | Signature | $48.24 | ↓ -48% |
| Premera | Prime | $48.24 | ↓ -48% |
| Regence | MCC/AHN | $48.54 | ↓ -48% |
| Regence | Blue High Performance | $48.54 | ↓ -48% |
| First Choice | MHS Employee MCC/PPO | $48.58 | ↓ -48% |
| Aetna | MedAdvantage | $48.69 | ↓ -48% |
| Regence | MedAdvantage | $48.69 | ↓ -48% |
| United Healthcare | MedAdvantage | $49.17 | ↓ -47% |
| Molina | MedAdvantage | $49.64 | ↓ -47% |
| WellCare | MedAdvantage | $49.64 | ↓ -47% |
| Regence | RealValue | $49.93 | ↓ -47% |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | MedAdvantage | $52.00 | ↓ -44% |
| Kaiser | PPO | $53.06 | ↓ -43% |
| Uniform Medical | All Commercial Plans | $55.48 | ↓ -41% |
| Regence | Commercial | $55.48 | ↓ -41% |
| Cigna | All Commercial Plans | $57.89 | ↓ -38% |
| United Healthcare | All Commercial Plans | $57.89 | ↓ -38% |
| Premera | Other Commercial Plans | $60.30 | ↓ -36% |
| First Choice | MCC Wellfound Employee | $67.83 | ↓ -28% |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | Cascade Care | $79.71 | ↓ -15% |
| First Choice | PPO | $91.66 | ↓ -2% |
| Ambetter | Coordinated Care Exchange | $94.55 | ↑ +1% |
| Multiplan/PHCS | All Commercial Plans | $136.51 | ↑ +46% |
| First Health | All Commercial Plans | $136.51 | ↑ +46% |
| Aetna | All Commercial Plans | $223.83 | ↑ +139% |
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Mycobacteria dna amp probe at other Washington hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus | Seattle | $221.76 | $43.42 – $226.73 |
| Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill | Seattle | $221.76 | $43.42 – $219.49 |
| Swedish Issaquah | Issaquah | $221.76 | $43.42 – $226.73 |
| Central Medical Center | Seattle | $224.00 | $36.00 – $36.00 |
| Providence Centralia Hospital | Centralia | $234.00 | $48.24 – $300.54 |
| Swedish Edmonds Hospital | Edmonds | $569.28 | $48.24 – $217.08 |
| Providence St Mary Medical Center | Walla Walla | $366.80 | $48.24 – $89.24 |
| Providence Regional Medical Center Everett - Colby Campus | Everett | $240.24 | $48.24 – $202.61 |