Natriuretic peptide at MultiCare Good Samaritan Hospital
401 15th Avenue Southeast, Puyallup, WA · Multicare · · NPI 1841231461
$146.00
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.
$365.00
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.
$22.70 with Molina vs $213.16 with First Health — 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 | $22.70 | ↓ -84% |
| WellPoint | Apple Health | $22.70 | ↓ -84% |
| United Healthcare | Apple Health | $24.51 | ↓ -83% |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | Apple Health | $24.51 | ↓ -83% |
| Coordinated Care | Apple Health | $24.51 | ↓ -83% |
| SCAN | MedAdvantage | $38.47 | ↓ -74% |
| Premera | HMO | $39.26 | ↓ -73% |
| Premera | Signature | $39.26 | ↓ -73% |
| Premera | Prime | $39.26 | ↓ -73% |
| Regence | MCC/AHN | $39.51 | ↓ -73% |
| Regence | Blue High Performance | $39.51 | ↓ -73% |
| First Choice | MHS Employee MCC/PPO | $39.53 | ↓ -73% |
| Aetna | MedAdvantage | $39.63 | ↓ -73% |
| Regence | MedAdvantage | $39.63 | ↓ -73% |
| United Healthcare | MedAdvantage | $40.01 | ↓ -73% |
| Molina | MedAdvantage | $40.40 | ↓ -72% |
| WellCare | MedAdvantage | $40.40 | ↓ -72% |
| Regence | RealValue | $40.63 | ↓ -72% |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | MedAdvantage | $42.32 | ↓ -71% |
| Kaiser | PPO | $43.19 | ↓ -70% |
| Uniform Medical | All Commercial Plans | $45.15 | ↓ -69% |
| Regence | Commercial | $45.15 | ↓ -69% |
| Cigna | All Commercial Plans | $47.11 | ↓ -68% |
| United Healthcare | All Commercial Plans | $47.11 | ↓ -68% |
| Premera | Other Commercial Plans | $49.07 | ↓ -66% |
| First Choice | MCC Wellfound Employee | $55.20 | ↓ -62% |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | Cascade Care | $64.87 | ↓ -56% |
| First Choice | PPO | $74.59 | ↓ -49% |
| Ambetter | Coordinated Care Exchange | $76.95 | ↓ -47% |
| Aetna | All Commercial Plans | $182.17 | ↑ +25% |
| Multiplan/PHCS | All Commercial Plans | $213.16 | ↑ +46% |
| First Health | All Commercial Plans | $213.16 | ↑ +46% |
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Natriuretic peptide at other Washington hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Providence St Luke's Rehabilitation Medical Center | Spokane | $73.08 | $39.26 – $43.19 |
| Providence St Joseph Hospital | Chewelah | $177.10 | not published |
| Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus | Seattle | $245.28 | $35.33 – $184.52 |
| Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital | Spokane | $227.50 | $39.26 – $141.34 |
| Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill | Seattle | $245.28 | $35.33 – $178.63 |
| Swedish Issaquah | Issaquah | $245.28 | $35.33 – $184.52 |
| Central Medical Center | Seattle | $296.80 | $30.00 – $30.00 |
| Providence Centralia Hospital | Centralia | $160.68 | $39.26 – $244.59 |