Nerve conduction studies 11-12 at MultiCare Good Samaritan Hospital
401 15th Avenue Southeast, Puyallup, WA · Multicare · · NPI 1841231461
$743.20
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.
$1,858.00
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.
$96.84 with Molina vs $3,088.48 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 |
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| Molina | Apple Health | $96.84 | ↓ -87% |
| United Healthcare | Apple Health | $104.58 | ↓ -86% |
| WellPoint | Apple Health | $104.58 | ↓ -86% |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | Apple Health | $104.58 | ↓ -86% |
| Coordinated Care | Apple Health | $104.58 | ↓ -86% |
| SCAN | MedAdvantage | $426.79 | ↓ -43% |
| Aetna | MedAdvantage | $439.59 | ↓ -41% |
| Regence | MedAdvantage | $439.59 | ↓ -41% |
| United Healthcare | MedAdvantage | $443.86 | ↓ -40% |
| WellCare | MedAdvantage | $448.13 | ↓ -40% |
| Molina | MedAdvantage | $448.13 | ↓ -40% |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | MedAdvantage | $469.47 | ↓ -37% |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | Cascade Care | $719.56 | ↓ -3% |
| Ambetter | Coordinated Care Exchange | $853.58 | ↑ +15% |
| Premera | HMO | $905.62 | ↑ +22% |
| Uniform Medical | All Commercial Plans | $1,304.79 | ↑ +76% |
| First Health | All Commercial Plans | $1,356.34 | ↑ +83% |
| Multiplan/PHCS | All Commercial Plans | $1,356.34 | ↑ +83% |
| First Choice | MHS Employee MCC/PPO | $1,636.89 | ↑ +120% |
| Regence | MCC/AHN | $1,759.68 | ↑ +137% |
| Regence | Blue High Performance | $1,759.68 | ↑ +137% |
| Cigna | All Commercial Plans | $1,791.23 | ↑ +141% |
| Regence | RealValue | $1,809.95 | ↑ +144% |
| United Healthcare | All Commercial Plans | $1,904.20 | ↑ +156% |
| Premera | Signature | $1,958.33 | ↑ +163% |
| Premera | Prime | $2,002.40 | ↑ +169% |
| Regence | Commercial | $2,011.06 | ↑ +171% |
| Kaiser | PPO | $2,238.28 | ↑ +201% |
| First Choice | MCC Wellfound Employee | $2,285.47 | ↑ +208% |
| Premera | Other Commercial Plans | $2,460.99 | ↑ +231% |
| Aetna | All Commercial Plans | $2,475.41 | ↑ +233% |
| First Choice | PPO | $3,088.48 | ↑ +316% |
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Nerve conduction studies 11-12 at other Washington hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus | Seattle | $1,503.36 | $432.11 – $2,282.37 |
| Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital | Spokane | $1,803.90 | $415.83 – $1,748.20 |
| Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill | Seattle | $1,503.36 | $432.11 – $2,209.53 |
| Swedish Issaquah | Issaquah | $1,503.36 | $433.33 – $2,282.37 |
| Central Medical Center | Seattle | $1,222.40 | not published |
| Providence St Peter Hospital | Olympia | $936.52 | $364.79 – $2,719.42 |
| MultiCare Valley Hospital | Spokane Valley | $678.80 | $92.53 – $2,151.26 |
| MultiCare Auburn Medical Center | Auburn | $743.20 | $94.65 – $2,238.28 |