Nuclear Stress Test (Heart) at MultiCare Good Samaritan Hospital
401 15th Avenue Southeast, Puyallup, WA · Multicare · · NPI 1841231461
$3,658.00
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.
$9,145.00
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.
$684.51 with Molina vs $8,091.13 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 | $684.51 | ↓ -81% |
| United Healthcare | Apple Health | $739.28 | ↓ -80% |
| WellPoint | Apple Health | $739.28 | ↓ -80% |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | Apple Health | $739.28 | ↓ -80% |
| Coordinated Care | Apple Health | $739.28 | ↓ -80% |
| SCAN | MedAdvantage | $1,480.72 | ↓ -60% |
| Aetna | MedAdvantage | $1,525.14 | ↓ -58% |
| Regence | MedAdvantage | $1,525.14 | ↓ -58% |
| United Healthcare | MedAdvantage | $1,539.95 | ↓ -58% |
| WellCare | MedAdvantage | $1,554.75 | ↓ -57% |
| Molina | MedAdvantage | $1,554.75 | ↓ -57% |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | MedAdvantage | $1,628.79 | ↓ -55% |
| Premera | HMO | $2,486.43 | ↓ -32% |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | Cascade Care | $2,496.49 | ↓ -32% |
| Ambetter | Coordinated Care Exchange | $2,961.43 | ↓ -19% |
| Uniform Medical | All Commercial Plans | $3,456.74 | ↓ -6% |
| First Choice | MHS Employee MCC/PPO | $4,288.30 | ↑ +17% |
| Regence | Blue High Performance | $4,661.86 | ↑ +27% |
| Regence | MCC/AHN | $4,661.86 | ↑ +27% |
| Regence | RealValue | $4,795.05 | ↑ +31% |
| Premera | Signature | $5,188.16 | ↑ +42% |
| Premera | Prime | $5,304.91 | ↑ +45% |
| Regence | Commercial | $5,327.84 | ↑ +46% |
| Multiplan/PHCS | All Commercial Plans | $5,340.68 | ↑ +46% |
| First Health | All Commercial Plans | $5,340.68 | ↑ +46% |
| First Choice | MCC Wellfound Employee | $5,987.44 | ↑ +64% |
| Aetna | All Commercial Plans | $6,090.45 | ↑ +66% |
| Kaiser | PPO | $6,145.26 | ↑ +68% |
| Cigna | All Commercial Plans | $6,214.62 | ↑ +70% |
| Premera | Other Commercial Plans | $6,519.85 | ↑ +78% |
| United Healthcare | All Commercial Plans | $6,606.59 | ↑ +81% |
| First Choice | PPO | $8,091.13 | ↑ +121% |
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Nuclear Stress Test (Heart) at other Washington hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus | Seattle | $4,099.68 | $1,499.19 – $5,979.29 |
| Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital | Spokane | $7,074.20 | $1,442.68 – $4,579.88 |
| Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill | Seattle | $4,099.68 | $1,499.19 – $5,788.46 |
| Swedish Issaquah | Issaquah | $4,099.68 | $1,443.13 – $5,979.29 |
| Central Medical Center | Seattle | $4,483.20 | $1,306.00 – $1,306.00 |
| Providence Centralia Hospital | Centralia | $3,787.68 | $1,499.19 – $7,925.74 |
| Providence Mount Carmel Hospital | Colville | $3,540.60 | not published |
| Providence St Mary Medical Center | Walla Walla | $3,550.40 | $1,258.22 – $2,668.97 |