Phleb veins 1 extrm >20 stab 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

$6,280.00

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.

$15,700.00

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.

$1,814.19 with Molina vs $16,112.59 with United Healthcare — 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 $1,814.19 ↓ -71%
United Healthcare Apple Health $1,959.33 ↓ -69%
WellPoint Apple Health $1,959.33 ↓ -69%
Community Health Plan of Washington Apple Health $1,959.33 ↓ -69%
Coordinated Care Apple Health $1,959.33 ↓ -69%
SCAN MedAdvantage $3,611.28 ↓ -42%
Aetna MedAdvantage $3,719.61 ↓ -41%
Regence MedAdvantage $3,719.61 ↓ -41%
United Healthcare MedAdvantage $3,755.73 ↓ -40%
WellCare MedAdvantage $3,791.84 ↓ -40%
Molina MedAdvantage $3,791.84 ↓ -40%
Community Health Plan of Washington MedAdvantage $3,972.40 ↓ -37%
First Choice MHS Employee MCC/PPO $4,626.65 ↓ -26%
Premera HMO $5,231.86 ↓ -17%
Community Health Plan of Washington Cascade Care $6,088.61 ↓ -3%
First Choice MCC Wellfound Employee $6,459.85 ↑ +3%
Ambetter Coordinated Care Exchange $7,222.55 ↑ +15%
Uniform Medical All Commercial Plans $7,759.56 ↑ +24%
First Choice PPO $8,729.53 ↑ +39%
Regence MCC/AHN $10,464.78 ↑ +67%
Regence Blue High Performance $10,464.78 ↑ +67%
Regence RealValue $10,763.77 ↑ +71%
First Health All Commercial Plans $11,461.00 ↑ +83%
Multiplan/PHCS All Commercial Plans $11,461.00 ↑ +83%
Premera Signature $11,646.25 ↑ +85%
Premera Prime $11,908.31 ↑ +90%
Regence Commercial $11,959.75 ↑ +90%
Kaiser PPO $13,792.63 ↑ +120%
Premera Other Commercial Plans $14,635.58 ↑ +133%
Aetna All Commercial Plans $14,684.01 ↑ +134%
Cigna All Commercial Plans $15,156.63 ↑ +141%
United Healthcare All Commercial Plans $16,112.59 ↑ +157%

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Phleb veins 1 extrm >20 stab at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Kadlec Regional Medical Center Richland $6,095.60 $559.94 – $10,281.45
St. Michael Medical Center Silverdale $4,621.21 $6,596.53 – $14,039.89
St. Anne Hospital Burien $3,197.28 $4,502.39 – $9,423.61
St. Anthony Hospital Gig Harbor $3,184.65 $7,538.89 – $8,105.48
MultiCare Auburn Medical Center Auburn $6,280.00 $1,773.20 – $15,156.63
St. Joseph Medical Center Tacoma $3,467.86 $7,538.89 – $8,105.48
St. Elizabeth Hospital Enumclaw $3,699.97 $1,780.02 – $9,423.61
Virginia Mason Medical Center Seattle $4,516.05 $15.17 – $2,637.39

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