Pr assessment emotional/behavioral per instrument brief 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

$72.00

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.

$180.00

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.

$17.10 with Molina vs $212.61 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.

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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 $17.10 ↓ -76%
United Healthcare Apple Health $18.46 ↓ -74%
WellPoint Apple Health $18.46 ↓ -74%
Community Health Plan of Washington Apple Health $18.46 ↓ -74%
Coordinated Care Apple Health $18.46 ↓ -74%
SCAN MedAdvantage $42.72 ↓ -41%
Aetna MedAdvantage $44.00 ↓ -39%
Regence MedAdvantage $44.00 ↓ -39%
United Healthcare MedAdvantage $44.43 ↓ -38%
WellCare MedAdvantage $44.86 ↓ -38%
Molina MedAdvantage $44.86 ↓ -38%
Community Health Plan of Washington MedAdvantage $46.99 ↓ -35%
Premera HMO $63.62 ↓ -12%
Community Health Plan of Washington Cascade Care $72.02 ↑ +0%
Ambetter Coordinated Care Exchange $85.44 ↑ +19%
Uniform Medical All Commercial Plans $97.63 ↑ +36%
First Choice MHS Employee MCC/PPO $112.69 ↑ +57%
First Health All Commercial Plans $131.40 ↑ +83%
Multiplan/PHCS All Commercial Plans $131.40 ↑ +83%
Regence MCC/AHN $131.66 ↑ +83%
Regence Blue High Performance $131.66 ↑ +83%
Regence RealValue $135.42 ↑ +88%
Premera Signature $146.53 ↑ +104%
Premera Prime $149.83 ↑ +108%
Regence Commercial $150.47 ↑ +109%
Kaiser PPO $157.23 ↑ +118%
First Choice MCC Wellfound Employee $157.33 ↑ +119%
Cigna All Commercial Plans $179.28 ↑ +149%
Aetna All Commercial Plans $183.12 ↑ +154%
Premera Other Commercial Plans $184.15 ↑ +156%
United Healthcare All Commercial Plans $190.58 ↑ +165%
First Choice PPO $212.61 ↑ +195%

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Pr assessment emotional/behavioral per instrument brief at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus Seattle $66.72 $43.25 – $157.12
Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill Seattle $66.72 $43.25 – $152.11
Swedish Issaquah Issaquah $66.72 $43.37 – $157.12
Providence Regional Medical Center Everett - Colby Campus Everett $55.64 $42.54 – $140.41
MultiCare Yakima Memorial Hospital Yakima $69.20 $44.56 – $124.82
MultiCare Auburn Medical Center Auburn $72.00 $16.71 – $179.28
Virginia Mason Medical Center Seattle $45.90 $0.14 – $664.59
MultiCare Capital Medical Center Olympia $72.00 $17.98 – $193.23

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