Pr biopsy skin punch single lesion at MultiCare Good Samaritan Hospital
401 15th Avenue Southeast, Puyallup, WA · Multicare · · NPI 1841231461
$346.00
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.
$865.00
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.
$316.31 with Molina vs $2,074.43 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.
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 | $316.31 | ↓ -9% |
| United Healthcare | Apple Health | $341.61 | ↓ -1% |
| WellPoint | Apple Health | $341.61 | ↓ -1% |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | Apple Health | $341.61 | ↓ -1% |
| Coordinated Care | Apple Health | $341.61 | ↓ -1% |
| SCAN | MedAdvantage | $464.94 | ↑ +34% |
| Aetna | MedAdvantage | $478.89 | ↑ +38% |
| Regence | MedAdvantage | $478.89 | ↑ +38% |
| United Healthcare | MedAdvantage | $483.54 | ↑ +40% |
| WellCare | MedAdvantage | $488.19 | ↑ +41% |
| Molina | MedAdvantage | $488.19 | ↑ +41% |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | MedAdvantage | $511.43 | ↑ +48% |
| First Choice | MHS Employee MCC/PPO | $588.98 | ↑ +70% |
| Multiplan/PHCS | All Commercial Plans | $631.45 | ↑ +83% |
| First Health | All Commercial Plans | $631.45 | ↑ +83% |
| Premera | HMO | $698.88 | ↑ +102% |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | Cascade Care | $783.89 | ↑ +127% |
| First Choice | MCC Wellfound Employee | $822.35 | ↑ +138% |
| Ambetter | Coordinated Care Exchange | $929.88 | ↑ +169% |
| Uniform Medical | All Commercial Plans | $970.70 | ↑ +181% |
| First Choice | PPO | $1,111.28 | ↑ +221% |
| Regence | MCC/AHN | $1,309.11 | ↑ +278% |
| Regence | Blue High Performance | $1,309.11 | ↑ +278% |
| Regence | RealValue | $1,346.51 | ↑ +289% |
| Premera | Signature | $1,456.90 | ↑ +321% |
| Premera | Prime | $1,489.69 | ↑ +331% |
| Regence | Commercial | $1,496.12 | ↑ +332% |
| Kaiser | PPO | $1,727.31 | ↑ +399% |
| Premera | Other Commercial Plans | $1,830.86 | ↑ +429% |
| Aetna | All Commercial Plans | $1,863.93 | ↑ +439% |
| Cigna | All Commercial Plans | $1,951.35 | ↑ +464% |
| United Healthcare | All Commercial Plans | $2,074.43 | ↑ +500% |
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Pr biopsy skin punch single lesion at other Washington hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Providence St Joseph Hospital | Chewelah | $557.90 | not published |
| Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus | Seattle | $617.76 | $470.74 – $1,430.11 |
| Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital | Spokane | $609.00 | $453.00 – $1,152.88 |
| Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill | Seattle | $617.76 | $470.74 – $1,101.53 |
| Swedish Issaquah | Issaquah | $617.76 | $472.06 – $1,047.98 |
| Providence Centralia Hospital | Centralia | $605.28 | $470.74 – $1,022.17 |
| Providence Mount Carmel Hospital | Colville | $296.80 | not published |
| Providence St Mary Medical Center | Walla Walla | $457.80 | $353.33 – $838.05 |