Prolonged IV inf, req pump at MultiCare Good Samaritan Hospital
401 15th Avenue Southeast, Puyallup, WA · Multicare · · NPI 1841231461
$823.60
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.
$2,059.00
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.
$243.27 with SCAN vs $1,969.06 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| SCAN | MedAdvantage | $243.27 | ↓ -70% |
| Regence | MedAdvantage | $250.57 | ↓ -70% |
| Aetna | MedAdvantage | $250.57 | ↓ -70% |
| United Healthcare | MedAdvantage | $253.00 | ↓ -69% |
| Molina | MedAdvantage | $255.44 | ↓ -69% |
| WellCare | MedAdvantage | $255.44 | ↓ -69% |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | MedAdvantage | $267.60 | ↓ -68% |
| Molina | Apple Health | $364.05 | ↓ -56% |
| WellPoint | Apple Health | $393.17 | ↓ -52% |
| United Healthcare | Apple Health | $393.17 | ↓ -52% |
| Coordinated Care | Apple Health | $393.17 | ↓ -52% |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | Apple Health | $393.17 | ↓ -52% |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | Cascade Care | $410.16 | ↓ -50% |
| Ambetter | Coordinated Care Exchange | $486.55 | ↓ -41% |
| Premera | HMO | $623.11 | ↓ -24% |
| Uniform Medical | All Commercial Plans | $824.45 | ↑ +0% |
| Cigna | All Commercial Plans | $1,021.03 | ↑ +24% |
| First Choice | MHS Employee MCC/PPO | $1,043.60 | ↑ +27% |
| United Healthcare | All Commercial Plans | $1,085.43 | ↑ +32% |
| Regence | MCC/AHN | $1,111.87 | ↑ +35% |
| Regence | Blue High Performance | $1,111.87 | ↑ +35% |
| Regence | RealValue | $1,143.64 | ↑ +39% |
| Premera | Signature | $1,237.39 | ↑ +50% |
| Premera | Prime | $1,265.23 | ↑ +54% |
| Regence | Commercial | $1,270.71 | ↑ +54% |
| First Choice | MCC Wellfound Employee | $1,457.10 | ↑ +77% |
| Multiplan/PHCS | All Commercial Plans | $1,503.07 | ↑ +83% |
| First Health | All Commercial Plans | $1,503.07 | ↑ +83% |
| Kaiser | PPO | $1,540.03 | ↑ +87% |
| Aetna | All Commercial Plans | $1,547.44 | ↑ +88% |
| Premera | Other Commercial Plans | $1,555.00 | ↑ +89% |
| First Choice | PPO | $1,969.06 | ↑ +139% |
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Prolonged IV inf, req pump at other Washington hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus | Seattle | $1,001.76 | $246.31 – $1,455.12 |
| Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill | Seattle | $1,001.76 | $246.31 – $1,408.68 |
| Swedish Issaquah | Issaquah | $1,001.76 | $247.00 – $1,455.12 |
| Providence St Mary Medical Center | Walla Walla | $880.60 | $237.02 – $438.50 |
| MultiCare Valley Hospital | Spokane Valley | $676.00 | $239.25 – $1,480.16 |
| MultiCare Yakima Memorial Hospital | Yakima | $823.60 | $253.75 – $1,054.04 |
| MultiCare Auburn Medical Center | Auburn | $823.60 | $242.06 – $1,540.03 |
| Virginia Mason Medical Center | Seattle | $621.18 | $252.91 – $1,076.87 |