Ring flange plas/leather mol 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

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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.

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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.

$333.89 with First Choice vs $1,483.96 with Kaiser — 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
First Choice MHS Employee MCC/PPO $333.89
SCAN MedAdvantage $336.59
Regence MedAdvantage $346.69
Aetna MedAdvantage $346.69
United Healthcare MedAdvantage $350.05
WellCare MedAdvantage $353.42
Molina MedAdvantage $353.42
Community Health Plan of Washington MedAdvantage $370.25
Aetna All Commercial Plans $451.22
First Choice MCC Wellfound Employee $466.18
Cigna All Commercial Plans $471.42
Premera HMO $512.82
Community Health Plan of Washington Cascade Care $567.49
Premera Signature $591.91
Premera Prime $591.91
First Choice PPO $629.98
Ambetter Coordinated Care Exchange $673.18
Premera Other Commercial Plans $723.45
Kaiser PPO $1,483.96

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Ring flange plas/leather mol at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Providence St Luke's Rehabilitation Medical Center Spokane not published $343.46 – $377.81
Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus Seattle not published $343.46 – $1,043.43
Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital Spokane not published $343.46 – $874.11
Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill Seattle not published $343.46 – $839.97
Swedish Issaquah Issaquah not published $343.46 – $762.48
Providence Centralia Hospital Centralia not published $343.46 – $649.58
Swedish Edmonds Hospital Edmonds not published $343.46 – $1,119.96
Kadlec Regional Medical Center Richland not published $343.46 – $635.40

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