Rmvl phrnc nrv stim sys 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.

$3,998.57 with SCAN vs $16,782.12 with Cigna — 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
SCAN MedAdvantage $3,998.57
Regence MedAdvantage $4,118.53
Aetna MedAdvantage $4,118.53
United Healthcare MedAdvantage $4,158.51
WellCare MedAdvantage $4,198.50
Molina MedAdvantage $4,198.50
Community Health Plan of Washington MedAdvantage $4,398.43
Premera HMO $6,084.01
Community Health Plan of Washington Cascade Care $6,741.59
Ambetter Coordinated Care Exchange $7,997.14
Premera Signature $12,431.94
Premera Prime $12,711.68
Kaiser PPO $15,025.60
Premera Other Commercial Plans $15,622.94
Aetna All Commercial Plans $16,044.00
Cigna All Commercial Plans $16,782.12

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Rmvl phrnc nrv stim sys at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus Seattle $9,269.28 $4,048.45 – $12,299.21
Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill Seattle $9,269.28 $4,048.45 – $9,473.38
Swedish Issaquah Issaquah $9,269.28 $4,059.81 – $9,012.79
Virginia Mason Medical Center Seattle $4,551.75 $591.61 – $9,612.49
Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital Spokane not published $3,895.87 – $9,914.98
Central Medical Center Seattle not published not published
Providence Centralia Hospital Centralia not published $4,048.45 – $7,489.64
Swedish Edmonds Hospital Edmonds not published $2,225.00 – $10,112.70

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