Sarscov coronavirus ag ia 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.

$5.12 with Molina vs $69.25 with Ambetter — 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 $5.12
WellPoint Apple Health $5.12
Coordinated Care Apple Health $5.53
United Healthcare Apple Health $5.53
Community Health Plan of Washington Apple Health $5.53
SCAN MedAdvantage $34.62
Premera HMO $35.33
Premera Prime $35.33
Premera Signature $35.33
Aetna MedAdvantage $35.66
Regence MedAdvantage $35.66
United Healthcare MedAdvantage $36.01
WellCare MedAdvantage $36.35
Molina MedAdvantage $36.35
Community Health Plan of Washington MedAdvantage $38.09
Kaiser PPO $38.86
Cigna All Commercial Plans $42.40
Premera Other Commercial Plans $44.16
Aetna All Commercial Plans $47.34
Community Health Plan of Washington Cascade Care $58.38
Ambetter Coordinated Care Exchange $69.25

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Sarscov coronavirus ag ia at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Providence St Luke's Rehabilitation Medical Center Spokane $98.28 $35.33 – $38.86
Providence St Joseph Hospital Chewelah $130.90 not published
Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus Seattle $62.88 $31.80 – $107.33
Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital Spokane $139.30 $35.33 – $89.91
Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill Seattle $62.88 $31.80 – $82.67
Swedish Issaquah Issaquah $62.88 $31.80 – $78.43
Providence Centralia Hospital Centralia $67.60 $35.33 – $103.32
Providence Mount Carmel Hospital Colville $139.30 not published

All Washington hospitals for this procedure →