Sm-153 lexidron ther at MultiCare Good Samaritan Hospital
401 15th Avenue Southeast, Puyallup, WA · Multicare · · NPI 1841231461
$25,860.40
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.
$64,651.00
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.
$3,096.60 with SCAN vs $84,918.48 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 | $3,096.60 | ↓ -88% |
| United Healthcare | All Commercial Plans | $3,159.80 | ↓ -88% |
| Aetna | MedAdvantage | $3,189.50 | ↓ -88% |
| Regence | MedAdvantage | $3,189.50 | ↓ -88% |
| United Healthcare | MedAdvantage | $3,220.47 | ↓ -88% |
| Molina | MedAdvantage | $3,251.43 | ↓ -87% |
| WellCare | MedAdvantage | $3,251.43 | ↓ -87% |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | MedAdvantage | $3,406.26 | ↓ -87% |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | Cascade Care | $5,220.87 | ↓ -80% |
| Cigna | All Commercial Plans | $6,040.87 | ↓ -77% |
| Ambetter | Coordinated Care Exchange | $6,193.21 | ↓ -76% |
| Molina | Apple Health | $9,397.25 | ↓ -64% |
| WellPoint | Apple Health | $10,149.03 | ↓ -61% |
| Coordinated Care | Apple Health | $10,149.03 | ↓ -61% |
| United Healthcare | Apple Health | $10,149.03 | ↓ -61% |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | Apple Health | $10,149.03 | ↓ -61% |
| Uniform Medical | All Commercial Plans | $20,711.82 | ↓ -20% |
| Premera | HMO | $27,615.76 | ↑ +7% |
| Aetna | All Commercial Plans | $38,238.73 | ↑ +48% |
| Premera | Prime | $39,697.66 | ↑ +54% |
| Premera | Signature | $39,697.66 | ↑ +54% |
| Regence | Blue High Performance | $40,776.40 | ↑ +58% |
| Regence | MCC/AHN | $40,776.40 | ↑ +58% |
| Regence | RealValue | $41,941.44 | ↑ +62% |
| First Choice | MHS Employee MCC/PPO | $45,006.79 | ↑ +74% |
| Regence | Commercial | $46,601.60 | ↑ +80% |
| Multiplan/PHCS | All Commercial Plans | $47,195.23 | ↑ +83% |
| First Health | All Commercial Plans | $47,195.23 | ↑ +83% |
| Premera | Other Commercial Plans | $48,327.59 | ↑ +87% |
| First Choice | MCC Wellfound Employee | $62,839.67 | ↑ +143% |
| Kaiser | PPO | $79,913.11 | ↑ +209% |
| First Choice | PPO | $84,918.48 | ↑ +228% |
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Sm-153 lexidron ther at other Washington hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| MultiCare Valley Hospital | Spokane Valley | $47,621.20 | $3,159.80 – $76,806.33 |
| St. Michael Medical Center | Silverdale | $9,754.66 | $13,924.23 – $81,345.67 |
| St. Anne Hospital | Burien | $6,748.96 | $9,503.84 – $37,580.40 |
| St. Anthony Hospital | Gig Harbor | $6,722.28 | $15,913.41 – $46,962.33 |
| MultiCare Auburn Medical Center | Auburn | $25,860.40 | $3,096.60 – $79,913.11 |
| St. Joseph Medical Center | Tacoma | $7,320.12 | $15,913.41 – $46,962.33 |
| St. Elizabeth Hospital | Enumclaw | $7,810.05 | $3,757.34 – $19,891.76 |
| Virginia Mason Medical Center | Seattle | $15,136.80 | $3,020.44 – $51,123.68 |