Thaw preserved stem cells at MultiCare Good Samaritan Hospital
401 15th Avenue Southeast, Puyallup, WA · Multicare · · NPI 1841231461
$938.00
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.
$2,345.00
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.
$504.58 with SCAN vs $2,467.93 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 |
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| SCAN | MedAdvantage | $504.58 | ↓ -46% |
| Aetna | MedAdvantage | $519.72 | ↓ -45% |
| Regence | MedAdvantage | $519.72 | ↓ -45% |
| United Healthcare | MedAdvantage | $524.76 | ↓ -44% |
| Molina | MedAdvantage | $529.81 | ↓ -44% |
| WellCare | MedAdvantage | $529.81 | ↓ -44% |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | MedAdvantage | $555.04 | ↓ -41% |
| Premera | HMO | $763.86 | ↓ -19% |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | Cascade Care | $850.72 | ↓ -9% |
| Ambetter | Coordinated Care Exchange | $1,009.16 | ↑ +8% |
| Uniform Medical | All Commercial Plans | $1,056.77 | ↑ +13% |
| Molina | Apple Health | $1,214.81 | ↑ +30% |
| First Choice | MHS Employee MCC/PPO | $1,308.01 | ↑ +39% |
| WellPoint | Apple Health | $1,311.99 | ↑ +40% |
| United Healthcare | Apple Health | $1,311.99 | ↑ +40% |
| Coordinated Care | Apple Health | $1,311.99 | ↑ +40% |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | Apple Health | $1,311.99 | ↑ +40% |
| Regence | MCC/AHN | $1,425.20 | ↑ +52% |
| Regence | Blue High Performance | $1,425.20 | ↑ +52% |
| Regence | RealValue | $1,465.92 | ↑ +56% |
| Premera | Signature | $1,586.12 | ↑ +69% |
| Premera | Prime | $1,621.80 | ↑ +73% |
| Regence | Commercial | $1,628.80 | ↑ +74% |
| Multiplan/PHCS | All Commercial Plans | $1,711.85 | ↑ +83% |
| First Health | All Commercial Plans | $1,711.85 | ↑ +83% |
| First Choice | MCC Wellfound Employee | $1,826.27 | ↑ +95% |
| Kaiser | PPO | $1,887.88 | ↑ +101% |
| Premera | Other Commercial Plans | $1,993.23 | ↑ +112% |
| Aetna | All Commercial Plans | $2,039.56 | ↑ +117% |
| Cigna | All Commercial Plans | $2,117.74 | ↑ +126% |
| United Healthcare | All Commercial Plans | $2,251.31 | ↑ +140% |
| First Choice | PPO | $2,467.93 | ↑ +163% |
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Thaw preserved stem cells at other Washington hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus | Seattle | $969.60 | $510.88 – $1,823.79 |
| Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital | Spokane | $1,004.50 | $491.62 – $1,396.94 |
| Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill | Seattle | $969.60 | $510.88 – $1,765.58 |
| Swedish Issaquah | Issaquah | $969.60 | $512.31 – $1,823.79 |
| St. Michael Medical Center | Silverdale | $703.92 | $559.16 – $1,921.73 |
| St. Anne Hospital | Burien | $487.02 | $381.65 – $1,319.29 |
| St. Anthony Hospital | Gig Harbor | $485.10 | $639.04 – $1,242.53 |
| MultiCare Auburn Medical Center | Auburn | $938.00 | $502.06 – $2,117.74 |