Trichomonas assay w/optic at MultiCare Good Samaritan Hospital
401 15th Avenue Southeast, Puyallup, WA · Multicare · · NPI 1841231461
$29.20
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.
$73.00
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.
$5.12 with Molina vs $70.95 with Aetna — 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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| Molina | Apple Health | $5.12 | ↓ -82% |
| WellPoint | Apple Health | $5.12 | ↓ -82% |
| United Healthcare | Apple Health | $5.53 | ↓ -81% |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | Apple Health | $5.53 | ↓ -81% |
| Coordinated Care | Apple Health | $5.53 | ↓ -81% |
| SCAN | MedAdvantage | $14.98 | ↓ -49% |
| Premera | HMO | $15.29 | ↓ -48% |
| Premera | Signature | $15.29 | ↓ -48% |
| Premera | Prime | $15.29 | ↓ -48% |
| Regence | MCC/AHN | $15.39 | ↓ -47% |
| Regence | Blue High Performance | $15.39 | ↓ -47% |
| First Choice | MHS Employee MCC/PPO | $15.40 | ↓ -47% |
| Aetna | MedAdvantage | $15.43 | ↓ -47% |
| Regence | MedAdvantage | $15.43 | ↓ -47% |
| United Healthcare | MedAdvantage | $15.58 | ↓ -47% |
| Molina | MedAdvantage | $15.73 | ↓ -46% |
| WellCare | MedAdvantage | $15.73 | ↓ -46% |
| Regence | RealValue | $15.83 | ↓ -46% |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | MedAdvantage | $16.48 | ↓ -44% |
| Kaiser | PPO | $16.82 | ↓ -42% |
| Uniform Medical | All Commercial Plans | $17.58 | ↓ -40% |
| Regence | Commercial | $17.58 | ↓ -40% |
| Cigna | All Commercial Plans | $18.35 | ↓ -37% |
| United Healthcare | All Commercial Plans | $18.35 | ↓ -37% |
| Premera | Other Commercial Plans | $19.11 | ↓ -35% |
| First Choice | MCC Wellfound Employee | $21.50 | ↓ -26% |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | Cascade Care | $25.26 | ↓ -13% |
| First Choice | PPO | $29.05 | ↓ -1% |
| Ambetter | Coordinated Care Exchange | $29.97 | ↑ +3% |
| Multiplan/PHCS | All Commercial Plans | $42.34 | ↑ +45% |
| First Health | All Commercial Plans | $42.34 | ↑ +45% |
| Aetna | All Commercial Plans | $70.95 | ↑ +143% |
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Trichomonas assay w/optic at other Washington hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| MultiCare Valley Hospital | Spokane Valley | $10.00 | $4.89 – $27.72 |
| MultiCare Yakima Memorial Hospital | Yakima | $21.20 | $15.82 – $27.44 |
| MultiCare Auburn Medical Center | Auburn | $29.20 | $5.00 – $29.97 |
| Virginia Mason Medical Center | Seattle | $40.29 | $10.70 – $47.79 |
| MultiCare Capital Medical Center | Olympia | $23.20 | $5.38 – $27.72 |
| MultiCare Covington Medical Center | Covington | $29.20 | $5.00 – $29.97 |
| MultiCare Mary Bridge Children's Hospital | Tacoma | $29.20 | $5.09 – $18.08 |
| Navos Multi-Treatment Center | Seattle | $23.20 | not published |