Learn how much a service or procedure might cost you through exploring our cost estimate resources.
What is a price estimate?
Many patients want to know what their care will cost before it happens. We can help with several ways for you to receive a price estimate. A price estimate is the predicted cost of your care. It is based on the procedures that you expect to receive.
A price estimate is not a guarantee. Your charges may be higher or lower, depending on:
- The actual services you receive in consultation with your doctor
- Whether you have health insurance and if the treatment is covered by your plan
- How much your health insurer says is your share of the costs
To understand your financial responsibility, it’s important that you contact your insurance company once your provider has told you the procedures likely to be performed.
Get a price estimate from Samaritan
Price estimates for self-pay patients are auto generated typically within three (3) days of your scheduled visit.
For all other estimates, inquire with your doctor’s office to obtain the CPT® code(s) for your procedure or service.
Once you have this information, then you can call our Financial Access Specialists at 509-765-5606 ext. 9766 to request an estimate:
- If you cannot pay the patient responsibility portion of your bill, our Financial Access Specialists and/or Financial Counselors can assist with applying for Financial Assistance, Medicaid, Apple Health programs and Washington Health Benefit Exchange.
- For out of state Medicaid and Exchange programs, resources can be provided.
- Call a member of our Financial Access Specialist Team at 509-765-5606 ext. 9766 or a Financial Counselor at 509-793-9715.
Create a self-generated price estimate
You can create your own estimate using our patient estimates tool. It has prices for over 300 often-used services.
The tool is available to everyone and users can save time because the tool will estimate based on the insurance coverage or self-pay option selected.
To create an estimate
- Visit our Patient Estimates page
- Select the location for your procedure
- Search for your procedure
The tool allows you to search using text or CPT® code. Those are codes, in numerals, that doctors use to bill insurance companies. Our office can tell you what the code is for your visit.
Consumer Estimate FAQs
The “you pay” section will reflect your expected out-of-pocket costs, which will either be a product of our fully loaded rates after a self-pay discount, or a balance of your benefit allowance (e.g. deductible, co-pay, co-insurance, etc.) after your insurance has paid their negotiated rate in consideration of your plan benefit.
The information we receive from your insurance company may not reflect the most recent payments made to other providers/hospitals.
We recommend that you contact your insurance company to confirm your benefits met to date.
As an uninsured patient Samaritan offers a 20% uninsured discount.
Yes, the self-service estimate tool is available to local and international patients.
Yes, the uninsured discount is available to local and international patients for eligible services.