Abdominal CT scan (without contrast) at MultiCare Allenmore Hospital
1901 South Union, Tacoma, WA · Multicare · · NPI 1366556227
$828.00
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.
$2,070.00
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.
$82.84 with Molina vs $1,208.88 with Multiplan/PHCS — 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 | $82.84 | ↓ -90% |
| United Healthcare | Apple Health | $89.46 | ↓ -89% |
| WellPoint | Apple Health | $89.46 | ↓ -89% |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | Apple Health | $89.46 | ↓ -89% |
| Coordinated Care | Apple Health | $89.46 | ↓ -89% |
| SCAN | MedAdvantage | $119.57 | ↓ -86% |
| Aetna | MedAdvantage | $123.16 | ↓ -85% |
| Regence | MedAdvantage | $123.16 | ↓ -85% |
| United Healthcare | MedAdvantage | $124.35 | ↓ -85% |
| WellCare | MedAdvantage | $125.55 | ↓ -85% |
| Molina | MedAdvantage | $125.55 | ↓ -85% |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | MedAdvantage | $131.53 | ↓ -84% |
| Premera | HMO | $200.22 | ↓ -76% |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | Cascade Care | $201.60 | ↓ -76% |
| Ambetter | Coordinated Care Exchange | $239.14 | ↓ -71% |
| Uniform Medical | All Commercial Plans | $267.64 | ↓ -68% |
| Regence | MCC/AHN | $360.94 | ↓ -56% |
| Regence | Blue High Performance | $360.94 | ↓ -56% |
| Regence | RealValue | $371.25 | ↓ -55% |
| First Choice | MHS Employee MCC/PPO | $377.80 | ↓ -54% |
| First Choice | PPO | $377.80 | ↓ -54% |
| Premera | Signature | $410.74 | ↓ -50% |
| Premera | Prime | $410.74 | ↓ -50% |
| Regence | Commercial | $412.51 | ↓ -50% |
| Kaiser | PPO | $494.85 | ↓ -40% |
| Aetna | All Commercial Plans | $496.12 | ↓ -40% |
| Cigna | All Commercial Plans | $501.84 | ↓ -39% |
| Premera | Other Commercial Plans | $504.81 | ↓ -39% |
| First Choice | MCC Wellfound Employee | $527.49 | ↓ -36% |
| United Healthcare | All Commercial Plans | $533.49 | ↓ -36% |
| First Health | All Commercial Plans | $1,208.88 | ↑ +46% |
| Multiplan/PHCS | All Commercial Plans | $1,208.88 | ↑ +46% |
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Abdominal CT scan (without contrast) at other Washington hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| St. Joseph Medical Center | Tacoma | $1,665.33 | $255.63 – $3,771.14 |
| MultiCare Mary Bridge Children's Hospital | Tacoma | $828.00 | $82.42 – $840.61 |
| Providence St Luke's Rehabilitation Medical Center | Spokane | $830.34 | $116.50 – $128.15 |
| Providence St Joseph Hospital | Chewelah | $1,294.30 | not published |
| Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus | Seattle | $444.00 | $121.06 – $526.78 |
| Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital | Spokane | $1,330.00 | $116.50 – $403.49 |
| Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill | Seattle | $444.00 | $121.06 – $509.96 |
| Swedish Issaquah | Issaquah | $444.00 | $121.40 – $526.78 |