Abdominal MRI (with contrast) at MultiCare Allenmore Hospital
1901 South Union, Tacoma, WA · Multicare · · NPI 1366556227
$1,815.60
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.
$4,539.00
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.
$316.88 with Molina vs $2,650.63 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 | $316.88 | ↓ -83% |
| United Healthcare | Apple Health | $342.23 | ↓ -81% |
| WellPoint | Apple Health | $342.23 | ↓ -81% |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | Apple Health | $342.23 | ↓ -81% |
| Coordinated Care | Apple Health | $342.23 | ↓ -81% |
| SCAN | MedAdvantage | $399.01 | ↓ -78% |
| Aetna | MedAdvantage | $410.98 | ↓ -77% |
| Regence | MedAdvantage | $410.98 | ↓ -77% |
| United Healthcare | MedAdvantage | $414.97 | ↓ -77% |
| WellCare | MedAdvantage | $418.96 | ↓ -77% |
| Molina | MedAdvantage | $418.96 | ↓ -77% |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | MedAdvantage | $438.92 | ↓ -76% |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | Cascade Care | $672.74 | ↓ -63% |
| Premera | HMO | $690.19 | ↓ -62% |
| Ambetter | Coordinated Care Exchange | $798.03 | ↓ -56% |
| Uniform Medical | All Commercial Plans | $936.20 | ↓ -48% |
| Regence | MCC/AHN | $1,262.59 | ↓ -30% |
| Regence | Blue High Performance | $1,262.59 | ↓ -30% |
| First Choice | MHS Employee MCC/PPO | $1,287.14 | ↓ -29% |
| First Choice | PPO | $1,287.14 | ↓ -29% |
| Regence | RealValue | $1,298.67 | ↓ -28% |
| Premera | Signature | $1,436.75 | ↓ -21% |
| Premera | Prime | $1,436.75 | ↓ -21% |
| Regence | Commercial | $1,442.96 | ↓ -21% |
| Aetna | All Commercial Plans | $1,666.12 | ↓ -8% |
| Cigna | All Commercial Plans | $1,674.66 | ↓ -8% |
| Kaiser | PPO | $1,705.83 | ↓ -6% |
| Premera | Other Commercial Plans | $1,765.80 | ↓ -3% |
| United Healthcare | All Commercial Plans | $1,780.28 | ↓ -2% |
| First Choice | MCC Wellfound Employee | $1,797.14 | ↓ -1% |
| First Health | All Commercial Plans | $2,650.63 | ↑ +46% |
| Multiplan/PHCS | All Commercial Plans | $2,650.63 | ↑ +46% |
Visitor-reported prices
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Abdominal MRI (with contrast) at other Washington hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| St. Joseph Medical Center | Tacoma | $2,087.38 | $1,002.46 – $4,726.89 |
| MultiCare Mary Bridge Children's Hospital | Tacoma | $1,815.60 | $315.30 – $2,897.70 |
| Providence St Joseph Hospital | Chewelah | $3,157.00 | not published |
| Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus | Seattle | $2,169.60 | $403.99 – $1,794.70 |
| Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital | Spokane | $3,822.70 | $388.77 – $1,374.66 |
| Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill | Seattle | $2,169.60 | $403.99 – $1,737.42 |
| Swedish Issaquah | Issaquah | $2,169.60 | $405.13 – $1,794.70 |
| Central Medical Center | Seattle | $2,720.00 | $358.00 – $358.00 |