#acylcarnitineprfl at MultiCare Allenmore Hospital
1901 South Union, Tacoma, WA · Multicare · · NPI 1366556227
$19.60
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.
$49.00
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.
$8.63 with Molina vs $78.28 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 | $8.63 | ↓ -56% |
| United Healthcare | Apple Health | $8.63 | ↓ -56% |
| WellPoint | Apple Health | $8.63 | ↓ -56% |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | Apple Health | $8.63 | ↓ -56% |
| Coordinated Care | Apple Health | $8.63 | ↓ -56% |
| SCAN | MedAdvantage | $16.53 | ↓ -16% |
| Premera | HMO | $16.87 | ↓ -14% |
| Premera | Prime | $16.87 | ↓ -14% |
| Premera | Signature | $16.87 | ↓ -14% |
| Regence | MCC/AHN | $16.98 | ↓ -13% |
| Regence | Blue High Performance | $16.98 | ↓ -13% |
| First Choice | MHS Employee MCC/PPO | $16.99 | ↓ -13% |
| First Choice | PPO | $16.99 | ↓ -13% |
| Aetna | MedAdvantage | $17.03 | ↓ -13% |
| Regence | MedAdvantage | $17.03 | ↓ -13% |
| United Healthcare | MedAdvantage | $17.19 | ↓ -12% |
| WellCare | MedAdvantage | $17.36 | ↓ -11% |
| Molina | MedAdvantage | $17.36 | ↓ -11% |
| Regence | RealValue | $17.46 | ↓ -11% |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | MedAdvantage | $18.19 | ↓ -7% |
| Kaiser | PPO | $18.56 | ↓ -5% |
| Uniform Medical | All Commercial Plans | $19.40 | ↓ -1% |
| Regence | Commercial | $19.40 | ↓ -1% |
| United Healthcare | All Commercial Plans | $20.24 | ↑ +3% |
| Cigna | All Commercial Plans | $20.24 | ↑ +3% |
| Premera | Other Commercial Plans | $21.09 | ↑ +8% |
| First Choice | MCC Wellfound Employee | $23.72 | ↑ +21% |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | Cascade Care | $27.87 | ↑ +42% |
| Multiplan/PHCS | All Commercial Plans | $28.47 | ↑ +45% |
| First Health | All Commercial Plans | $28.47 | ↑ +45% |
| Ambetter | Coordinated Care Exchange | $33.07 | ↑ +69% |
| Aetna | All Commercial Plans | $78.28 | ↑ +299% |
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#acylcarnitineprfl at other Washington hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| St. Joseph Medical Center | Tacoma | $26.61 | $16.87 – $60.25 |
| MultiCare Mary Bridge Children's Hospital | Tacoma | $19.60 | $8.59 – $30.49 |
| Providence St Joseph Hospital | Chewelah | $46.20 | not published |
| Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus | Seattle | $39.36 | $15.18 – $79.29 |
| Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital | Spokane | $293.30 | $16.87 – $60.73 |
| Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill | Seattle | $39.36 | $15.18 – $76.76 |
| Swedish Issaquah | Issaquah | $39.36 | $15.18 – $79.29 |
| Central Medical Center | Seattle | $76.00 | $13.00 – $13.00 |