Administration chemotherapy IV infusion each addl sequential infusion diff substance/drug >1 hr at MultiCare Allenmore Hospital
1901 South Union, Tacoma, WA · Multicare · · NPI 1366556227
$692.00
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.
$1,730.00
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.
$82.35 with SCAN vs $1,262.90 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| SCAN | MedAdvantage | $82.35 | ↓ -88% |
| Regence | MedAdvantage | $84.82 | ↓ -88% |
| Aetna | MedAdvantage | $84.82 | ↓ -88% |
| United Healthcare | MedAdvantage | $85.64 | ↓ -88% |
| Molina | MedAdvantage | $86.47 | ↓ -88% |
| WellCare | MedAdvantage | $86.47 | ↓ -88% |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | MedAdvantage | $90.58 | ↓ -87% |
| Premera | HMO | $126.39 | ↓ -82% |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | Cascade Care | $138.84 | ↓ -80% |
| Ambetter | Coordinated Care Exchange | $164.70 | ↓ -76% |
| Uniform Medical | All Commercial Plans | $171.49 | ↓ -75% |
| First Choice | MHS Employee MCC/PPO | $203.83 | ↓ -71% |
| First Choice | PPO | $203.83 | ↓ -71% |
| Molina | Apple Health | $215.18 | ↓ -69% |
| Regence | MCC/AHN | $231.28 | ↓ -67% |
| Regence | Blue High Performance | $231.28 | ↓ -67% |
| WellPoint | Apple Health | $232.39 | ↓ -66% |
| United Healthcare | Apple Health | $232.39 | ↓ -66% |
| Coordinated Care | Apple Health | $232.39 | ↓ -66% |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | Apple Health | $232.39 | ↓ -66% |
| Regence | RealValue | $237.89 | ↓ -66% |
| Premera | Signature | $263.17 | ↓ -62% |
| Premera | Prime | $263.17 | ↓ -62% |
| Regence | Commercial | $264.32 | ↓ -62% |
| First Choice | MCC Wellfound Employee | $284.60 | ↓ -59% |
| Kaiser | PPO | $312.39 | ↓ -55% |
| Premera | Other Commercial Plans | $323.45 | ↓ -53% |
| Aetna | All Commercial Plans | $332.05 | ↓ -52% |
| Cigna | All Commercial Plans | $345.63 | ↓ -50% |
| United Healthcare | All Commercial Plans | $367.43 | ↓ -47% |
| First Health | All Commercial Plans | $1,262.90 | ↑ +83% |
| Multiplan/PHCS | All Commercial Plans | $1,262.90 | ↑ +83% |
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| Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill | Seattle | $289.92 | $83.38 – $275.14 |
| Swedish Issaquah | Issaquah | $289.92 | $83.61 – $284.21 |
| Providence Centralia Hospital | Centralia | $222.56 | $83.38 – $376.73 |
| Providence St Mary Medical Center | Walla Walla | $333.90 | $62.42 – $148.43 |