Albumin, human 5 % intravenous solution at MultiCare Allenmore Hospital

1901 South Union, Tacoma, WA · Multicare · · NPI 1366556227

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Aug 27, 2026 · Ingested Sep 17, 2026

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Cash price

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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.

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Gross charge

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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.

$10.40 with SCAN vs $286.72 with United Healthcare — 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.

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Payer
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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.

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Plan
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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.

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Negotiated rate vs. cash
SCAN MedAdvantage $10.40
Cigna All Commercial Plans $10.62
Regence MedAdvantage $10.72
Aetna MedAdvantage $10.72
United Healthcare MedAdvantage $10.82
WellCare MedAdvantage $10.92
Molina MedAdvantage $10.92
Community Health Plan of Washington MedAdvantage $11.44
Uniform Medical All Commercial Plans $12.74
Premera HMO $16.89
Community Health Plan of Washington Cascade Care $17.54
Ambetter Coordinated Care Exchange $20.81
Regence MCC/AHN $25.09
Regence Blue High Performance $25.09
Regence RealValue $25.81
First Choice MHS Employee MCC/PPO $27.35
First Choice PPO $27.35
Regence Commercial $28.67
First Choice MCC Wellfound Employee $38.19
Kaiser PPO $49.17
Molina Apple Health $265.48
WellPoint Apple Health $286.72
Coordinated Care Apple Health $286.72
Community Health Plan of Washington Apple Health $286.72
United Healthcare Apple Health $286.72

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Albumin, human 5 % intravenous solution at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
MultiCare Mary Bridge Children's Hospital Tacoma not published $10.72 – $937.77
Providence St Luke's Rehabilitation Medical Center Spokane not published $10.62 – $11.68
Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus Seattle not published $10.62 – $28.95
Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital Spokane not published $8.28 – $24.13
Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill Seattle not published $10.62 – $20.98
Swedish Issaquah Issaquah not published $10.62 – $28.95
Providence Centralia Hospital Centralia not published $10.62 – $39.69
Swedish Edmonds Hospital Edmonds not published $10.62 – $22.55

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