Antigen therapy services 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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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.

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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.

$16.49 with Molina vs $345.63 with Cigna — 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
Molina Apple Health $16.49
United Healthcare Apple Health $17.81
Coordinated Care Apple Health $17.81
Community Health Plan of Washington Apple Health $17.81
WellPoint Apple Health $17.81
SCAN MedAdvantage $82.35
Aetna MedAdvantage $84.82
Regence MedAdvantage $84.82
United Healthcare MedAdvantage $85.64
Molina MedAdvantage $86.47
WellCare MedAdvantage $86.47
Community Health Plan of Washington MedAdvantage $90.58
Premera HMO $126.39
Community Health Plan of Washington Cascade Care $138.84
Ambetter Coordinated Care Exchange $164.70
Uniform Medical All Commercial Plans $171.49
First Choice MHS Employee MCC/PPO $203.83
First Choice PPO $203.83
Regence MCC/AHN $231.28
Regence Blue High Performance $231.28
Regence RealValue $237.89
Premera Signature $263.17
Premera Prime $263.17
Regence Commercial $264.32
First Choice MCC Wellfound Employee $284.60
Kaiser PPO $312.39
Premera Other Commercial Plans $323.45
Aetna All Commercial Plans $332.05
Cigna All Commercial Plans $345.63

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Antigen therapy services at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
MultiCare Mary Bridge Children's Hospital Tacoma not published $16.41 – $530.65
Virginia Mason Medical Center Seattle $101.49 $2.66 – $1,105.65
Providence St Luke's Rehabilitation Medical Center Spokane not published $80.23 – $88.26
Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus Seattle not published $83.38 – $284.21
Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital Spokane not published $80.23 – $217.69
Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill Seattle not published $83.38 – $275.14
Swedish Issaquah Issaquah not published $83.61 – $284.21
Providence Centralia Hospital Centralia not published $83.38 – $376.73

All Washington hospitals for this procedure →