Application multi layer compression below knee (both sides) at MultiCare Allenmore Hospital
1901 South Union, Tacoma, WA · Multicare · · NPI 1366556227
$249.20
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.
$623.00
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.
$133.74 with Molina vs $829.23 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.
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 | $133.74 | ↓ -46% |
| United Healthcare | Apple Health | $144.44 | ↓ -42% |
| WellPoint | Apple Health | $144.44 | ↓ -42% |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | Apple Health | $144.44 | ↓ -42% |
| Coordinated Care | Apple Health | $144.44 | ↓ -42% |
| SCAN | MedAdvantage | $185.86 | ↓ -25% |
| Aetna | MedAdvantage | $191.43 | ↓ -23% |
| Regence | MedAdvantage | $191.43 | ↓ -23% |
| United Healthcare | MedAdvantage | $193.29 | ↓ -22% |
| WellCare | MedAdvantage | $195.15 | ↓ -22% |
| Molina | MedAdvantage | $195.15 | ↓ -22% |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | MedAdvantage | $204.44 | ↓ -18% |
| Premera | HMO | $273.06 | ↑ +10% |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | Cascade Care | $313.35 | ↑ +26% |
| Ambetter | Coordinated Care Exchange | $371.71 | ↑ +49% |
| Uniform Medical | All Commercial Plans | $383.58 | ↑ +54% |
| First Choice | PPO | $450.81 | ↑ +81% |
| First Choice | MHS Employee MCC/PPO | $450.81 | ↑ +81% |
| First Health | All Commercial Plans | $454.79 | ↑ +83% |
| Multiplan/PHCS | All Commercial Plans | $454.79 | ↑ +83% |
| Regence | Blue High Performance | $517.31 | ↑ +108% |
| Regence | MCC/AHN | $517.31 | ↑ +108% |
| Regence | RealValue | $532.09 | ↑ +114% |
| Premera | Signature | $588.67 | ↑ +136% |
| Premera | Prime | $588.67 | ↑ +136% |
| Regence | Commercial | $591.21 | ↑ +137% |
| First Choice | MCC Wellfound Employee | $629.43 | ↑ +153% |
| Kaiser | PPO | $674.87 | ↑ +171% |
| Premera | Other Commercial Plans | $723.49 | ↑ +190% |
| Aetna | All Commercial Plans | $736.15 | ↑ +195% |
| Cigna | All Commercial Plans | $780.03 | ↑ +213% |
| United Healthcare | All Commercial Plans | $829.23 | ↑ +233% |
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Application multi layer compression below knee (both sides) at other Washington hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| MultiCare Mary Bridge Children's Hospital | Tacoma | $249.20 | $133.07 – $1,146.40 |
| St. Joseph Medical Center | Tacoma | not published | $396.60 – $408.60 |
| Providence St Luke's Rehabilitation Medical Center | Spokane | $275.31 | $181.08 – $199.19 |
| Providence St Joseph Hospital | Chewelah | $217.70 | not published |
| Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus | Seattle | $456.00 | $188.17 – $628.58 |
| Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital | Spokane | $354.20 | $181.08 – $460.85 |
| Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill | Seattle | $456.00 | $188.17 – $608.52 |
| Swedish Issaquah | Issaquah | $456.00 | $188.70 – $628.58 |