Aquatic exercise - group charge 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

$36.00

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.

$90.00

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.

$10.44 with Molina vs $83.15 with Kaiser — 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 $10.44 ↓ -71%
United Healthcare Apple Health $11.28 ↓ -69%
WellPoint Apple Health $11.28 ↓ -69%
Community Health Plan of Washington Apple Health $11.28 ↓ -69%
Coordinated Care Apple Health $11.28 ↓ -69%
United Healthcare All Commercial Plans $16.28 ↓ -55%
SCAN MedAdvantage $18.14 ↓ -50%
Aetna MedAdvantage $18.68 ↓ -48%
Regence MedAdvantage $18.68 ↓ -48%
United Healthcare MedAdvantage $18.87 ↓ -48%
Molina MedAdvantage $19.05 ↓ -47%
WellCare MedAdvantage $19.05 ↓ -47%
Regence MCC/AHN $19.67 ↓ -45%
Regence Blue High Performance $19.67 ↓ -45%
Community Health Plan of Washington MedAdvantage $19.95 ↓ -45%
Regence RealValue $20.23 ↓ -44%
First Choice MHS Employee MCC/PPO $22.38 ↓ -38%
First Choice PPO $22.38 ↓ -38%
Regence Commercial $22.48 ↓ -38%
Uniform Medical All Commercial Plans $22.48 ↓ -38%
Cigna All Commercial Plans $27.34 ↓ -24%
Premera HMO $28.99 ↓ -19%
Community Health Plan of Washington Cascade Care $30.58 ↓ -15%
First Choice MCC Wellfound Employee $31.25 ↓ -13%
Premera Signature $32.40 ↓ -10%
Premera Prime $32.40 ↓ -10%
Ambetter Coordinated Care Exchange $36.28 ↑ +1%
Premera Other Commercial Plans $39.60 ↑ +10%
Aetna All Commercial Plans $45.43 ↑ +26%
Multiplan/PHCS All Commercial Plans $65.70 ↑ +83%
First Health All Commercial Plans $65.70 ↑ +83%
Kaiser PPO $83.15 ↑ +131%

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Aquatic exercise - group charge at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
MultiCare Mary Bridge Children's Hospital Tacoma $36.00 $10.44 – $141.26
Providence St Luke's Rehabilitation Medical Center Spokane $147.39 $20.28 – $22.31
Providence St Joseph Hospital Chewelah $67.20 not published
Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus Seattle $50.88 $16.22 – $61.61
Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital Spokane $118.30 $20.28 – $51.61
Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill Seattle $50.88 $16.22 – $56.30
Swedish Issaquah Issaquah $50.88 $16.22 – $45.02
Providence Centralia Hospital Centralia $70.20 $20.28 – $43.54

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