Assay of fluoride at MultiCare Allenmore Hospital
1901 South Union, Tacoma, WA · Multicare · · NPI 1366556227
$51.20
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.
$128.00
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.
$7.79 with Molina vs $86.03 with Aetna — 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 | $7.79 | ↓ -85% |
| United Healthcare | Apple Health | $7.79 | ↓ -85% |
| WellPoint | Apple Health | $7.79 | ↓ -85% |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | Apple Health | $7.79 | ↓ -85% |
| Coordinated Care | Apple Health | $7.79 | ↓ -85% |
| SCAN | MedAdvantage | $18.17 | ↓ -65% |
| Premera | HMO | $18.54 | ↓ -64% |
| Premera | Prime | $18.54 | ↓ -64% |
| Premera | Signature | $18.54 | ↓ -64% |
| Regence | MCC/AHN | $18.66 | ↓ -64% |
| Regence | Blue High Performance | $18.66 | ↓ -64% |
| First Choice | MHS Employee MCC/PPO | $18.67 | ↓ -64% |
| First Choice | PPO | $18.67 | ↓ -64% |
| Aetna | MedAdvantage | $18.71 | ↓ -63% |
| Regence | MedAdvantage | $18.71 | ↓ -63% |
| United Healthcare | MedAdvantage | $18.90 | ↓ -63% |
| WellCare | MedAdvantage | $19.08 | ↓ -63% |
| Molina | MedAdvantage | $19.08 | ↓ -63% |
| Regence | RealValue | $19.19 | ↓ -63% |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | MedAdvantage | $19.99 | ↓ -61% |
| Kaiser | PPO | $20.39 | ↓ -60% |
| Regence | Commercial | $21.32 | ↓ -58% |
| Uniform Medical | All Commercial Plans | $21.32 | ↓ -58% |
| Cigna | All Commercial Plans | $22.25 | ↓ -57% |
| United Healthcare | All Commercial Plans | $22.25 | ↓ -57% |
| Premera | Other Commercial Plans | $23.17 | ↓ -55% |
| First Choice | MCC Wellfound Employee | $26.07 | ↓ -49% |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | Cascade Care | $30.63 | ↓ -40% |
| Ambetter | Coordinated Care Exchange | $36.34 | ↓ -29% |
| First Health | All Commercial Plans | $74.46 | ↑ +45% |
| Multiplan/PHCS | All Commercial Plans | $74.46 | ↑ +45% |
| Aetna | All Commercial Plans | $86.03 | ↑ +68% |
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Assay of fluoride at other Washington hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| St. Joseph Medical Center | Tacoma | $63.52 | $18.54 – $143.82 |
| MultiCare Mary Bridge Children's Hospital | Tacoma | $51.20 | $7.75 – $27.52 |
| Providence St Joseph Hospital | Chewelah | $152.60 | not published |
| Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus | Seattle | $27.84 | $16.69 – $87.14 |
| Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill | Seattle | $27.84 | $16.69 – $84.36 |
| Swedish Issaquah | Issaquah | $27.84 | $16.69 – $87.14 |
| Central Medical Center | Seattle | $83.20 | $14.00 – $14.00 |
| Providence St Mary Medical Center | Walla Walla | $107.10 | $18.54 – $34.30 |