Assay of troponin qual 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.

$8.63 with United Healthcare vs $46.82 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.

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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
United Healthcare Apple Health $8.63
Molina Apple Health $8.63
Coordinated Care Apple Health $8.63
Community Health Plan of Washington Apple Health $8.63
WellPoint Apple Health $8.63
SCAN MedAdvantage $9.89
Premera Signature $10.09
Premera Prime $10.09
Premera HMO $10.09
Regence MCC/AHN $10.15
Regence Blue High Performance $10.15
First Choice MHS Employee MCC/PPO $10.16
First Choice PPO $10.16
Regence MedAdvantage $10.18
Aetna MedAdvantage $10.18
United Healthcare MedAdvantage $10.28
Molina MedAdvantage $10.38
WellCare MedAdvantage $10.38
Regence RealValue $10.44
Community Health Plan of Washington MedAdvantage $10.88
Kaiser PPO $11.10
Uniform Medical All Commercial Plans $11.60
Regence Commercial $11.60
Cigna All Commercial Plans $12.11
Premera Other Commercial Plans $12.61
First Choice MCC Wellfound Employee $14.19
Community Health Plan of Washington Cascade Care $16.67
Ambetter Coordinated Care Exchange $19.78
Aetna All Commercial Plans $46.82

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Assay of troponin qual at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
MultiCare Mary Bridge Children's Hospital Tacoma not published $8.59 – $30.49
Providence St Joseph Hospital Chewelah $149.80 not published
Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital Spokane $315.00 $10.09 – $36.32
Central Medical Center Seattle $44.80 $8.00 – $8.00
Providence Mount Carmel Hospital Colville $107.10 not published
Providence Holy Family Hospital Spokane $163.80 $10.09 – $43.04
Virginia Mason Medical Center Seattle $22.44 $7.06 – $31.54
Providence St Luke's Rehabilitation Medical Center Spokane not published $10.09 – $11.10

All Washington hospitals for this procedure →