Assistive tech assessment, ot at MultiCare Allenmore Hospital
1901 South Union, Tacoma, WA · Multicare · · NPI 1366556227
$65.20
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.
$163.00
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.
$22.19 with Molina vs $180.43 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.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Molina | Apple Health | $22.19 | ↓ -66% |
| United Healthcare | Apple Health | $23.97 | ↓ -63% |
| WellPoint | Apple Health | $23.97 | ↓ -63% |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | Apple Health | $23.97 | ↓ -63% |
| Coordinated Care | Apple Health | $23.97 | ↓ -63% |
| United Healthcare | All Commercial Plans | $34.90 | ↓ -46% |
| SCAN | MedAdvantage | $38.04 | ↓ -42% |
| Aetna | MedAdvantage | $39.18 | ↓ -40% |
| Regence | MedAdvantage | $39.18 | ↓ -40% |
| United Healthcare | MedAdvantage | $39.57 | ↓ -39% |
| Molina | MedAdvantage | $39.95 | ↓ -39% |
| WellCare | MedAdvantage | $39.95 | ↓ -39% |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | MedAdvantage | $41.85 | ↓ -36% |
| Regence | Blue High Performance | $41.87 | ↓ -36% |
| Regence | MCC/AHN | $41.87 | ↓ -36% |
| Regence | RealValue | $43.07 | ↓ -34% |
| First Choice | PPO | $46.91 | ↓ -28% |
| First Choice | MHS Employee MCC/PPO | $46.91 | ↓ -28% |
| Uniform Medical | All Commercial Plans | $47.85 | ↓ -27% |
| Regence | Commercial | $47.85 | ↓ -27% |
| Cigna | All Commercial Plans | $58.79 | ↓ -10% |
| Premera | HMO | $62.96 | ↓ -3% |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | Cascade Care | $64.14 | ↓ -2% |
| First Choice | MCC Wellfound Employee | $65.50 | ↑ +0% |
| Premera | Signature | $69.01 | ↑ +6% |
| Premera | Prime | $69.01 | ↑ +6% |
| Ambetter | Coordinated Care Exchange | $76.09 | ↑ +17% |
| Aetna | All Commercial Plans | $82.28 | ↑ +26% |
| Premera | Other Commercial Plans | $84.35 | ↑ +29% |
| Multiplan/PHCS | All Commercial Plans | $118.99 | ↑ +83% |
| First Health | All Commercial Plans | $118.99 | ↑ +83% |
| Kaiser | PPO | $180.43 | ↑ +177% |
Visitor-reported prices
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Assistive tech assessment, ot at other Washington hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| MultiCare Mary Bridge Children's Hospital | Tacoma | $65.20 | $22.19 – $306.50 |
| Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus | Seattle | $105.60 | $31.06 – $117.94 |
| Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill | Seattle | $105.60 | $31.06 – $118.01 |
| Swedish Issaquah | Issaquah | $105.60 | $31.06 – $86.18 |
| Providence St Mary Medical Center | Walla Walla | $70.70 | $38.34 – $71.82 |
| Providence Regional Medical Center Everett - Colby Campus | Everett | $76.44 | $34.94 – $90.06 |
| MultiCare Yakima Memorial Hospital | Yakima | $50.00 | $38.80 – $71.99 |
| MultiCare Auburn Medical Center | Auburn | $65.20 | $22.19 – $180.43 |