Audiometry air + bone at MultiCare Allenmore Hospital
1901 South Union, Tacoma, WA · Multicare · · NPI 1366556227
$196.00
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.
$490.00
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.
$58.03 with Molina vs $729.91 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 | $58.03 | ↓ -70% |
| United Healthcare | Apple Health | $62.67 | ↓ -68% |
| WellPoint | Apple Health | $62.67 | ↓ -68% |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | Apple Health | $62.67 | ↓ -68% |
| Coordinated Care | Apple Health | $62.67 | ↓ -68% |
| SCAN | MedAdvantage | $147.17 | ↓ -25% |
| Aetna | MedAdvantage | $151.58 | ↓ -23% |
| Regence | MedAdvantage | $151.58 | ↓ -23% |
| United Healthcare | MedAdvantage | $153.05 | ↓ -22% |
| WellCare | MedAdvantage | $154.52 | ↓ -21% |
| Molina | MedAdvantage | $154.52 | ↓ -21% |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | MedAdvantage | $161.88 | ↓ -17% |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | Cascade Care | $248.12 | ↑ +27% |
| Premera | HMO | $272.43 | ↑ +39% |
| Ambetter | Coordinated Care Exchange | $294.33 | ↑ +50% |
| Multiplan/PHCS | All Commercial Plans | $357.70 | ↑ +83% |
| First Health | All Commercial Plans | $357.70 | ↑ +83% |
| Uniform Medical | All Commercial Plans | $380.26 | ↑ +94% |
| First Choice | MHS Employee MCC/PPO | $466.35 | ↑ +138% |
| First Choice | PPO | $466.35 | ↑ +138% |
| Regence | Blue High Performance | $512.83 | ↑ +162% |
| Regence | MCC/AHN | $512.83 | ↑ +162% |
| Regence | RealValue | $527.48 | ↑ +169% |
| Premera | Signature | $583.57 | ↑ +198% |
| Premera | Prime | $583.57 | ↑ +198% |
| Regence | Commercial | $586.09 | ↑ +199% |
| Cigna | All Commercial Plans | $617.68 | ↑ +215% |
| First Choice | MCC Wellfound Employee | $651.13 | ↑ +232% |
| United Healthcare | All Commercial Plans | $656.64 | ↑ +235% |
| Kaiser | PPO | $673.34 | ↑ +244% |
| Premera | Other Commercial Plans | $717.22 | ↑ +266% |
| Aetna | All Commercial Plans | $729.91 | ↑ +272% |
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Audiometry air + bone at other Washington hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| MultiCare Mary Bridge Children's Hospital | Tacoma | $196.00 | $57.74 – $1,143.81 |
| MultiCare Auburn Medical Center | Auburn | $196.00 | $56.69 – $673.34 |
| MultiCare Good Samaritan Hospital | Puyallup | $196.00 | $58.00 – $673.34 |
| Virginia Mason Medical Center | Seattle | $220.83 | $1.15 – $416.78 |
| MultiCare Capital Medical Center | Olympia | $196.00 | $61.01 – $665.74 |
| MultiCare Covington Medical Center | Covington | $196.00 | $56.69 – $673.34 |
| Providence St Luke's Rehabilitation Medical Center | Spokane | not published | $143.39 – $157.72 |
| Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus | Seattle | not published | $149.00 – $650.25 |