Benign lesion paring 2-4 at MultiCare Allenmore Hospital
1901 South Union, Tacoma, WA · Multicare · · NPI 1366556227
$192.80
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.
$482.00
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.
$116.13 with Molina vs $1,023.83 with United Healthcare — 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 | $116.13 | ↓ -40% |
| United Healthcare | Apple Health | $125.42 | ↓ -35% |
| WellPoint | Apple Health | $125.42 | ↓ -35% |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | Apple Health | $125.42 | ↓ -35% |
| Coordinated Care | Apple Health | $125.42 | ↓ -35% |
| SCAN | MedAdvantage | $229.47 | ↑ +19% |
| Aetna | MedAdvantage | $236.35 | ↑ +23% |
| Regence | MedAdvantage | $236.35 | ↑ +23% |
| United Healthcare | MedAdvantage | $238.65 | ↑ +24% |
| WellCare | MedAdvantage | $240.94 | ↑ +25% |
| Molina | MedAdvantage | $240.94 | ↑ +25% |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | MedAdvantage | $252.42 | ↑ +31% |
| Premera | HMO | $338.30 | ↑ +75% |
| Multiplan/PHCS | All Commercial Plans | $351.86 | ↑ +83% |
| First Health | All Commercial Plans | $351.86 | ↑ +83% |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | Cascade Care | $386.89 | ↑ +101% |
| Ambetter | Coordinated Care Exchange | $458.94 | ↑ +138% |
| Uniform Medical | All Commercial Plans | $487.37 | ↑ +153% |
| First Choice | MHS Employee MCC/PPO | $588.98 | ↑ +205% |
| First Choice | PPO | $588.98 | ↑ +205% |
| Regence | Blue High Performance | $657.28 | ↑ +241% |
| Regence | MCC/AHN | $657.28 | ↑ +241% |
| Regence | RealValue | $676.06 | ↑ +251% |
| Premera | Signature | $747.93 | ↑ +288% |
| Premera | Prime | $747.93 | ↑ +288% |
| Regence | Commercial | $751.17 | ↑ +290% |
| First Choice | MCC Wellfound Employee | $822.35 | ↑ +327% |
| Kaiser | PPO | $836.09 | ↑ +334% |
| Premera | Other Commercial Plans | $919.22 | ↑ +377% |
| Aetna | All Commercial Plans | $927.01 | ↑ +381% |
| Cigna | All Commercial Plans | $963.09 | ↑ +400% |
| United Healthcare | All Commercial Plans | $1,023.83 | ↑ +431% |
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Benign lesion paring 2-4 at other Washington hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| St. Joseph Medical Center | Tacoma | $137.28 | $298.43 – $491.34 |
| MultiCare Mary Bridge Children's Hospital | Tacoma | $192.80 | $115.55 – $1,420.26 |
| Providence St Joseph Hospital | Chewelah | $269.50 | not published |
| Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus | Seattle | $551.04 | $232.33 – $821.23 |
| Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital | Spokane | $427.70 | $223.58 – $569.00 |
| Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill | Seattle | $551.04 | $232.33 – $795.02 |
| Swedish Issaquah | Issaquah | $551.04 | $232.98 – $821.23 |
| Providence Centralia Hospital | Centralia | $417.04 | $232.33 – $1,022.17 |