Bowel imaging at MultiCare Allenmore Hospital
1901 South Union, Tacoma, WA · Multicare · · NPI 1366556227
$1,200.00
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.
$3,000.00
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.
$272.52 with Molina vs $2,040.04 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 | $272.52 | ↓ -77% |
| United Healthcare | Apple Health | $294.32 | ↓ -75% |
| WellPoint | Apple Health | $294.32 | ↓ -75% |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | Apple Health | $294.32 | ↓ -75% |
| Coordinated Care | Apple Health | $294.32 | ↓ -75% |
| SCAN | MedAdvantage | $457.23 | ↓ -62% |
| Aetna | MedAdvantage | $470.94 | ↓ -61% |
| Regence | MedAdvantage | $470.94 | ↓ -61% |
| United Healthcare | MedAdvantage | $475.52 | ↓ -60% |
| WellCare | MedAdvantage | $480.09 | ↓ -60% |
| Molina | MedAdvantage | $480.09 | ↓ -60% |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | MedAdvantage | $502.95 | ↓ -58% |
| Premera | HMO | $728.14 | ↓ -39% |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | Cascade Care | $770.88 | ↓ -36% |
| Ambetter | Coordinated Care Exchange | $914.45 | ↓ -24% |
| Uniform Medical | All Commercial Plans | $1,004.04 | ↓ -16% |
| First Choice | MHS Employee MCC/PPO | $1,240.89 | ↑ +3% |
| First Choice | PPO | $1,240.89 | ↑ +3% |
| Regence | MCC/AHN | $1,354.08 | ↑ +13% |
| Regence | Blue High Performance | $1,354.08 | ↑ +13% |
| Regence | RealValue | $1,392.76 | ↑ +16% |
| Premera | Signature | $1,540.88 | ↑ +28% |
| Premera | Prime | $1,540.88 | ↑ +28% |
| Regence | Commercial | $1,547.52 | ↑ +29% |
| First Choice | MCC Wellfound Employee | $1,732.57 | ↑ +44% |
| Multiplan/PHCS | All Commercial Plans | $1,752.00 | ↑ +46% |
| First Health | All Commercial Plans | $1,752.00 | ↑ +46% |
| Kaiser | PPO | $1,799.59 | ↑ +50% |
| Aetna | All Commercial Plans | $1,874.66 | ↑ +56% |
| Premera | Other Commercial Plans | $1,893.77 | ↑ +58% |
| Cigna | All Commercial Plans | $1,919.01 | ↑ +60% |
| United Healthcare | All Commercial Plans | $2,040.04 | ↑ +70% |
Visitor-reported prices
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Bowel imaging at other Washington hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| St. Joseph Medical Center | Tacoma | $688.12 | $780.44 – $1,558.25 |
| MultiCare Mary Bridge Children's Hospital | Tacoma | $1,200.00 | $271.16 – $3,056.97 |
| Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus | Seattle | $1,200.00 | $462.93 – $1,730.21 |
| Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital | Spokane | $2,756.60 | $445.48 – $1,325.27 |
| Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill | Seattle | $1,200.00 | $462.93 – $1,674.99 |
| Swedish Issaquah | Issaquah | $1,200.00 | $464.23 – $1,730.21 |
| Central Medical Center | Seattle | $1,382.40 | $402.00 – $402.00 |
| Providence Mount Carmel Hospital | Colville | $777.70 | not published |