Brain image 4+ views at MultiCare Allenmore Hospital
1901 South Union, Tacoma, WA · Multicare · · NPI 1366556227
$482.00
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.
$1,205.00
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 $2,770.79 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Molina | Apple Health | $272.52 | ↓ -43% |
| United Healthcare | Apple Health | $294.32 | ↓ -39% |
| WellPoint | Apple Health | $294.32 | ↓ -39% |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | Apple Health | $294.32 | ↓ -39% |
| Coordinated Care | Apple Health | $294.32 | ↓ -39% |
| SCAN | MedAdvantage | $621.01 | ↑ +29% |
| Aetna | MedAdvantage | $639.64 | ↑ +33% |
| Regence | MedAdvantage | $639.64 | ↑ +33% |
| United Healthcare | MedAdvantage | $645.85 | ↑ +34% |
| WellCare | MedAdvantage | $652.06 | ↑ +35% |
| Molina | MedAdvantage | $652.06 | ↑ +35% |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | MedAdvantage | $683.11 | ↑ +42% |
| Multiplan/PHCS | All Commercial Plans | $703.72 | ↑ +46% |
| First Health | All Commercial Plans | $703.72 | ↑ +46% |
| Premera | HMO | $945.10 | ↑ +96% |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | Cascade Care | $1,047.02 | ↑ +117% |
| Ambetter | Coordinated Care Exchange | $1,242.01 | ↑ +158% |
| Uniform Medical | All Commercial Plans | $1,315.80 | ↑ +173% |
| First Choice | MHS Employee MCC/PPO | $1,590.95 | ↑ +230% |
| First Choice | PPO | $1,590.95 | ↑ +230% |
| Regence | Blue High Performance | $1,774.53 | ↑ +268% |
| Regence | MCC/AHN | $1,774.53 | ↑ +268% |
| Regence | RealValue | $1,825.23 | ↑ +279% |
| Premera | Signature | $2,019.32 | ↑ +319% |
| Premera | Prime | $2,019.32 | ↑ +319% |
| Regence | Commercial | $2,028.03 | ↑ +321% |
| First Choice | MCC Wellfound Employee | $2,221.33 | ↑ +361% |
| Kaiser | PPO | $2,335.84 | ↑ +385% |
| Premera | Other Commercial Plans | $2,481.79 | ↑ +415% |
| Aetna | All Commercial Plans | $2,511.18 | ↑ +421% |
| Cigna | All Commercial Plans | $2,606.40 | ↑ +441% |
| United Healthcare | All Commercial Plans | $2,770.79 | ↑ +475% |
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| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| St. Joseph Medical Center | Tacoma | $632.89 | $1,011.91 – $1,433.17 |
| MultiCare Mary Bridge Children's Hospital | Tacoma | $482.00 | $271.16 – $3,967.89 |
| Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus | Seattle | $1,547.04 | $628.75 – $2,218.31 |
| Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital | Spokane | $1,331.40 | $605.06 – $1,699.13 |
| Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill | Seattle | $1,547.04 | $628.75 – $2,147.51 |
| Swedish Issaquah | Issaquah | $1,547.04 | $630.52 – $2,218.31 |
| Central Medical Center | Seattle | $1,848.00 | $539.00 – $539.00 |
| Providence St Mary Medical Center | Walla Walla | $1,190.00 | $478.94 – $1,119.35 |