Bronchoscopy w/tumor excise at MultiCare Allenmore Hospital
1901 South Union, Tacoma, WA · Multicare · · NPI 1366556227
$2,904.40
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.
$7,261.00
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.
$2,419.22 with Molina vs $19,025.70 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 | $2,419.22 | ↓ -17% |
| United Healthcare | Apple Health | $2,612.76 | ↓ -10% |
| WellPoint | Apple Health | $2,612.76 | ↓ -10% |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | Apple Health | $2,612.76 | ↓ -10% |
| Coordinated Care | Apple Health | $2,612.76 | ↓ -10% |
| SCAN | MedAdvantage | $4,264.19 | ↑ +47% |
| Aetna | MedAdvantage | $4,392.11 | ↑ +51% |
| Regence | MedAdvantage | $4,392.11 | ↑ +51% |
| United Healthcare | MedAdvantage | $4,434.75 | ↑ +53% |
| WellCare | MedAdvantage | $4,477.40 | ↑ +54% |
| Molina | MedAdvantage | $4,477.40 | ↑ +54% |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | MedAdvantage | $4,690.61 | ↑ +62% |
| First Choice | PPO | $4,903.17 | ↑ +69% |
| First Choice | MHS Employee MCC/PPO | $4,903.17 | ↑ +69% |
| Multiplan/PHCS | All Commercial Plans | $5,300.53 | ↑ +83% |
| First Health | All Commercial Plans | $5,300.53 | ↑ +83% |
| Premera | HMO | $5,854.74 | ↑ +102% |
| First Choice | MCC Wellfound Employee | $6,845.94 | ↑ +136% |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | Cascade Care | $7,189.42 | ↑ +148% |
| Ambetter | Coordinated Care Exchange | $8,528.37 | ↑ +194% |
| Uniform Medical | All Commercial Plans | $9,116.37 | ↑ +214% |
| Regence | Blue High Performance | $12,294.61 | ↑ +323% |
| Regence | MCC/AHN | $12,294.61 | ↑ +323% |
| Regence | RealValue | $12,645.88 | ↑ +335% |
| Premera | Signature | $13,990.54 | ↑ +382% |
| Premera | Prime | $13,990.54 | ↑ +382% |
| Regence | Commercial | $14,050.98 | ↑ +384% |
| Kaiser | PPO | $15,434.80 | ↑ +431% |
| Premera | Other Commercial Plans | $17,194.69 | ↑ +492% |
| Aetna | All Commercial Plans | $17,200.73 | ↑ +492% |
| Cigna | All Commercial Plans | $17,896.91 | ↑ +516% |
| United Healthcare | All Commercial Plans | $19,025.70 | ↑ +555% |
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Bronchoscopy w/tumor excise at other Washington hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| MultiCare Mary Bridge Children's Hospital | Tacoma | $2,904.40 | $2,407.17 – $26,219.16 |
| St. Joseph Medical Center | Tacoma | not published | $9,070.53 – $9,070.53 |
| MultiCare Valley Hospital | Spokane Valley | $4,165.20 | $2,310.79 – $14,834.74 |
| MultiCare Auburn Medical Center | Auburn | $2,904.40 | $2,363.62 – $17,896.91 |
| MultiCare Good Samaritan Hospital | Puyallup | $2,904.40 | $2,418.27 – $17,896.91 |
| Virginia Mason Medical Center | Seattle | $4,131.00 | $7.24 – $1,221.08 |
| MultiCare Capital Medical Center | Olympia | $2,904.40 | $2,543.63 – $19,289.46 |
| MultiCare Covington Medical Center | Covington | $2,904.40 | $2,363.62 – $17,896.91 |