Bundled special stain group 1 microorganisms at MultiCare Allenmore Hospital
1901 South Union, Tacoma, WA · Multicare · · NPI 1366556227
$158.00
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.
$395.00
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.
$15.71 with Molina vs $265.92 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 | $15.71 | ↓ -90% |
| United Healthcare | Apple Health | $15.71 | ↓ -90% |
| WellPoint | Apple Health | $15.71 | ↓ -90% |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | Apple Health | $15.71 | ↓ -90% |
| Coordinated Care | Apple Health | $15.71 | ↓ -90% |
| SCAN | MedAdvantage | $59.60 | ↓ -62% |
| Aetna | MedAdvantage | $61.39 | ↓ -61% |
| Regence | MedAdvantage | $61.39 | ↓ -61% |
| United Healthcare | MedAdvantage | $61.98 | ↓ -61% |
| WellCare | MedAdvantage | $62.58 | ↓ -60% |
| Molina | MedAdvantage | $62.58 | ↓ -60% |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | MedAdvantage | $65.56 | ↓ -59% |
| Premera | HMO | $93.92 | ↓ -41% |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | Cascade Care | $100.49 | ↓ -36% |
| Ambetter | Coordinated Care Exchange | $119.20 | ↓ -25% |
| Uniform Medical | All Commercial Plans | $131.91 | ↓ -17% |
| First Choice | MHS Employee MCC/PPO | $166.75 | ↑ +6% |
| First Choice | PPO | $166.75 | ↑ +6% |
| Regence | MCC/AHN | $177.90 | ↑ +13% |
| Regence | Blue High Performance | $177.90 | ↑ +13% |
| Regence | RealValue | $182.99 | ↑ +16% |
| Premera | Signature | $202.43 | ↑ +28% |
| Premera | Prime | $202.43 | ↑ +28% |
| Regence | Commercial | $203.32 | ↑ +29% |
| Multiplan/PHCS | All Commercial Plans | $230.68 | ↑ +46% |
| First Health | All Commercial Plans | $230.68 | ↑ +46% |
| Kaiser | PPO | $232.15 | ↑ +47% |
| First Choice | MCC Wellfound Employee | $232.83 | ↑ +47% |
| Premera | Other Commercial Plans | $248.79 | ↑ +57% |
| Aetna | All Commercial Plans | $249.27 | ↑ +58% |
| Cigna | All Commercial Plans | $250.15 | ↑ +58% |
| United Healthcare | All Commercial Plans | $265.92 | ↑ +68% |
Visitor-reported prices
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Bundled special stain group 1 microorganisms at other Washington hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| St. Joseph Medical Center | Tacoma | $113.17 | $59.10 – $256.27 |
| MultiCare Mary Bridge Children's Hospital | Tacoma | $158.00 | $15.63 – $394.35 |
| Providence St Joseph Hospital | Chewelah | $77.70 | not published |
| Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus | Seattle | $107.52 | $60.34 – $232.51 |
| Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital | Spokane | $340.90 | $58.07 – $178.09 |
| Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill | Seattle | $107.52 | $60.34 – $225.09 |
| Swedish Issaquah | Issaquah | $107.52 | $60.51 – $232.51 |
| Central Medical Center | Seattle | $412.00 | $429.00 – $429.00 |