Bundled special stain group 2 at MultiCare Allenmore Hospital
1901 South Union, Tacoma, WA · Multicare · · NPI 1366556227
$116.40
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.
$291.00
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 Community Health Plan of Washington vs $678.96 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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| Community Health Plan of Washington | Apple Health | $15.71 | ↓ -87% |
| United Healthcare | Apple Health | $15.71 | ↓ -87% |
| WellPoint | Apple Health | $15.71 | ↓ -87% |
| Molina | Apple Health | $15.71 | ↓ -87% |
| Coordinated Care | Apple Health | $15.71 | ↓ -87% |
| Premera | HMO | $107.68 | ↓ -7% |
| First Choice | MHS Employee MCC/PPO | $112.69 | ↓ -3% |
| First Choice | PPO | $112.69 | ↓ -3% |
| Uniform Medical | All Commercial Plans | $148.91 | ↑ +28% |
| SCAN | MedAdvantage | $152.17 | ↑ +31% |
| Regence | MedAdvantage | $156.74 | ↑ +35% |
| Aetna | MedAdvantage | $156.74 | ↑ +35% |
| Kaiser | PPO | $157.23 | ↑ +35% |
| First Choice | MCC Wellfound Employee | $157.33 | ↑ +35% |
| United Healthcare | MedAdvantage | $158.26 | ↑ +36% |
| Molina | MedAdvantage | $159.78 | ↑ +37% |
| WellCare | MedAdvantage | $159.78 | ↑ +37% |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | MedAdvantage | $167.39 | ↑ +44% |
| First Health | All Commercial Plans | $170.09 | ↑ +46% |
| Multiplan/PHCS | All Commercial Plans | $170.09 | ↑ +46% |
| Regence | Blue High Performance | $200.82 | ↑ +73% |
| Regence | MCC/AHN | $200.82 | ↑ +73% |
| Regence | RealValue | $206.56 | ↑ +77% |
| Regence | Commercial | $229.51 | ↑ +97% |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | Cascade Care | $256.56 | ↑ +120% |
| Ambetter | Coordinated Care Exchange | $304.34 | ↑ +161% |
| Premera | Prime | $477.22 | ↑ +310% |
| Premera | Signature | $477.22 | ↑ +310% |
| Premera | Other Commercial Plans | $586.51 | ↑ +404% |
| Aetna | All Commercial Plans | $601.37 | ↑ +417% |
| Cigna | All Commercial Plans | $638.68 | ↑ +449% |
| United Healthcare | All Commercial Plans | $678.96 | ↑ +483% |
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Bundled special stain group 2 at other Washington hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| St. Joseph Medical Center | Tacoma | $128.60 | $59.10 – $291.21 |
| MultiCare Mary Bridge Children's Hospital | Tacoma | $116.40 | $15.63 – $359.30 |
| Providence St Luke's Rehabilitation Medical Center | Spokane | $185.85 | $40.25 – $163.09 |
| Providence St Joseph Hospital | Chewelah | $116.20 | not published |
| Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus | Seattle | $112.32 | $136.65 – $468.06 |
| Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital | Spokane | $289.80 | $120.35 – $377.33 |
| Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill | Seattle | $112.32 | $136.65 – $360.52 |
| Swedish Issaquah | Issaquah | $112.32 | $135.25 – $342.99 |