Canakinumab injection at MultiCare Allenmore Hospital
1901 South Union, Tacoma, WA · Multicare · · NPI 1366556227
$239.37
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.
$598.41
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.
$121.80 with Regence vs $7,003.94 with WellPoint — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Regence | MCC/AHN | $121.80 | ↓ -49% |
| Regence | Blue High Performance | $121.80 | ↓ -49% |
| Regence | RealValue | $125.28 | ↓ -48% |
| Regence | Commercial | $139.21 | ↓ -42% |
| SCAN | MedAdvantage | $146.58 | ↓ -39% |
| United Healthcare | All Commercial Plans | $149.57 | ↓ -38% |
| Aetna | MedAdvantage | $150.98 | ↓ -37% |
| Regence | MedAdvantage | $150.98 | ↓ -37% |
| Uniform Medical | All Commercial Plans | $151.86 | ↓ -37% |
| United Healthcare | MedAdvantage | $152.45 | ↓ -36% |
| Molina | MedAdvantage | $153.91 | ↓ -36% |
| WellCare | MedAdvantage | $153.91 | ↓ -36% |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | MedAdvantage | $161.24 | ↓ -33% |
| Cigna | All Commercial Plans | $190.23 | ↓ -21% |
| Premera | HMO | $191.29 | ↓ -20% |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | Cascade Care | $247.14 | ↑ +3% |
| Aetna | All Commercial Plans | $279.91 | ↑ +17% |
| Premera | Signature | $285.95 | ↑ +19% |
| Premera | Prime | $285.95 | ↑ +19% |
| Ambetter | Coordinated Care Exchange | $293.17 | ↑ +22% |
| First Choice | MHS Employee MCC/PPO | $295.28 | ↑ +23% |
| First Choice | PPO | $295.28 | ↑ +23% |
| Premera | Other Commercial Plans | $348.11 | ↑ +45% |
| First Choice | MCC Wellfound Employee | $412.28 | ↑ +72% |
| First Health | All Commercial Plans | $436.66 | ↑ +82% |
| Multiplan/PHCS | All Commercial Plans | $436.66 | ↑ +82% |
| Kaiser | PPO | $554.77 | ↑ +132% |
| Molina | Apple Health | $6,485.13 | ↑ +2609% |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | Apple Health | $7,003.94 | ↑ +2826% |
| Coordinated Care | Apple Health | $7,003.94 | ↑ +2826% |
| United Healthcare | Apple Health | $7,003.94 | ↑ +2826% |
| WellPoint | Apple Health | $7,003.94 | ↑ +2826% |
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Canakinumab injection at other Washington hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital | Spokane | $60,768.34 | $96.97 – $276.71 |
| Providence St Mary Medical Center | Walla Walla | $65,385.54 | $126.55 – $782.51 |
| Providence Holy Family Hospital | Spokane | $60,768.34 | $124.33 – $298.94 |
| Providence St Luke's Rehabilitation Medical Center | Spokane | not published | $149.57 – $164.53 |
| Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus | Seattle | not published | $126.55 – $312.54 |
| Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill | Seattle | not published | $126.55 – $276.71 |
| Swedish Issaquah | Issaquah | not published | $133.66 – $312.54 |
| Central Medical Center | Seattle | not published | $141.00 – $141.00 |