Cath symplicity spyral at MultiCare Allenmore Hospital
1901 South Union, Tacoma, WA · Multicare · · NPI 1366556227
$25,800.00
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.
$64,500.00
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.
$19,414.50 with SCAN vs $64,500.00 with Kaiser — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| SCAN | MedAdvantage | $19,414.50 | ↓ -25% |
| Aetna | All Commercial Plans | $19,479.00 | ↓ -25% |
| Aetna | MedAdvantage | $19,995.00 | ↓ -23% |
| Regence | MedAdvantage | $19,995.00 | ↓ -23% |
| United Healthcare | MedAdvantage | $20,188.50 | ↓ -22% |
| Molina | MedAdvantage | $20,382.00 | ↓ -21% |
| WellCare | MedAdvantage | $20,382.00 | ↓ -21% |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | MedAdvantage | $21,349.50 | ↓ -17% |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | Cascade Care | $32,701.50 | ↑ +27% |
| United Healthcare | All Commercial Plans | $38,700.00 | ↑ +50% |
| Premera | HMO | $38,700.00 | ↑ +50% |
| Premera | Signature | $38,700.00 | ↑ +50% |
| Premera | Other Commercial Plans | $38,700.00 | ↑ +50% |
| Premera | Prime | $38,700.00 | ↑ +50% |
| Ambetter | Coordinated Care Exchange | $38,829.00 | ↑ +51% |
| First Health | All Commercial Plans | $47,085.00 | ↑ +83% |
| Multiplan/PHCS | All Commercial Plans | $47,085.00 | ↑ +83% |
| Kaiser | PPO | $64,500.00 | ↑ +150% |
| United Healthcare | Apple Health | not published by hospital | — |
| Regence | RealValue | not published by hospital | — |
| Uniform Medical | All Commercial Plans | not published by hospital | — |
| WellPoint | Apple Health | not published by hospital | — |
| Regence | Commercial | not published by hospital | — |
| Regence | Blue High Performance | not published by hospital | — |
| Regence | MCC/AHN | not published by hospital | — |
| Cigna | All Commercial Plans | not published by hospital | — |
| Coordinated Care | Apple Health | not published by hospital | — |
| First Choice | MCC Wellfound Employee | not published by hospital | — |
| First Choice | PPO | not published by hospital | — |
| First Choice | MHS Employee MCC/PPO | not published by hospital | — |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | Apple Health | not published by hospital | — |
| Molina | Apple Health | not published by hospital | — |
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Cath symplicity spyral at other Washington hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| MultiCare Mary Bridge Children's Hospital | Tacoma | $25,800.00 | not published |
| MultiCare Valley Hospital | Spokane Valley | $25,800.00 | not published |
| MultiCare Yakima Memorial Hospital | Yakima | $17,280.00 | not published |
| MultiCare Auburn Medical Center | Auburn | $25,800.00 | not published |
| MultiCare Good Samaritan Hospital | Puyallup | $25,800.00 | not published |
| MultiCare Capital Medical Center | Olympia | $25,800.00 | not published |
| MultiCare Covington Medical Center | Covington | $25,800.00 | not published |
| Virginia Mason Medical Center | Seattle | not published | not published |