Collar cerv ascend 172 reg at MultiCare Allenmore Hospital
1901 South Union, Tacoma, WA · Multicare · · NPI 1366556227
$339.20
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.
$848.00
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.
$38.35 with United Healthcare vs $680.75 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 |
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| United Healthcare | All Commercial Plans | $38.35 | ↓ -89% |
| Multiplan/PHCS | All Commercial Plans | $47.45 | ↓ -86% |
| First Health | All Commercial Plans | $47.45 | ↓ -86% |
| Regence | MCC/AHN | $131.99 | ↓ -61% |
| Regence | Blue High Performance | $131.99 | ↓ -61% |
| Regence | RealValue | $135.77 | ↓ -60% |
| Regence | Commercial | $150.85 | ↓ -56% |
| Uniform Medical | All Commercial Plans | $150.85 | ↓ -56% |
| First Choice | MHS Employee MCC/PPO | $153.16 | ↓ -55% |
| First Choice | PPO | $153.16 | ↓ -55% |
| SCAN | MedAdvantage | $154.41 | ↓ -54% |
| Regence | MedAdvantage | $159.04 | ↓ -53% |
| Aetna | MedAdvantage | $159.04 | ↓ -53% |
| United Healthcare | MedAdvantage | $160.59 | ↓ -53% |
| WellCare | MedAdvantage | $162.13 | ↓ -52% |
| Molina | MedAdvantage | $162.13 | ↓ -52% |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | MedAdvantage | $169.85 | ↓ -50% |
| Aetna | All Commercial Plans | $206.99 | ↓ -39% |
| First Choice | MCC Wellfound Employee | $213.85 | ↓ -37% |
| Cigna | All Commercial Plans | $216.26 | ↓ -36% |
| Premera | HMO | $235.25 | ↓ -31% |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | Cascade Care | $260.33 | ↓ -23% |
| Premera | Signature | $271.53 | ↓ -20% |
| Premera | Prime | $271.53 | ↓ -20% |
| Ambetter | Coordinated Care Exchange | $308.82 | ↓ -9% |
| Premera | Other Commercial Plans | $331.87 | ↓ -2% |
| Kaiser | PPO | $680.75 | ↑ +101% |
| Molina | Apple Health | not published by hospital | — |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | Apple Health | not published by hospital | — |
| Coordinated Care | Apple Health | not published by hospital | — |
| United Healthcare | Apple Health | not published by hospital | — |
| WellPoint | Apple Health | not published by hospital | — |
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Collar cerv ascend 172 reg at other Washington hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| St. Joseph Medical Center | Tacoma | $99.67 | $33.01 – $509.44 |
| MultiCare Mary Bridge Children's Hospital | Tacoma | $339.20 | $131.99 – $1,156.39 |
| Providence St Joseph Hospital | Chewelah | $427.77 | not published |
| Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus | Seattle | $525.12 | $157.56 – $478.67 |
| Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital | Spokane | $451.72 | $157.56 – $400.99 |
| Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill | Seattle | $525.12 | $157.56 – $385.32 |
| Swedish Issaquah | Issaquah | $525.12 | $157.56 – $349.78 |
| Providence Centralia Hospital | Centralia | $478.56 | $157.56 – $297.98 |