Control oropharyngeal hemorr/simp 42960 at MultiCare Allenmore Hospital
1901 South Union, Tacoma, WA · Multicare · · NPI 1366556227
$321.60
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.
$804.00
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.
$586.92 with First Health vs $2,752.20 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| First Health | All Commercial Plans | $586.92 | ↑ +83% |
| Multiplan/PHCS | All Commercial Plans | $586.92 | ↑ +83% |
| SCAN | MedAdvantage | $616.84 | ↑ +92% |
| Aetna | MedAdvantage | $635.35 | ↑ +98% |
| Regence | MedAdvantage | $635.35 | ↑ +98% |
| United Healthcare | MedAdvantage | $641.51 | ↑ +99% |
| WellCare | MedAdvantage | $647.68 | ↑ +101% |
| Molina | MedAdvantage | $647.68 | ↑ +101% |
| Molina | Apple Health | $652.42 | ↑ +103% |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | MedAdvantage | $678.53 | ↑ +111% |
| WellPoint | Apple Health | $704.62 | ↑ +119% |
| United Healthcare | Apple Health | $704.62 | ↑ +119% |
| Coordinated Care | Apple Health | $704.62 | ↑ +119% |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | Apple Health | $704.62 | ↑ +119% |
| Premera | HMO | $855.78 | ↑ +166% |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | Cascade Care | $1,039.99 | ↑ +223% |
| Ambetter | Coordinated Care Exchange | $1,233.68 | ↑ +284% |
| Uniform Medical | All Commercial Plans | $1,339.41 | ↑ +316% |
| First Choice | MHS Employee MCC/PPO | $1,488.95 | ↑ +363% |
| First Choice | PPO | $1,488.95 | ↑ +363% |
| Regence | Blue High Performance | $1,806.37 | ↑ +462% |
| Regence | MCC/AHN | $1,806.37 | ↑ +462% |
| Regence | RealValue | $1,857.98 | ↑ +478% |
| Premera | Signature | $2,055.54 | ↑ +539% |
| Premera | Prime | $2,055.54 | ↑ +539% |
| Regence | Commercial | $2,064.42 | ↑ +542% |
| First Choice | MCC Wellfound Employee | $2,078.91 | ↑ +546% |
| Kaiser | PPO | $2,115.08 | ↑ +558% |
| Aetna | All Commercial Plans | $2,375.82 | ↑ +639% |
| Premera | Other Commercial Plans | $2,526.31 | ↑ +686% |
| Cigna | All Commercial Plans | $2,588.91 | ↑ +705% |
| United Healthcare | All Commercial Plans | $2,752.20 | ↑ +756% |
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Control oropharyngeal hemorr/simp 42960 at other Washington hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| St. Joseph Medical Center | Tacoma | $237.50 | $516.31 – $1,242.96 |
| MultiCare Mary Bridge Children's Hospital | Tacoma | $321.60 | $635.35 – $3,592.89 |
| Providence St Joseph Hospital | Chewelah | $299.60 | not published |
| Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus | Seattle | $636.48 | $624.54 – $2,076.08 |
| Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital | Spokane | $314.30 | $601.00 – $1,529.54 |
| Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill | Seattle | $636.48 | $624.54 – $2,009.83 |
| Swedish Issaquah | Issaquah | $636.48 | $626.29 – $2,076.08 |
| Providence Centralia Hospital | Centralia | $1,406.08 | $624.54 – $2,584.06 |