CT heart w/evaluation of calcium without contrast at MultiCare Allenmore Hospital
1901 South Union, Tacoma, WA · Multicare · · NPI 1366556227
$59.60
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.
$149.00
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.
$86.87 with First Health vs $444.09 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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| First Health | All Commercial Plans | $86.87 | ↑ +46% |
| Multiplan/PHCS | All Commercial Plans | $86.87 | ↑ +46% |
| SCAN | MedAdvantage | $99.53 | ↑ +67% |
| Aetna | MedAdvantage | $102.52 | ↑ +72% |
| Regence | MedAdvantage | $102.52 | ↑ +72% |
| United Healthcare | MedAdvantage | $103.51 | ↑ +74% |
| Molina | MedAdvantage | $104.51 | ↑ +75% |
| WellCare | MedAdvantage | $104.51 | ↑ +75% |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | MedAdvantage | $109.49 | ↑ +84% |
| Premera | HMO | $162.75 | ↑ +173% |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | Cascade Care | $167.81 | ↑ +182% |
| Ambetter | Coordinated Care Exchange | $199.06 | ↑ +234% |
| Uniform Medical | All Commercial Plans | $221.21 | ↑ +271% |
| First Choice | PPO | $269.02 | ↑ +351% |
| First Choice | MHS Employee MCC/PPO | $269.02 | ↑ +351% |
| Regence | Blue High Performance | $298.33 | ↑ +401% |
| Regence | MCC/AHN | $298.33 | ↑ +401% |
| Regence | RealValue | $306.86 | ↑ +415% |
| Premera | Signature | $339.48 | ↑ +470% |
| Premera | Prime | $339.48 | ↑ +470% |
| Regence | Commercial | $340.95 | ↑ +472% |
| First Choice | MCC Wellfound Employee | $375.62 | ↑ +530% |
| Kaiser | PPO | $402.25 | ↑ +575% |
| Aetna | All Commercial Plans | $410.76 | ↑ +589% |
| Premera | Other Commercial Plans | $417.23 | ↑ +600% |
| Cigna | All Commercial Plans | $417.74 | ↑ +601% |
| United Healthcare | All Commercial Plans | $444.09 | ↑ +645% |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | Apple Health | not published by hospital | — |
| Coordinated Care | Apple Health | not published by hospital | — |
| Molina | 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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CT heart w/evaluation of calcium without contrast at other Washington hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| St. Joseph Medical Center | Tacoma | $86.25 | $138.74 – $236.39 |
| MultiCare Mary Bridge Children's Hospital | Tacoma | $59.60 | $102.52 – $683.31 |
| Providence St Luke's Rehabilitation Medical Center | Spokane | $1,029.42 | $93.99 – $106.67 |
| Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus | Seattle | $239.52 | $100.77 – $375.11 |
| Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital | Spokane | $1,211.00 | $96.98 – $287.32 |
| Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill | Seattle | $239.52 | $100.77 – $363.14 |
| Swedish Issaquah | Issaquah | $239.52 | $101.06 – $375.11 |
| Central Medical Center | Seattle | $344.00 | $89.00 – $89.00 |