Culture fungi definitive id mold at MultiCare Allenmore Hospital

1901 South Union, Tacoma, WA · Multicare · · NPI 1366556227

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Aug 27, 2026 · Ingested Sep 17, 2026

$28.40

Cash price

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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.

$71.00

Gross charge

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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.

$5.12 with Molina vs $47.88 with Aetna — 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.

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Payer
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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.

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Plan
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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.

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Negotiated rate vs. cash
Molina Apple Health $5.12 ↓ -82%
United Healthcare Apple Health $5.12 ↓ -82%
WellPoint Apple Health $5.12 ↓ -82%
Community Health Plan of Washington Apple Health $5.12 ↓ -82%
Coordinated Care Apple Health $5.12 ↓ -82%
SCAN MedAdvantage $10.11 ↓ -64%
Premera HMO $10.32 ↓ -64%
Premera Prime $10.32 ↓ -64%
Premera Signature $10.32 ↓ -64%
Regence MCC/AHN $10.38 ↓ -63%
Regence Blue High Performance $10.38 ↓ -63%
First Choice MHS Employee MCC/PPO $10.39 ↓ -63%
First Choice PPO $10.39 ↓ -63%
Aetna MedAdvantage $10.42 ↓ -63%
Regence MedAdvantage $10.42 ↓ -63%
United Healthcare MedAdvantage $10.52 ↓ -63%
WellCare MedAdvantage $10.62 ↓ -63%
Molina MedAdvantage $10.62 ↓ -63%
Regence RealValue $10.68 ↓ -62%
Community Health Plan of Washington MedAdvantage $11.12 ↓ -61%
Kaiser PPO $11.35 ↓ -60%
Regence Commercial $11.87 ↓ -58%
Uniform Medical All Commercial Plans $11.87 ↓ -58%
Cigna All Commercial Plans $12.38 ↓ -56%
United Healthcare All Commercial Plans $12.38 ↓ -56%
Premera Other Commercial Plans $12.90 ↓ -55%
First Choice MCC Wellfound Employee $14.51 ↓ -49%
Community Health Plan of Washington Cascade Care $17.05 ↓ -40%
Ambetter Coordinated Care Exchange $20.23 ↓ -29%
First Health All Commercial Plans $41.61 ↑ +47%
Multiplan/PHCS All Commercial Plans $41.61 ↑ +47%
Aetna All Commercial Plans $47.88 ↑ +69%

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Culture fungi definitive id mold at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. Joseph Medical Center Tacoma $48.51 $10.32 – $109.83
MultiCare Mary Bridge Children's Hospital Tacoma $28.40 $5.09 – $18.08
Providence St Luke's Rehabilitation Medical Center Spokane $134.19 $10.32 – $11.35
Providence St Joseph Hospital Chewelah $143.50 not published
Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus Seattle $48.00 $9.29 – $48.50
Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital Spokane $191.10 $10.32 – $37.15
Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill Seattle $48.00 $9.29 – $46.96
Swedish Issaquah Issaquah $48.00 $9.29 – $48.50

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