Dexametha opth insert 0.1 mg 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

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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.

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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.

$90.70 with SCAN vs $701.03 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.

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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
SCAN MedAdvantage $90.70
Aetna MedAdvantage $93.42
Regence MedAdvantage $93.42
United Healthcare MedAdvantage $94.32
WellCare MedAdvantage $95.23
Molina MedAdvantage $95.23
Cigna All Commercial Plans $98.66
Community Health Plan of Washington MedAdvantage $99.77
Community Health Plan of Washington Cascade Care $152.91
Ambetter Coordinated Care Exchange $181.39
Aetna All Commercial Plans $232.67
Molina Apple Health $255.26
Premera Prime $269.42
Premera Signature $269.42
United Healthcare Apple Health $275.68
Coordinated Care Apple Health $275.68
Community Health Plan of Washington Apple Health $275.68
WellPoint Apple Health $275.68
First Choice PPO $306.19
First Choice MHS Employee MCC/PPO $306.19
Premera Other Commercial Plans $327.99
First Choice MCC Wellfound Employee $427.52
Kaiser PPO $701.03

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Dexametha opth insert 0.1 mg at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
MultiCare Mary Bridge Children's Hospital Tacoma not published $93.42 – $1,190.84
Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus Seattle not published $92.55 – $304.21
Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital Spokane not published $92.55 – $320.96
Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill Seattle not published $92.55 – $302.82
Swedish Issaquah Issaquah not published $92.55 – $304.21
Central Medical Center Seattle not published $101.49 – $101.49
Providence Centralia Hospital Centralia not published $92.55 – $710.04
Swedish Edmonds Hospital Edmonds not published $92.55 – $300.03

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