Diagnostic Mammogram (both breasts) at MultiCare Allenmore Hospital
1901 South Union, Tacoma, WA · Multicare · · NPI 1366556227
$384.40
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.
$961.00
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.
$35.96 with Molina vs $561.37 with First Health — 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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| Molina | Apple Health | $35.96 | ↓ -91% |
| United Healthcare | Apple Health | $38.84 | ↓ -90% |
| WellPoint | Apple Health | $38.84 | ↓ -90% |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | Apple Health | $38.84 | ↓ -90% |
| Coordinated Care | Apple Health | $38.84 | ↓ -90% |
| SCAN | MedAdvantage | $110.29 | ↓ -71% |
| United Healthcare | All Commercial Plans | $110.29 | ↓ -71% |
| Regence | MedAdvantage | $113.60 | ↓ -70% |
| Aetna | MedAdvantage | $113.60 | ↓ -70% |
| United Healthcare | MedAdvantage | $114.70 | ↓ -70% |
| Molina | MedAdvantage | $115.80 | ↓ -70% |
| WellCare | MedAdvantage | $115.80 | ↓ -70% |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | MedAdvantage | $121.32 | ↓ -68% |
| Regence | Blue High Performance | $122.34 | ↓ -68% |
| Regence | MCC/AHN | $122.34 | ↓ -68% |
| Regence | RealValue | $125.83 | ↓ -67% |
| Regence | Commercial | $139.81 | ↓ -64% |
| Uniform Medical | All Commercial Plans | $139.81 | ↓ -64% |
| First Choice | PPO | $143.74 | ↓ -63% |
| First Choice | MHS Employee MCC/PPO | $143.74 | ↓ -63% |
| Cigna | All Commercial Plans | $184.74 | ↓ -52% |
| Premera | HMO | $185.84 | ↓ -52% |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | Cascade Care | $185.95 | ↓ -52% |
| First Choice | MCC Wellfound Employee | $200.70 | ↓ -48% |
| Premera | Signature | $205.69 | ↓ -46% |
| Premera | Prime | $205.69 | ↓ -46% |
| Kaiser | PPO | $219.69 | ↓ -43% |
| Ambetter | Coordinated Care Exchange | $220.58 | ↓ -43% |
| Premera | Other Commercial Plans | $251.39 | ↓ -35% |
| Aetna | All Commercial Plans | $388.19 | ↑ +1% |
| Multiplan/PHCS | All Commercial Plans | $561.37 | ↑ +46% |
| First Health | All Commercial Plans | $561.37 | ↑ +46% |
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Diagnostic Mammogram (both breasts) at other Washington hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| St. Joseph Medical Center | Tacoma | $381.79 | $129.11 – $864.56 |
| MultiCare Mary Bridge Children's Hospital | Tacoma | $384.40 | $35.79 – $373.19 |
| Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus | Seattle | $701.28 | $92.98 – $353.08 |
| Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital | Spokane | $580.30 | $116.22 – $295.78 |
| Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill | Seattle | $701.28 | $92.98 – $361.62 |
| Swedish Issaquah | Issaquah | $701.28 | $92.98 – $258.01 |
| Central Medical Center | Seattle | $440.00 | $111.00 – $111.00 |
| Providence Centralia Hospital | Centralia | $485.16 | $116.22 – $612.95 |