Echo transesophageal intraop at MultiCare Allenmore Hospital
1901 South Union, Tacoma, WA · Multicare · · NPI 1366556227
$1,947.60
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.
$4,869.00
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.
$329.56 with Molina vs $2,843.35 with Multiplan/PHCS — 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 | $329.56 | ↓ -83% |
| United Healthcare | Apple Health | $355.92 | ↓ -82% |
| WellPoint | Apple Health | $355.92 | ↓ -82% |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | Apple Health | $355.92 | ↓ -82% |
| Coordinated Care | Apple Health | $355.92 | ↓ -82% |
| SCAN | MedAdvantage | $624.95 | ↓ -68% |
| Aetna | MedAdvantage | $643.69 | ↓ -67% |
| Regence | MedAdvantage | $643.69 | ↓ -67% |
| United Healthcare | MedAdvantage | $649.94 | ↓ -67% |
| WellCare | MedAdvantage | $656.19 | ↓ -66% |
| Molina | MedAdvantage | $656.19 | ↓ -66% |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | MedAdvantage | $687.44 | ↓ -65% |
| Premera | HMO | $942.53 | ↓ -52% |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | Cascade Care | $1,053.66 | ↓ -46% |
| Ambetter | Coordinated Care Exchange | $1,249.89 | ↓ -36% |
| Uniform Medical | All Commercial Plans | $1,342.98 | ↓ -31% |
| First Choice | MHS Employee MCC/PPO | $1,623.31 | ↓ -17% |
| First Choice | PPO | $1,623.31 | ↓ -17% |
| Regence | MCC/AHN | $1,811.19 | ↓ -7% |
| Regence | Blue High Performance | $1,811.19 | ↓ -7% |
| Regence | RealValue | $1,862.94 | ↓ -4% |
| Premera | Signature | $2,061.02 | ↑ +6% |
| Premera | Prime | $2,061.02 | ↑ +6% |
| Regence | Commercial | $2,069.93 | ↑ +6% |
| First Choice | MCC Wellfound Employee | $2,266.51 | ↑ +16% |
| Kaiser | PPO | $2,329.49 | ↑ +20% |
| Premera | Other Commercial Plans | $2,533.04 | ↑ +30% |
| Aetna | All Commercial Plans | $2,557.98 | ↑ +31% |
| Cigna | All Commercial Plans | $2,622.93 | ↑ +35% |
| United Healthcare | All Commercial Plans | $2,788.36 | ↑ +43% |
| First Health | All Commercial Plans | $2,843.35 | ↑ +46% |
| Multiplan/PHCS | All Commercial Plans | $2,843.35 | ↑ +46% |
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Echo transesophageal intraop at other Washington hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| St. Joseph Medical Center | Tacoma | $1,333.05 | $1,368.97 – $3,018.70 |
| MultiCare Mary Bridge Children's Hospital | Tacoma | $1,947.60 | $327.91 – $3,957.12 |
| Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital | Spokane | $1,358.70 | $608.89 – $1,733.69 |
| Kadlec Regional Medical Center | Richland | $1,621.20 | $344.23 – $1,882.98 |
| Providence St Peter Hospital | Olympia | $1,311.44 | $534.16 – $2,696.85 |
| MultiCare Valley Hospital | Spokane Valley | $932.80 | $314.78 – $2,238.93 |
| MultiCare Yakima Memorial Hospital | Yakima | $1,558.00 | $651.87 – $1,717.01 |
| St. Michael Medical Center | Silverdale | $1,776.40 | $2,371.25 – $3,622.44 |