Erwinaze injection at MultiCare Allenmore Hospital
1901 South Union, Tacoma, WA · Multicare · · NPI 1366556227
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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.
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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.
$683.63 with Premera vs $14,177.39 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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| Premera | HMO | $683.63 | — |
| First Choice | MHS Employee MCC/PPO | $1,114.15 | — |
| First Choice | PPO | $1,114.15 | — |
| First Choice | MCC Wellfound Employee | $1,555.60 | — |
| Kaiser | PPO | $1,978.26 | — |
| Aetna | All Commercial Plans | $2,964.39 | — |
| Regence | Blue High Performance | $4,232.38 | — |
| Regence | MCC/AHN | $4,232.38 | — |
| Regence | RealValue | $4,353.31 | — |
| Regence | Commercial | $4,837.01 | — |
| Uniform Medical | All Commercial Plans | $4,837.01 | — |
| Molina | Apple Health | $13,127.21 | — |
| WellPoint | Apple Health | $14,177.39 | — |
| Coordinated Care | Apple Health | $14,177.39 | — |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | Apple Health | $14,177.39 | — |
| United Healthcare | Apple Health | $14,177.39 | — |
Visitor-reported prices
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Erwinaze injection at other Washington hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| St. Joseph Medical Center | Tacoma | $33,939.80 | $1,281.55 – $76,857.00 |
| MultiCare Mary Bridge Children's Hospital | Tacoma | not published | $683.63 – $46,369.48 |
| St. Michael Medical Center | Silverdale | $45,227.58 | $829.66 – $92,228.40 |
| St. Anne Hospital | Burien | $31,291.62 | $44,064.68 – $92,228.40 |
| St. Anthony Hospital | Gig Harbor | $31,167.94 | $1,281.55 – $76,857.00 |
| St. Elizabeth Hospital | Enumclaw | $36,211.37 | $414.83 – $92,228.40 |
| St. Francis Hospital | Federal Way | $32,159.34 | $1,281.55 – $76,857.00 |
| St. Clare Hospital | Lakewood | $29,537.77 | $1,281.55 – $76,857.00 |