Ghs ed therapeutic lp, drain csf w fluoro at MultiCare Allenmore Hospital
1901 South Union, Tacoma, WA · Multicare · · NPI 1366556227
$2,027.60
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.
$5,069.00
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.
$607.46 with Molina vs $3,700.37 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Molina | Apple Health | $607.46 | ↓ -70% |
| United Healthcare | Apple Health | $656.06 | ↓ -68% |
| WellPoint | Apple Health | $656.06 | ↓ -68% |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | Apple Health | $656.06 | ↓ -68% |
| Coordinated Care | Apple Health | $656.06 | ↓ -68% |
| SCAN | MedAdvantage | $807.33 | ↓ -60% |
| Aetna | MedAdvantage | $831.55 | ↓ -59% |
| Regence | MedAdvantage | $831.55 | ↓ -59% |
| United Healthcare | MedAdvantage | $839.62 | ↓ -59% |
| WellCare | MedAdvantage | $847.70 | ↓ -58% |
| Molina | MedAdvantage | $847.70 | ↓ -58% |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | MedAdvantage | $888.06 | ↓ -56% |
| Premera | HMO | $1,131.63 | ↓ -44% |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | Cascade Care | $1,361.16 | ↓ -33% |
| Ambetter | Coordinated Care Exchange | $1,614.66 | ↓ -20% |
| Uniform Medical | All Commercial Plans | $1,683.49 | ↓ -17% |
| First Choice | MHS Employee MCC/PPO | $2,106.92 | ↑ +4% |
| First Choice | PPO | $2,106.92 | ↑ +4% |
| Regence | MCC/AHN | $2,270.40 | ↑ +12% |
| Regence | Blue High Performance | $2,270.40 | ↑ +12% |
| Regence | RealValue | $2,335.27 | ↑ +15% |
| Premera | Signature | $2,583.57 | ↑ +27% |
| Premera | Prime | $2,583.57 | ↑ +27% |
| Regence | Commercial | $2,594.75 | ↑ +28% |
| First Choice | MCC Wellfound Employee | $2,941.74 | ↑ +45% |
| Kaiser | PPO | $2,983.29 | ↑ +47% |
| Premera | Other Commercial Plans | $3,175.26 | ↑ +57% |
| Aetna | All Commercial Plans | $3,230.82 | ↑ +59% |
| Cigna | All Commercial Plans | $3,388.40 | ↑ +67% |
| United Healthcare | All Commercial Plans | $3,602.12 | ↑ +78% |
| First Health | All Commercial Plans | $3,700.37 | ↑ +83% |
| Multiplan/PHCS | All Commercial Plans | $3,700.37 | ↑ +83% |
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Ghs ed therapeutic lp, drain csf w fluoro at other Washington hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| St. Joseph Medical Center | Tacoma | $812.20 | $1,753.18 – $1,839.23 |
| MultiCare Mary Bridge Children's Hospital | Tacoma | $2,027.60 | $604.44 – $5,067.73 |
| Providence St Joseph Hospital | Chewelah | $963.90 | not published |
| Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus | Seattle | $2,256.96 | $817.40 – $2,937.74 |
| Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital | Spokane | $1,791.30 | $786.59 – $2,001.88 |
| Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill | Seattle | $2,256.96 | $817.40 – $2,843.98 |
| Swedish Issaquah | Issaquah | $2,256.96 | $819.70 – $2,937.74 |
| Providence Centralia Hospital | Centralia | $1,488.24 | $817.40 – $3,656.54 |