Ghs removal pharyngeal foreign body at MultiCare Allenmore Hospital
1901 South Union, Tacoma, WA · Multicare · · NPI 1366556227
$268.00
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.
$670.00
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.
$78.90 with Molina vs $2,279.62 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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| Molina | Apple Health | $78.90 | ↓ -71% |
| Coordinated Care | Apple Health | $85.22 | ↓ -68% |
| United Healthcare | Apple Health | $85.22 | ↓ -68% |
| WellPoint | Apple Health | $85.22 | ↓ -68% |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | Apple Health | $85.22 | ↓ -68% |
| Multiplan/PHCS | All Commercial Plans | $489.10 | ↑ +83% |
| First Health | All Commercial Plans | $489.10 | ↑ +83% |
| SCAN | MedAdvantage | $510.93 | ↑ +91% |
| Aetna | MedAdvantage | $526.26 | ↑ +96% |
| Regence | MedAdvantage | $526.26 | ↑ +96% |
| United Healthcare | MedAdvantage | $531.36 | ↑ +98% |
| WellCare | MedAdvantage | $536.47 | ↑ +100% |
| Molina | MedAdvantage | $536.47 | ↑ +100% |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | MedAdvantage | $562.02 | ↑ +110% |
| Premera | HMO | $707.31 | ↑ +164% |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | Cascade Care | $861.42 | ↑ +221% |
| Uniform Medical | All Commercial Plans | $969.95 | ↑ +262% |
| Ambetter | Coordinated Care Exchange | $1,021.86 | ↑ +281% |
| First Choice | PPO | $1,225.59 | ↑ +357% |
| First Choice | MHS Employee MCC/PPO | $1,225.59 | ↑ +357% |
| Regence | MCC/AHN | $1,308.11 | ↑ +388% |
| Regence | Blue High Performance | $1,308.11 | ↑ +388% |
| Regence | RealValue | $1,345.48 | ↑ +402% |
| Premera | Signature | $1,488.56 | ↑ +455% |
| Premera | Prime | $1,488.56 | ↑ +455% |
| Regence | Commercial | $1,494.98 | ↑ +458% |
| First Choice | MCC Wellfound Employee | $1,711.20 | ↑ +539% |
| Kaiser | PPO | $1,748.15 | ↑ +552% |
| Premera | Other Commercial Plans | $1,829.47 | ↑ +583% |
| Aetna | All Commercial Plans | $1,861.64 | ↑ +595% |
| Cigna | All Commercial Plans | $2,144.37 | ↑ +700% |
| United Healthcare | All Commercial Plans | $2,279.62 | ↑ +751% |
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Ghs removal pharyngeal foreign body at other Washington hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| St. Joseph Medical Center | Tacoma | $171.36 | $157.92 – $1,027.33 |
| MultiCare Mary Bridge Children's Hospital | Tacoma | $268.00 | $78.51 – $2,969.59 |
| Providence St Joseph Hospital | Chewelah | $270.90 | not published |
| Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus | Seattle | $949.92 | $517.30 – $1,708.87 |
| Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital | Spokane | $347.20 | $497.80 – $1,308.92 |
| Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill | Seattle | $949.92 | $517.30 – $1,654.33 |
| Swedish Issaquah | Issaquah | $949.92 | $518.75 – $1,708.87 |
| Providence Centralia Hospital | Centralia | $1,009.32 | $517.30 – $2,265.17 |