Hearing loss dup/del analys at MultiCare Allenmore Hospital
1901 South Union, Tacoma, WA · Multicare · · NPI 1366556227
$489.60
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.
$1,224.00
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.
$286.92 with Molina vs $1,331.96 with Ambetter — 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 | $286.92 | ↓ -41% |
| United Healthcare | Apple Health | $286.92 | ↓ -41% |
| WellPoint | Apple Health | $286.92 | ↓ -41% |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | Apple Health | $286.92 | ↓ -41% |
| Coordinated Care | Apple Health | $286.92 | ↓ -41% |
| SCAN | MedAdvantage | $665.98 | ↑ +36% |
| Premera | HMO | $679.57 | ↑ +39% |
| Premera | Signature | $679.57 | ↑ +39% |
| Premera | Prime | $679.57 | ↑ +39% |
| Regence | Blue High Performance | $683.82 | ↑ +40% |
| Regence | MCC/AHN | $683.82 | ↑ +40% |
| Regence | MedAdvantage | $685.96 | ↑ +40% |
| Aetna | MedAdvantage | $685.96 | ↑ +40% |
| United Healthcare | MedAdvantage | $692.62 | ↑ +41% |
| WellCare | MedAdvantage | $699.28 | ↑ +43% |
| Molina | MedAdvantage | $699.28 | ↑ +43% |
| Regence | RealValue | $703.35 | ↑ +44% |
| First Health | All Commercial Plans | $714.67 | ↑ +46% |
| Multiplan/PHCS | All Commercial Plans | $714.67 | ↑ +46% |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | MedAdvantage | $732.58 | ↑ +50% |
| Kaiser | PPO | $747.53 | ↑ +53% |
| Regence | Commercial | $781.51 | ↑ +60% |
| Uniform Medical | All Commercial Plans | $781.51 | ↑ +60% |
| First Choice | MHS Employee MCC/PPO | $810.39 | ↑ +66% |
| First Choice | PPO | $810.39 | ↑ +66% |
| Cigna | All Commercial Plans | $815.48 | ↑ +67% |
| United Healthcare | All Commercial Plans | $815.48 | ↑ +67% |
| Premera | Other Commercial Plans | $849.46 | ↑ +74% |
| Aetna | All Commercial Plans | $910.62 | ↑ +86% |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | Cascade Care | $1,122.84 | ↑ +129% |
| First Choice | MCC Wellfound Employee | $1,131.48 | ↑ +131% |
| Ambetter | Coordinated Care Exchange | $1,331.96 | ↑ +172% |
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Hearing loss dup/del analys at other Washington hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| MultiCare Mary Bridge Children's Hospital | Tacoma | $489.60 | $285.49 – $1,013.50 |
| MultiCare Auburn Medical Center | Auburn | $489.60 | $280.33 – $1,331.96 |
| MultiCare Good Samaritan Hospital | Puyallup | $489.60 | $286.81 – $1,331.96 |
| Virginia Mason Medical Center | Seattle | $1,029.69 | $475.70 – $2,124.13 |
| MultiCare Capital Medical Center | Olympia | $391.60 | $301.68 – $1,232.06 |
| MultiCare Covington Medical Center | Covington | $489.60 | $280.33 – $1,331.96 |
| Providence St Luke's Rehabilitation Medical Center | Spokane | not published | $679.57 – $747.53 |
| Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus | Seattle | not published | $611.61 – $2,064.53 |