Infectious agent antigen immunoassay direct optical observation sars-cov-2 at MultiCare Allenmore Hospital
1901 South Union, Tacoma, WA · Multicare · · NPI 1366556227
$72.40
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.
$181.00
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.
$5.12 with Molina vs $105.85 with First Health — 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 | $5.12 | ↓ -93% |
| United Healthcare | Apple Health | $5.12 | ↓ -93% |
| WellPoint | Apple Health | $5.12 | ↓ -93% |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | Apple Health | $5.12 | ↓ -93% |
| Coordinated Care | Apple Health | $5.12 | ↓ -93% |
| SCAN | MedAdvantage | $40.55 | ↓ -44% |
| Premera | HMO | $41.38 | ↓ -43% |
| Premera | Signature | $41.38 | ↓ -43% |
| Premera | Prime | $41.38 | ↓ -43% |
| Regence | Blue High Performance | $41.64 | ↓ -42% |
| Regence | MCC/AHN | $41.64 | ↓ -42% |
| Regence | MedAdvantage | $41.77 | ↓ -42% |
| Aetna | MedAdvantage | $41.77 | ↓ -42% |
| United Healthcare | MedAdvantage | $42.17 | ↓ -42% |
| WellCare | MedAdvantage | $42.58 | ↓ -41% |
| Molina | MedAdvantage | $42.58 | ↓ -41% |
| Regence | RealValue | $42.83 | ↓ -41% |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | MedAdvantage | $44.61 | ↓ -38% |
| Kaiser | PPO | $45.52 | ↓ -37% |
| Regence | Commercial | $47.59 | ↓ -34% |
| Uniform Medical | All Commercial Plans | $47.59 | ↓ -34% |
| United Healthcare | All Commercial Plans | $49.66 | ↓ -31% |
| Cigna | All Commercial Plans | $49.66 | ↓ -31% |
| Premera | Other Commercial Plans | $51.72 | ↓ -29% |
| Aetna | All Commercial Plans | $55.45 | ↓ -23% |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | Cascade Care | $68.37 | ↓ -6% |
| Ambetter | Coordinated Care Exchange | $81.10 | ↑ +12% |
| Multiplan/PHCS | All Commercial Plans | $105.85 | ↑ +46% |
| First Health | All Commercial Plans | $105.85 | ↑ +46% |
| First Choice | PPO | not published by hospital | — |
| First Choice | MCC Wellfound Employee | not published by hospital | — |
| First Choice | MHS Employee MCC/PPO | not published by hospital | — |
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Infectious agent antigen immunoassay direct optical observation sars-cov-2 at other Washington hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| MultiCare Mary Bridge Children's Hospital | Tacoma | $72.40 | $5.09 – $47.59 |
| MultiCare Yakima Memorial Hospital | Yakima | $70.40 | $41.36 – $69.34 |
| MultiCare Auburn Medical Center | Auburn | $72.40 | $5.00 – $81.10 |
| MultiCare Good Samaritan Hospital | Puyallup | $72.40 | $5.12 – $81.10 |
| Virginia Mason Medical Center | Seattle | $58.65 | $28.97 – $129.34 |
| MultiCare Capital Medical Center | Olympia | $82.40 | $5.38 – $75.02 |
| MultiCare Covington Medical Center | Covington | $72.40 | $5.00 – $81.10 |
| Providence St Luke's Rehabilitation Medical Center | Spokane | not published | $41.38 – $45.52 |