Insert hepatic shunt (tips) at MultiCare Allenmore Hospital
1901 South Union, Tacoma, WA · Multicare · · NPI 1366556227
$3,996.80
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.
$9,992.00
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.
$3,846.92 with First Choice vs $93,546.15 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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| First Choice | MHS Employee MCC/PPO | $3,846.92 | ↓ -4% |
| Aetna | All Commercial Plans | $5,043.96 | ↑ +26% |
| First Choice | MCC Wellfound Employee | $5,175.86 | ↑ +30% |
| First Choice | PPO | $6,994.40 | ↑ +75% |
| Multiplan/PHCS | All Commercial Plans | $7,294.16 | ↑ +83% |
| First Health | All Commercial Plans | $7,294.16 | ↑ +83% |
| Premera | HMO | $18,643.24 | ↑ +366% |
| SCAN | MedAdvantage | $20,966.27 | ↑ +425% |
| Regence | MedAdvantage | $21,595.26 | ↑ +440% |
| Aetna | MedAdvantage | $21,595.26 | ↑ +440% |
| United Healthcare | MedAdvantage | $21,804.92 | ↑ +446% |
| Molina | MedAdvantage | $22,014.59 | ↑ +451% |
| WellCare | MedAdvantage | $22,014.59 | ↑ +451% |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | MedAdvantage | $23,062.90 | ↑ +477% |
| Uniform Medical | All Commercial Plans | $25,659.71 | ↑ +542% |
| Regence | MCC/AHN | $34,605.46 | ↑ +766% |
| Regence | Blue High Performance | $34,605.46 | ↑ +766% |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | Cascade Care | $35,349.14 | ↑ +784% |
| Regence | RealValue | $35,594.19 | ↑ +791% |
| Regence | Commercial | $39,549.10 | ↑ +890% |
| Premera | Signature | $41,099.80 | ↑ +928% |
| Premera | Prime | $41,099.80 | ↑ +928% |
| Ambetter | Coordinated Care Exchange | $41,932.55 | ↑ +949% |
| Premera | Other Commercial Plans | $50,512.59 | ↑ +1164% |
| Cigna | All Commercial Plans | $87,996.08 | ↑ +2102% |
| United Healthcare | All Commercial Plans | $93,546.15 | ↑ +2241% |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | Apple Health | not published by hospital | — |
| Coordinated Care | Apple Health | not published by hospital | — |
| Kaiser | PPO | not published by hospital | — |
| Molina | Apple Health | not published by hospital | — |
| United Healthcare | Apple Health | not published by hospital | — |
| WellPoint | Apple Health | not published by hospital | — |
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Insert hepatic shunt (tips) at other Washington hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| St. Joseph Medical Center | Tacoma | $3,622.11 | $5,140.11 – $8,202.30 |
| MultiCare Mary Bridge Children's Hospital | Tacoma | $3,996.80 | $18,643.24 – $147,301.15 |
| Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus | Seattle | $12,741.12 | $7,277.00 – $64,490.20 |
| Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital | Spokane | $18,813.20 | $5,419.00 – $51,988.64 |
| Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill | Seattle | $12,741.12 | $7,277.00 – $49,673.16 |
| Swedish Issaquah | Issaquah | $12,741.12 | $7,277.00 – $47,258.04 |
| Kadlec Regional Medical Center | Richland | $15,278.90 | $1,352.82 – $37,791.35 |
| Providence Holy Family Hospital | Spokane | $22,058.40 | $2,985.00 – $53,622.86 |