Insert/repl sq defib w/eltrd at MultiCare Allenmore Hospital
1901 South Union, Tacoma, WA · Multicare · · NPI 1366556227
$22,530.80
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.
$56,327.00
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.
$17,671.45 with Molina vs $160,177.02 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 | $17,671.45 | ↓ -22% |
| United Healthcare | Apple Health | $19,085.16 | ↓ -15% |
| WellPoint | Apple Health | $19,085.16 | ↓ -15% |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | Apple Health | $19,085.16 | ↓ -15% |
| Coordinated Care | Apple Health | $19,085.16 | ↓ -15% |
| SCAN | MedAdvantage | $35,900.10 | ↑ +59% |
| Aetna | MedAdvantage | $36,977.10 | ↑ +64% |
| Regence | MedAdvantage | $36,977.10 | ↑ +64% |
| United Healthcare | MedAdvantage | $37,336.10 | ↑ +66% |
| WellCare | MedAdvantage | $37,695.10 | ↑ +67% |
| Molina | MedAdvantage | $37,695.10 | ↑ +67% |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | MedAdvantage | $39,490.11 | ↑ +75% |
| Multiplan/PHCS | All Commercial Plans | $41,118.71 | ↑ +83% |
| First Health | All Commercial Plans | $41,118.71 | ↑ +83% |
| First Choice | PPO | $53,895.87 | ↑ +139% |
| First Choice | MHS Employee MCC/PPO | $53,895.87 | ↑ +139% |
| Premera | HMO | $56,334.32 | ↑ +150% |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | Cascade Care | $60,527.56 | ↑ +169% |
| Ambetter | Coordinated Care Exchange | $71,800.19 | ↑ +219% |
| First Choice | MCC Wellfound Employee | $75,250.83 | ↑ +234% |
| Uniform Medical | All Commercial Plans | $80,088.98 | ↑ +255% |
| Regence | Blue High Performance | $108,010.41 | ↑ +379% |
| Regence | MCC/AHN | $108,010.41 | ↑ +379% |
| Regence | RealValue | $111,096.42 | ↑ +393% |
| Premera | Signature | $122,909.43 | ↑ +446% |
| Premera | Prime | $122,909.43 | ↑ +446% |
| Regence | Commercial | $123,440.47 | ↑ +448% |
| Kaiser | PPO | $148,513.41 | ↑ +559% |
| Aetna | All Commercial Plans | $149,576.84 | ↑ +564% |
| Cigna | All Commercial Plans | $150,673.74 | ↑ +569% |
| Premera | Other Commercial Plans | $151,058.47 | ↑ +570% |
| United Healthcare | All Commercial Plans | $160,177.02 | ↑ +611% |
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Insert/repl sq defib w/eltrd at other Washington hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| St. Joseph Medical Center | Tacoma | $5,843.69 | $12,703.76 – $87,276.49 |
| MultiCare Mary Bridge Children's Hospital | Tacoma | $22,530.80 | $17,583.42 – $252,280.34 |
| Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus | Seattle | $25,167.84 | $7,277.00 – $157,216.46 |
| Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital | Spokane | $92,789.90 | $5,419.00 – $100,076.18 |
| Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill | Seattle | $25,167.84 | $7,277.00 – $151,405.58 |
| Swedish Issaquah | Issaquah | $25,167.84 | $7,277.00 – $157,216.46 |
| Kadlec Regional Medical Center | Richland | $57,387.40 | $956.96 – $119,768.59 |
| Providence Regional Medical Center Everett - Colby Campus | Everett | $34,932.56 | $7,246.00 – $122,351.21 |