Insertion/replacement temporary single chamber electrode/pacemaker catheter at MultiCare Allenmore Hospital
1901 South Union, Tacoma, WA · Multicare · · NPI 1366556227
$4,148.80
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.
$10,372.00
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.
$1,206.75 with Molina vs $42,229.20 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 | $1,206.75 | ↓ -71% |
| Coordinated Care | Apple Health | $1,303.29 | ↓ -69% |
| United Healthcare | Apple Health | $1,303.29 | ↓ -69% |
| WellPoint | Apple Health | $1,303.29 | ↓ -69% |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | Apple Health | $1,303.29 | ↓ -69% |
| Multiplan/PHCS | All Commercial Plans | $7,571.56 | ↑ +83% |
| First Health | All Commercial Plans | $7,571.56 | ↑ +83% |
| SCAN | MedAdvantage | $9,464.74 | ↑ +128% |
| Aetna | MedAdvantage | $9,748.68 | ↑ +135% |
| Regence | MedAdvantage | $9,748.68 | ↑ +135% |
| United Healthcare | MedAdvantage | $9,843.32 | ↑ +137% |
| WellCare | MedAdvantage | $9,937.97 | ↑ +140% |
| Molina | MedAdvantage | $9,937.97 | ↑ +140% |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | MedAdvantage | $10,411.21 | ↑ +151% |
| First Choice | PPO | $12,758.07 | ↑ +208% |
| First Choice | MHS Employee MCC/PPO | $12,758.07 | ↑ +208% |
| Premera | HMO | $15,291.67 | ↑ +269% |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | Cascade Care | $15,957.54 | ↑ +285% |
| First Choice | MCC Wellfound Employee | $17,813.15 | ↑ +329% |
| Ambetter | Coordinated Care Exchange | $18,929.47 | ↑ +356% |
| Uniform Medical | All Commercial Plans | $20,681.73 | ↑ +398% |
| Regence | Blue High Performance | $27,892.00 | ↑ +572% |
| Regence | MCC/AHN | $27,892.00 | ↑ +572% |
| Regence | RealValue | $28,688.92 | ↑ +591% |
| Premera | Signature | $31,739.43 | ↑ +665% |
| Premera | Prime | $31,739.43 | ↑ +665% |
| Regence | Commercial | $31,876.57 | ↑ +668% |
| Kaiser | PPO | $37,793.63 | ↑ +811% |
| Aetna | All Commercial Plans | $38,609.92 | ↑ +831% |
| Premera | Other Commercial Plans | $39,008.47 | ↑ +840% |
| Cigna | All Commercial Plans | $39,723.75 | ↑ +857% |
| United Healthcare | All Commercial Plans | $42,229.20 | ↑ +918% |
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Insertion/replacement temporary single chamber electrode/pacemaker catheter at other Washington hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| St. Joseph Medical Center | Tacoma | $4,376.59 | $9,514.40 – $22,210.08 |
| MultiCare Mary Bridge Children's Hospital | Tacoma | $4,148.80 | $1,200.74 – $64,200.19 |
| Providence St Joseph Hospital | Chewelah | $7,637.70 | not published |
| Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus | Seattle | $26,521.92 | $7,277.00 – $37,215.81 |
| Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital | Spokane | $6,694.10 | $5,419.00 – $23,689.74 |
| Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill | Seattle | $26,521.92 | $7,277.00 – $35,840.28 |
| Swedish Issaquah | Issaquah | $26,521.92 | $7,277.00 – $37,215.81 |
| Central Medical Center | Seattle | $20,231.20 | not published |