Iron dextran 50 mg/ml injection solution at MultiCare Allenmore Hospital
1901 South Union, Tacoma, WA · Multicare · · NPI 1366556227
$28.71
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.
$71.76
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.
$17.74 with SCAN vs $76.72 with Kaiser — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| SCAN | MedAdvantage | $17.74 | ↓ -38% |
| United Healthcare | All Commercial Plans | $18.11 | ↓ -37% |
| Regence | MedAdvantage | $18.28 | ↓ -36% |
| Aetna | MedAdvantage | $18.28 | ↓ -36% |
| United Healthcare | MedAdvantage | $18.45 | ↓ -36% |
| Molina | MedAdvantage | $18.63 | ↓ -35% |
| WellCare | MedAdvantage | $18.63 | ↓ -35% |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | MedAdvantage | $19.52 | ↓ -32% |
| Uniform Medical | All Commercial Plans | $21.59 | ↓ -25% |
| Cigna | All Commercial Plans | $24.36 | ↓ -15% |
| Premera | HMO | $26.53 | ↓ -8% |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | Cascade Care | $29.91 | ↑ +4% |
| Ambetter | Coordinated Care Exchange | $35.49 | ↑ +24% |
| Aetna | All Commercial Plans | $35.85 | ↑ +25% |
| First Choice | PPO | $39.14 | ↑ +36% |
| First Choice | MHS Employee MCC/PPO | $39.14 | ↑ +36% |
| Premera | Prime | $39.85 | ↑ +39% |
| Premera | Signature | $39.85 | ↑ +39% |
| Regence | MCC/AHN | $42.50 | ↑ +48% |
| Regence | Blue High Performance | $42.50 | ↑ +48% |
| Regence | RealValue | $43.72 | ↑ +52% |
| Premera | Other Commercial Plans | $48.51 | ↑ +69% |
| Regence | Commercial | $48.57 | ↑ +69% |
| First Health | All Commercial Plans | $52.38 | ↑ +82% |
| Multiplan/PHCS | All Commercial Plans | $52.38 | ↑ +82% |
| First Choice | MCC Wellfound Employee | $54.65 | ↑ +90% |
| Molina | Apple Health | $59.44 | ↑ +107% |
| WellPoint | Apple Health | $64.20 | ↑ +124% |
| Coordinated Care | Apple Health | $64.20 | ↑ +124% |
| United Healthcare | Apple Health | $64.20 | ↑ +124% |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | Apple Health | $64.20 | ↑ +124% |
| Kaiser | PPO | $76.72 | ↑ +167% |
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Iron dextran 50 mg/ml injection solution at other Washington hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| St. Joseph Medical Center | Tacoma | $187.33 | $48.86 – $106.05 |
| MultiCare Mary Bridge Children's Hospital | Tacoma | not published | $18.28 – $209.97 |
| Providence St Joseph Hospital | Chewelah | $95.07 | not published |
| Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus | Seattle | $36.04 | $17.99 – $41.43 |
| Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital | Spokane | $95.07 | $13.51 – $34.52 |
| Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill | Seattle | $36.04 | $17.99 – $33.49 |
| Swedish Issaquah | Issaquah | $36.04 | $17.99 – $41.43 |
| Central Medical Center | Seattle | $48.97 | $18.03 – $18.03 |