Manipulation chest wall initial demonstration/evaluation at MultiCare Allenmore Hospital
1901 South Union, Tacoma, WA · Multicare · · NPI 1366556227
$174.40
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.
$436.00
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.
$14.92 with Molina vs $678.96 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 | $14.92 | ↓ -91% |
| United Healthcare | Apple Health | $16.11 | ↓ -91% |
| WellPoint | Apple Health | $16.11 | ↓ -91% |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | Apple Health | $16.11 | ↓ -91% |
| Coordinated Care | Apple Health | $16.11 | ↓ -91% |
| SCAN | MedAdvantage | $152.17 | ↓ -13% |
| Aetna | MedAdvantage | $156.74 | ↓ -10% |
| Regence | MedAdvantage | $156.74 | ↓ -10% |
| United Healthcare | MedAdvantage | $158.26 | ↓ -9% |
| WellCare | MedAdvantage | $159.78 | ↓ -8% |
| Molina | MedAdvantage | $159.78 | ↓ -8% |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | MedAdvantage | $167.39 | ↓ -4% |
| Premera | HMO | $217.52 | ↑ +25% |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | Cascade Care | $256.56 | ↑ +47% |
| Ambetter | Coordinated Care Exchange | $304.34 | ↑ +75% |
| Uniform Medical | All Commercial Plans | $310.97 | ↑ +78% |
| First Health | All Commercial Plans | $318.28 | ↑ +83% |
| Multiplan/PHCS | All Commercial Plans | $318.28 | ↑ +83% |
| First Choice | PPO | $367.52 | ↑ +111% |
| First Choice | MHS Employee MCC/PPO | $367.52 | ↑ +111% |
| Regence | Blue High Performance | $419.38 | ↑ +140% |
| Regence | MCC/AHN | $419.38 | ↑ +140% |
| Regence | RealValue | $431.36 | ↑ +147% |
| Premera | Signature | $477.22 | ↑ +174% |
| Premera | Prime | $477.22 | ↑ +174% |
| Regence | Commercial | $479.29 | ↑ +175% |
| First Choice | MCC Wellfound Employee | $513.14 | ↑ +194% |
| Kaiser | PPO | $537.59 | ↑ +208% |
| Premera | Other Commercial Plans | $586.51 | ↑ +236% |
| Aetna | All Commercial Plans | $601.37 | ↑ +245% |
| Cigna | All Commercial Plans | $638.68 | ↑ +266% |
| United Healthcare | All Commercial Plans | $678.96 | ↑ +289% |
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Manipulation chest wall initial demonstration/evaluation at other Washington hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| St. Joseph Medical Center | Tacoma | $110.84 | $14.92 – $406.00 |
| MultiCare Mary Bridge Children's Hospital | Tacoma | $174.40 | $14.92 – $913.21 |
| Providence St Luke's Rehabilitation Medical Center | Spokane | $259.56 | $148.26 – $163.09 |
| Providence St Joseph Hospital | Chewelah | $91.00 | not published |
| Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus | Seattle | $342.24 | $154.07 – $512.44 |
| Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital | Spokane | $448.70 | $148.26 – $392.51 |
| Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill | Seattle | $342.24 | $154.07 – $496.09 |
| Swedish Issaquah | Issaquah | $342.24 | $154.50 – $512.44 |