Mayo infectious agent antigen immunoassay direct optical observation cryptococcus at MultiCare Allenmore Hospital
1901 South Union, Tacoma, WA · Multicare · · NPI 1366556227
$33.60
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.
$84.00
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.
$5.12 with Molina vs $74.56 with Aetna — 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 | $5.12 | ↓ -85% |
| United Healthcare | Apple Health | $5.12 | ↓ -85% |
| WellPoint | Apple Health | $5.12 | ↓ -85% |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | Apple Health | $5.12 | ↓ -85% |
| Coordinated Care | Apple Health | $5.12 | ↓ -85% |
| SCAN | MedAdvantage | $15.75 | ↓ -53% |
| Premera | HMO | $16.07 | ↓ -52% |
| Premera | Prime | $16.07 | ↓ -52% |
| Premera | Signature | $16.07 | ↓ -52% |
| Regence | MCC/AHN | $16.17 | ↓ -52% |
| Regence | Blue High Performance | $16.17 | ↓ -52% |
| First Choice | MHS Employee MCC/PPO | $16.18 | ↓ -52% |
| First Choice | PPO | $16.18 | ↓ -52% |
| Aetna | MedAdvantage | $16.22 | ↓ -52% |
| Regence | MedAdvantage | $16.22 | ↓ -52% |
| United Healthcare | MedAdvantage | $16.38 | ↓ -51% |
| WellCare | MedAdvantage | $16.54 | ↓ -51% |
| Molina | MedAdvantage | $16.54 | ↓ -51% |
| Regence | RealValue | $16.63 | ↓ -51% |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | MedAdvantage | $17.32 | ↓ -48% |
| Kaiser | PPO | $17.68 | ↓ -47% |
| Regence | Commercial | $18.48 | ↓ -45% |
| Uniform Medical | All Commercial Plans | $18.48 | ↓ -45% |
| Cigna | All Commercial Plans | $19.28 | ↓ -43% |
| United Healthcare | All Commercial Plans | $19.28 | ↓ -43% |
| Premera | Other Commercial Plans | $20.09 | ↓ -40% |
| First Choice | MCC Wellfound Employee | $22.59 | ↓ -33% |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | Cascade Care | $26.55 | ↓ -21% |
| Ambetter | Coordinated Care Exchange | $31.50 | ↓ -6% |
| First Health | All Commercial Plans | $48.91 | ↑ +46% |
| Multiplan/PHCS | All Commercial Plans | $48.91 | ↑ +46% |
| Aetna | All Commercial Plans | $74.56 | ↑ +122% |
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Mayo infectious agent antigen immunoassay direct optical observation cryptococcus at other Washington hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| St. Joseph Medical Center | Tacoma | $99.82 | $16.07 – $113.02 |
| MultiCare Mary Bridge Children's Hospital | Tacoma | $33.60 | $5.09 – $18.48 |
| Providence St Luke's Rehabilitation Medical Center | Spokane | $47.88 | $16.07 – $17.68 |
| Providence St Joseph Hospital | Chewelah | $90.30 | not published |
| Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus | Seattle | $76.32 | $14.46 – $75.53 |
| Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital | Spokane | $229.60 | $16.07 – $57.85 |
| Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill | Seattle | $76.32 | $14.46 – $73.12 |
| Swedish Issaquah | Issaquah | $76.32 | $14.46 – $75.53 |