Mr spectroscopy at MultiCare Allenmore Hospital
1901 South Union, Tacoma, WA · Multicare · · NPI 1366556227
$1,074.00
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.
$2,685.00
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.
$99.53 with SCAN vs $1,568.04 with Multiplan/PHCS — 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 | $99.53 | ↓ -91% |
| Regence | MedAdvantage | $102.52 | ↓ -90% |
| Aetna | MedAdvantage | $102.52 | ↓ -90% |
| United Healthcare | MedAdvantage | $103.51 | ↓ -90% |
| Molina | MedAdvantage | $104.51 | ↓ -90% |
| WellCare | MedAdvantage | $104.51 | ↓ -90% |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | MedAdvantage | $109.49 | ↓ -90% |
| Premera | HMO | $162.75 | ↓ -85% |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | Cascade Care | $167.81 | ↓ -84% |
| Molina | Apple Health | $180.84 | ↓ -83% |
| WellPoint | Apple Health | $195.31 | ↓ -82% |
| United Healthcare | Apple Health | $195.31 | ↓ -82% |
| Coordinated Care | Apple Health | $195.31 | ↓ -82% |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | Apple Health | $195.31 | ↓ -82% |
| Ambetter | Coordinated Care Exchange | $199.06 | ↓ -81% |
| Uniform Medical | All Commercial Plans | $221.21 | ↓ -79% |
| Regence | MCC/AHN | $298.33 | ↓ -72% |
| Regence | Blue High Performance | $298.33 | ↓ -72% |
| Regence | RealValue | $306.86 | ↓ -71% |
| Premera | Signature | $339.48 | ↓ -68% |
| Premera | Prime | $339.48 | ↓ -68% |
| Regence | Commercial | $340.95 | ↓ -68% |
| Kaiser | PPO | $402.25 | ↓ -63% |
| Aetna | All Commercial Plans | $410.76 | ↓ -62% |
| Premera | Other Commercial Plans | $417.23 | ↓ -61% |
| Cigna | All Commercial Plans | $417.74 | ↓ -61% |
| United Healthcare | All Commercial Plans | $444.09 | ↓ -59% |
| First Choice | MHS Employee MCC/PPO | $826.98 | ↓ -23% |
| First Choice | MCC Wellfound Employee | $1,112.66 | ↑ +4% |
| First Choice | PPO | $1,503.60 | ↑ +40% |
| First Health | All Commercial Plans | $1,568.04 | ↑ +46% |
| Multiplan/PHCS | All Commercial Plans | $1,568.04 | ↑ +46% |
Visitor-reported prices
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Mr spectroscopy at other Washington hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| St. Joseph Medical Center | Tacoma | $826.47 | $236.39 – $1,871.55 |
| MultiCare Mary Bridge Children's Hospital | Tacoma | $1,074.00 | $102.52 – $683.31 |
| Providence St Joseph Hospital | Chewelah | $1,352.40 | not published |
| Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus | Seattle | $1,166.88 | $100.77 – $306.15 |
| Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital | Spokane | $2,014.60 | $96.98 – $246.80 |
| Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill | Seattle | $1,166.88 | $100.77 – $235.81 |
| Swedish Issaquah | Issaquah | $1,166.88 | $101.06 – $224.35 |
| Central Medical Center | Seattle | $1,600.00 | $89.00 – $89.00 |