Nasopharyngoscopy w/endoscope at MultiCare Allenmore Hospital
1901 South Union, Tacoma, WA · Multicare · · NPI 1366556227
$323.60
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.
$809.00
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.
$78.90 with Molina vs $1,018.58 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 | $78.90 | ↓ -76% |
| United Healthcare | Apple Health | $85.22 | ↓ -74% |
| WellPoint | Apple Health | $85.22 | ↓ -74% |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | Apple Health | $85.22 | ↓ -74% |
| Coordinated Care | Apple Health | $85.22 | ↓ -74% |
| SCAN | MedAdvantage | $228.29 | ↓ -29% |
| Aetna | MedAdvantage | $235.14 | ↓ -27% |
| Regence | MedAdvantage | $235.14 | ↓ -27% |
| United Healthcare | MedAdvantage | $237.43 | ↓ -27% |
| WellCare | MedAdvantage | $239.71 | ↓ -26% |
| Molina | MedAdvantage | $239.71 | ↓ -26% |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | MedAdvantage | $251.12 | ↓ -22% |
| Premera | HMO | $334.87 | ↑ +3% |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | Cascade Care | $384.90 | ↑ +19% |
| Ambetter | Coordinated Care Exchange | $456.59 | ↑ +41% |
| Uniform Medical | All Commercial Plans | $482.21 | ↑ +49% |
| First Choice | PPO | $527.70 | ↑ +63% |
| First Choice | MHS Employee MCC/PPO | $527.70 | ↑ +63% |
| First Health | All Commercial Plans | $590.57 | ↑ +83% |
| Multiplan/PHCS | All Commercial Plans | $590.57 | ↑ +83% |
| Regence | Blue High Performance | $650.32 | ↑ +101% |
| Regence | MCC/AHN | $650.32 | ↑ +101% |
| Regence | RealValue | $668.90 | ↑ +107% |
| First Choice | MCC Wellfound Employee | $736.79 | ↑ +128% |
| Premera | Signature | $740.01 | ↑ +129% |
| Premera | Prime | $740.01 | ↑ +129% |
| Regence | Commercial | $743.22 | ↑ +130% |
| Kaiser | PPO | $827.61 | ↑ +156% |
| Aetna | All Commercial Plans | $905.72 | ↑ +180% |
| Premera | Other Commercial Plans | $909.49 | ↑ +181% |
| Cigna | All Commercial Plans | $958.15 | ↑ +196% |
| United Healthcare | All Commercial Plans | $1,018.58 | ↑ +215% |
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Nasopharyngoscopy w/endoscope at other Washington hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| St. Joseph Medical Center | Tacoma | $209.67 | $455.80 – $486.36 |
| MultiCare Mary Bridge Children's Hospital | Tacoma | $323.60 | $78.51 – $1,405.87 |
| Providence St Joseph Hospital | Chewelah | $126.70 | not published |
| Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus | Seattle | $426.72 | $231.14 – $735.79 |
| Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital | Spokane | $283.50 | $222.43 – $566.09 |
| Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill | Seattle | $426.72 | $231.14 – $712.30 |
| Swedish Issaquah | Issaquah | $426.72 | $231.79 – $735.79 |
| Providence Centralia Hospital | Centralia | $305.24 | $231.14 – $915.82 |