Perq plmt bile duct stent at MultiCare Allenmore Hospital
1901 South Union, Tacoma, WA · Multicare · · NPI 1366556227
$3,450.00
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.
$8,625.00
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.
$1,788.92 with Molina vs $30,850.27 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 | $1,788.92 | ↓ -48% |
| Coordinated Care | Apple Health | $1,932.04 | ↓ -44% |
| United Healthcare | Apple Health | $1,932.04 | ↓ -44% |
| WellPoint | Apple Health | $1,932.04 | ↓ -44% |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | Apple Health | $1,932.04 | ↓ -44% |
| Multiplan/PHCS | All Commercial Plans | $6,296.25 | ↑ +83% |
| First Health | All Commercial Plans | $6,296.25 | ↑ +83% |
| SCAN | MedAdvantage | $6,914.40 | ↑ +100% |
| Aetna | MedAdvantage | $7,121.83 | ↑ +106% |
| Regence | MedAdvantage | $7,121.83 | ↑ +106% |
| United Healthcare | MedAdvantage | $7,190.97 | ↑ +108% |
| WellCare | MedAdvantage | $7,260.11 | ↑ +110% |
| Molina | MedAdvantage | $7,260.11 | ↑ +110% |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | MedAdvantage | $7,605.83 | ↑ +120% |
| First Choice | PPO | $8,069.88 | ↑ +134% |
| First Choice | MHS Employee MCC/PPO | $8,069.88 | ↑ +134% |
| Premera | HMO | $9,764.15 | ↑ +183% |
| First Choice | MCC Wellfound Employee | $11,267.38 | ↑ +227% |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | Cascade Care | $11,657.67 | ↑ +238% |
| Ambetter | Coordinated Care Exchange | $13,828.79 | ↑ +301% |
| Uniform Medical | All Commercial Plans | $14,046.34 | ↑ +307% |
| Regence | Blue High Performance | $18,943.32 | ↑ +449% |
| Regence | MCC/AHN | $18,943.32 | ↑ +449% |
| Regence | RealValue | $19,484.56 | ↑ +465% |
| Premera | Signature | $21,556.36 | ↑ +525% |
| Premera | Prime | $21,556.36 | ↑ +525% |
| Regence | Commercial | $21,649.51 | ↑ +528% |
| Kaiser | PPO | $24,132.25 | ↑ +599% |
| Premera | Other Commercial Plans | $26,493.25 | ↑ +668% |
| Aetna | All Commercial Plans | $27,219.05 | ↑ +689% |
| Cigna | All Commercial Plans | $29,019.93 | ↑ +741% |
| United Healthcare | All Commercial Plans | $30,850.27 | ↑ +794% |
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Perq plmt bile duct stent at other Washington hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| St. Joseph Medical Center | Tacoma | $2,918.41 | $6,344.42 – $14,181.74 |
| MultiCare Mary Bridge Children's Hospital | Tacoma | $3,450.00 | $1,780.01 – $40,993.56 |
| Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus | Seattle | $15,537.60 | $7,000.66 – $23,540.17 |
| Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital | Spokane | $3,060.40 | $6,736.80 – $17,145.15 |
| Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill | Seattle | $15,537.60 | $7,000.66 – $22,670.10 |
| Swedish Issaquah | Issaquah | $15,537.60 | $7,020.30 – $23,540.17 |
| Providence Mount Carmel Hospital | Colville | $12,007.10 | not published |
| Providence St Mary Medical Center | Walla Walla | $1,030.40 | $5,112.76 – $12,463.08 |