Refill/maint pump/resvr syst at MultiCare Allenmore Hospital
1901 South Union, Tacoma, WA · Multicare · · NPI 1366556227
$466.00
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.
$1,165.00
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.
$31.38 with Molina vs $1,085.43 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 | $31.38 | ↓ -93% |
| United Healthcare | Apple Health | $33.89 | ↓ -93% |
| WellPoint | Apple Health | $33.89 | ↓ -93% |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | Apple Health | $33.89 | ↓ -93% |
| Coordinated Care | Apple Health | $33.89 | ↓ -93% |
| SCAN | MedAdvantage | $243.27 | ↓ -48% |
| Aetna | MedAdvantage | $250.57 | ↓ -46% |
| Regence | MedAdvantage | $250.57 | ↓ -46% |
| United Healthcare | MedAdvantage | $253.00 | ↓ -46% |
| WellCare | MedAdvantage | $255.44 | ↓ -45% |
| Molina | MedAdvantage | $255.44 | ↓ -45% |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | MedAdvantage | $267.60 | ↓ -43% |
| Premera | HMO | $386.97 | ↓ -17% |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | Cascade Care | $410.16 | ↓ -12% |
| Ambetter | Coordinated Care Exchange | $486.55 | ↑ +4% |
| Uniform Medical | All Commercial Plans | $521.78 | ↑ +12% |
| First Choice | MHS Employee MCC/PPO | $619.35 | ↑ +33% |
| First Choice | PPO | $619.35 | ↑ +33% |
| Regence | MCC/AHN | $703.69 | ↑ +51% |
| Regence | Blue High Performance | $703.69 | ↑ +51% |
| Regence | RealValue | $723.80 | ↑ +55% |
| Premera | Signature | $800.76 | ↑ +72% |
| Premera | Prime | $800.76 | ↑ +72% |
| Regence | Commercial | $804.22 | ↑ +73% |
| Multiplan/PHCS | All Commercial Plans | $850.45 | ↑ +83% |
| First Health | All Commercial Plans | $850.45 | ↑ +83% |
| First Choice | MCC Wellfound Employee | $864.75 | ↑ +86% |
| Kaiser | PPO | $956.42 | ↑ +105% |
| Aetna | All Commercial Plans | $982.92 | ↑ +111% |
| Premera | Other Commercial Plans | $984.15 | ↑ +111% |
| Cigna | All Commercial Plans | $1,021.03 | ↑ +119% |
| United Healthcare | All Commercial Plans | $1,085.43 | ↑ +133% |
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Refill/maint pump/resvr syst at other Washington hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| St. Joseph Medical Center | Tacoma | $218.17 | $329.36 – $656.00 |
| MultiCare Mary Bridge Children's Hospital | Tacoma | $466.00 | $31.22 – $1,624.67 |
| Providence St Joseph Hospital | Chewelah | $397.60 | not published |
| Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus | Seattle | $988.32 | $246.31 – $863.58 |
| Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital | Spokane | $489.30 | $237.02 – $661.46 |
| Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill | Seattle | $988.32 | $246.31 – $836.02 |
| Swedish Issaquah | Issaquah | $988.32 | $247.00 – $863.58 |
| Providence Centralia Hospital | Centralia | $494.00 | $246.31 – $1,144.70 |