3-d radiotherapy plan at MultiCare Mary Bridge Children's Hospital
317 Martin Luther King Jr Way, Tacoma, WA · Multicare · · NPI 1306952726
$3,801.60
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.
$9,504.00
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.
$778.34 with Molina vs $13,021.11 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 | $778.34 | ↓ -80% |
| United Healthcare | Apple Health | $840.61 | ↓ -78% |
| WellPoint | Apple Health | $840.61 | ↓ -78% |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | Apple Health | $840.61 | ↓ -78% |
| Coordinated Care | Apple Health | $840.61 | ↓ -78% |
| SCAN | MedAdvantage | $1,583.06 | ↓ -58% |
| Aetna | MedAdvantage | $1,630.55 | ↓ -57% |
| Regence | MedAdvantage | $1,630.55 | ↓ -57% |
| United Healthcare | MedAdvantage HMO | $1,646.38 | ↓ -57% |
| WellCare | MedAdvantage | $1,662.21 | ↓ -56% |
| Molina | MedAdvantage | $1,662.21 | ↓ -56% |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | MedAdvantage | $1,741.36 | ↓ -54% |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | Cascade Care | $2,451.78 | ↓ -36% |
| Premera | HMO | $2,511.54 | ↓ -34% |
| Ambetter | Coordinated Care Exchange | $2,763.12 | ↓ -27% |
| Premera | Signature | $5,062.71 | ↑ +33% |
| Premera | Prime | $5,176.63 | ↑ +36% |
| First Choice | MHS Employee MCC/PPO | $6,138.63 | ↑ +61% |
| Premera | Other Commercial Plans | $6,362.19 | ↑ +67% |
| Regence | MCC/AHN | $7,039.69 | ↑ +85% |
| Regence | Blue High Performance | $7,039.69 | ↑ +85% |
| First Choice | MCC Wellfound Employee | $7,137.50 | ↑ +88% |
| First Choice | First Choice PPO | $7,137.50 | ↑ +88% |
| Regence | RealValue | $7,240.82 | ↑ +90% |
| First Health | All Commercial Plans | $7,508.16 | ↑ +98% |
| Cigna | All Commercial Plans | $7,566.13 | ↑ +99% |
| Multiplan/PHCS | All Commercial Plans | $7,603.20 | ↑ +100% |
| Regence | Commercial | $8,045.36 | ↑ +112% |
| Uniform Medical | All Commercial Plans | $8,139.09 | ↑ +114% |
| Aetna | All Commercial Plans | $9,360.21 | ↑ +146% |
| Kaiser | HMO/PPO | $10,544.37 | ↑ +177% |
| United Healthcare | All Commercial Plans | $13,021.11 | ↑ +243% |
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3-d radiotherapy plan at other Washington hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| MultiCare Allenmore Hospital | Tacoma | $3,801.60 | $782.24 – $6,644.13 |
| Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus | Seattle | $5,078.88 | $1,602.81 – $5,853.10 |
| Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital | Spokane | $5,219.90 | $1,542.40 – $4,483.22 |
| Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill | Seattle | $5,078.88 | $1,602.81 – $5,666.30 |
| Swedish Issaquah | Issaquah | $5,078.88 | $1,077.79 – $5,853.10 |
| Central Medical Center | Seattle | $7,120.00 | $1,369.00 – $1,369.00 |
| Providence Centralia Hospital | Centralia | $5,385.64 | $1,602.81 – $7,758.47 |
| Providence St Mary Medical Center | Walla Walla | $7,305.90 | $1,227.80 – $2,853.44 |