Ablate bone tumor(s) perq at MultiCare Mary Bridge Children's Hospital

317 Martin Luther King Jr Way, Tacoma, WA · Multicare · · NPI 1306952726

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Aug 27, 2026 · Ingested Sep 17, 2026

$5,210.80

Cash price

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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.

$13,027.00

Gross charge

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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.

$1,232.77 with Molina vs $164,948.49 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.

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Payer
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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.

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Plan
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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.

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Negotiated rate vs. cash
Molina Apple Health $1,232.77 ↓ -76%
WellPoint Apple Health $1,331.39 ↓ -74%
Coordinated Care Apple Health $1,331.39 ↓ -74%
United Healthcare Apple Health $1,331.39 ↓ -74%
Community Health Plan of Washington Apple Health $1,331.39 ↓ -74%
Community Health Plan of Washington Cascade Care $3,883.21 ↓ -25%
Ambetter Coordinated Care Exchange $4,376.32 ↓ -16%
First Choice MHS Employee MCC/PPO $8,414.14 ↑ +61%
First Choice MCC Wellfound Employee $9,783.28 ↑ +88%
First Choice First Choice PPO $9,783.28 ↑ +88%
First Health All Commercial Plans $10,291.33 ↑ +98%
Cigna All Commercial Plans $10,370.79 ↑ +99%
Multiplan/PHCS All Commercial Plans $10,421.60 ↑ +100%
SCAN MedAdvantage $20,053.79 ↑ +285%
Aetna MedAdvantage $20,655.40 ↑ +296%
Regence MedAdvantage $20,655.40 ↑ +296%
United Healthcare MedAdvantage HMO $20,855.94 ↑ +300%
WellCare MedAdvantage $21,056.48 ↑ +304%
Molina MedAdvantage $21,056.48 ↑ +304%
Community Health Plan of Washington MedAdvantage $22,059.17 ↑ +323%
Premera HMO $22,915.81 ↑ +340%
Premera Signature $48,087.36 ↑ +823%
Premera Prime $49,169.39 ↑ +844%
Kaiser HMO/PPO $52,024.06 ↑ +898%
Premera Other Commercial Plans $60,430.29 ↑ +1060%
Regence Blue High Performance $66,865.46 ↑ +1183%
Regence MCC/AHN $66,865.46 ↑ +1183%
Regence RealValue $68,775.90 ↑ +1220%
Regence Commercial $76,417.66 ↑ +1367%
Uniform Medical All Commercial Plans $77,307.99 ↑ +1384%
Aetna All Commercial Plans $88,021.17 ↑ +1589%
United Healthcare All Commercial Plans $164,948.49 ↑ +3066%

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Ablate bone tumor(s) perq at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. Joseph Medical Center Tacoma $4,779.76 $10,390.85 – $17,997.75
MultiCare Allenmore Hospital Tacoma $5,210.80 $1,238.94 – $84,166.35
Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus Seattle $19,362.72 $7,277.00 – $61,683.49
Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital Spokane $10,950.10 $5,419.00 – $49,726.02
Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill Seattle $19,362.72 $7,277.00 – $47,511.31
Swedish Issaquah Issaquah $19,362.72 $7,277.00 – $45,201.30
Kadlec Regional Medical Center Richland $3,678.50 $612.15 – $36,146.62
Providence Holy Family Hospital Spokane $11,193.70 $2,985.00 – $51,289.12

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