Ablation cryo pq liver tumor(s) 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

$9,332.00

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.

$23,330.00

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.

$4,509.43 with Molina vs $99,999.65 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 $4,509.43 ↓ -52%
United Healthcare Apple Health $4,870.18 ↓ -48%
WellPoint Apple Health $4,870.18 ↓ -48%
Community Health Plan of Washington Apple Health $4,870.18 ↓ -48%
Coordinated Care Apple Health $4,870.18 ↓ -48%
SCAN MedAdvantage $12,157.56 ↑ +30%
Aetna MedAdvantage $12,522.29 ↑ +34%
Regence MedAdvantage $12,522.29 ↑ +34%
United Healthcare MedAdvantage HMO $12,643.86 ↑ +35%
WellCare MedAdvantage $12,765.44 ↑ +37%
Molina MedAdvantage $12,765.44 ↑ +37%
Community Health Plan of Washington MedAdvantage $13,373.32 ↑ +43%
Community Health Plan of Washington Cascade Care $14,204.70 ↑ +52%
First Choice MHS Employee MCC/PPO $15,068.85 ↑ +61%
Premera HMO $15,959.65 ↑ +71%
Ambetter Coordinated Care Exchange $16,008.47 ↑ +72%
First Choice First Choice PPO $17,520.83 ↑ +88%
First Choice MCC Wellfound Employee $17,520.83 ↑ +88%
First Health All Commercial Plans $18,430.70 ↑ +98%
Cigna All Commercial Plans $18,573.01 ↑ +99%
Multiplan/PHCS All Commercial Plans $18,664.00 ↑ +100%
Premera Signature $37,610.54 ↑ +303%
Premera Prime $38,456.83 ↑ +312%
Kaiser HMO/PPO $40,993.56 ↑ +339%
Premera Other Commercial Plans $47,264.31 ↑ +406%
Regence MCC/AHN $52,297.43 ↑ +460%
Regence Blue High Performance $52,297.43 ↑ +460%
Regence RealValue $53,791.64 ↑ +476%
Regence Commercial $59,768.49 ↑ +540%
Uniform Medical All Commercial Plans $60,464.84 ↑ +548%
Aetna All Commercial Plans $71,222.56 ↑ +663%
United Healthcare All Commercial Plans $99,999.65 ↑ +972%

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Ablation cryo pq liver tumor(s) at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. Joseph Medical Center Tacoma $4,050.93 $8,806.43 – $14,181.74
MultiCare Allenmore Hospital Tacoma $9,332.00 $4,532.00 – $51,025.66
Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus Seattle $14,797.92 $7,277.00 – $37,395.46
Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital Spokane $12,875.80 $11,845.30 – $30,146.28
Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill Seattle $14,797.92 $7,277.00 – $28,803.62
Swedish Issaquah Issaquah $14,797.92 $7,277.00 – $27,403.18
Providence St Mary Medical Center Walla Walla $9,884.00 $9,121.22 – $21,913.80
Kadlec Regional Medical Center Richland $7,373.10 $861.69 – $21,913.80

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