Abrasion lesion single 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

$461.60

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.

$1,154.00

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.

$115.55 with Molina vs $1,887.46 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 $115.55 ↓ -75%
United Healthcare Apple Health $124.79 ↓ -73%
WellPoint Apple Health $124.79 ↓ -73%
Community Health Plan of Washington Apple Health $124.79 ↓ -73%
Coordinated Care Apple Health $124.79 ↓ -73%
SCAN MedAdvantage $229.47 ↓ -50%
Aetna MedAdvantage $236.35 ↓ -49%
Regence MedAdvantage $236.35 ↓ -49%
United Healthcare MedAdvantage HMO $238.65 ↓ -48%
WellCare MedAdvantage $240.94 ↓ -48%
Molina MedAdvantage $240.94 ↓ -48%
Community Health Plan of Washington MedAdvantage $252.42 ↓ -45%
Premera HMO $338.30 ↓ -27%
Community Health Plan of Washington Cascade Care $363.98 ↓ -21%
Ambetter Coordinated Care Exchange $410.20 ↓ -11%
Premera Signature $731.47 ↑ +58%
First Choice MHS Employee MCC/PPO $745.37 ↑ +61%
Premera Prime $747.93 ↑ +62%
First Choice MCC Wellfound Employee $866.65 ↑ +88%
First Choice First Choice PPO $866.65 ↑ +88%
First Health All Commercial Plans $911.66 ↑ +98%
Cigna All Commercial Plans $918.70 ↑ +99%
Premera Other Commercial Plans $919.22 ↑ +99%
Multiplan/PHCS All Commercial Plans $923.20 ↑ +100%
Regence Blue High Performance $1,017.13 ↑ +120%
Regence MCC/AHN $1,017.13 ↑ +120%
Regence RealValue $1,046.19 ↑ +127%
Regence Commercial $1,162.43 ↑ +152%
Uniform Medical All Commercial Plans $1,175.97 ↑ +155%
Aetna All Commercial Plans $1,359.32 ↑ +194%
Kaiser HMO/PPO $1,420.26 ↑ +208%
United Healthcare All Commercial Plans $1,887.46 ↑ +309%

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Abrasion lesion single at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
MultiCare Allenmore Hospital Tacoma $461.60 $116.13 – $963.09
St. Joseph Medical Center Tacoma not published $491.34 – $491.34
Providence Regional Medical Center Everett - Colby Campus Everett $360.88 $228.48 – $681.45
MultiCare Auburn Medical Center Auburn $461.60 $113.46 – $963.09
MultiCare Good Samaritan Hospital Puyallup $461.60 $116.08 – $963.09
MultiCare Capital Medical Center Olympia $461.60 $122.10 – $1,038.03
MultiCare Covington Medical Center Covington $461.60 $113.46 – $963.09
Providence St Luke's Rehabilitation Medical Center Spokane not published $223.58 – $245.93

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