Alveoloplasty each quadrant 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

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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.

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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.

$1,358.67 with Molina vs $22,376.16 with Kaiser — 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 $1,358.67
United Healthcare Apple Health $1,467.36
Coordinated Care Apple Health $1,467.36
Community Health Plan of Washington Apple Health $1,467.36
WellPoint Apple Health $1,467.36
SCAN MedAdvantage $3,791.96
Regence MedAdvantage $3,905.72
Aetna MedAdvantage $3,905.72
United Healthcare MedAdvantage HMO $3,943.64
WellCare MedAdvantage $3,981.56
Molina MedAdvantage $3,981.56
Community Health Plan of Washington MedAdvantage $4,171.16
Community Health Plan of Washington Cascade Care $4,279.81
Ambetter Coordinated Care Exchange $4,823.28
Premera HMO $4,996.60
Premera Signature $11,763.64
Premera Prime $12,028.33
Premera Other Commercial Plans $14,783.09
Regence RealValue $16,824.67
Aetna All Commercial Plans $22,185.64
Kaiser HMO/PPO $22,376.16

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Alveoloplasty each quadrant at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. Joseph Medical Center Tacoma not published $7,741.04 – $7,741.04
MultiCare Allenmore Hospital Tacoma not published $1,365.47 – $15,914.98
Virginia Mason Medical Center Seattle $4,430.37 $5.18 – $1,087.20
Providence St Luke's Rehabilitation Medical Center Spokane not published $3,694.56 – $4,064.02
Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus Seattle not published $3,839.27 – $12,755.94
Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital Spokane not published $3,694.56 – $9,402.66
Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill Seattle not published $3,839.27 – $12,284.47
Swedish Issaquah Issaquah not published $3,850.04 – $12,755.94

All Washington hospitals for this procedure →