App high cost ss t/a/l >100sq cm 1st 100sq cm 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

$1,758.00

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.

$4,395.00

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.

$1,383.82 with Molina vs $25,585.16 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 $1,383.82 ↓ -21%
United Healthcare Apple Health $1,494.52 ↓ -15%
WellPoint Apple Health $1,494.52 ↓ -15%
Community Health Plan of Washington Apple Health $1,494.52 ↓ -15%
Coordinated Care Apple Health $1,494.52 ↓ -15%
SCAN MedAdvantage $2,359.82 ↑ +34%
Aetna MedAdvantage $2,430.61 ↑ +38%
Regence MedAdvantage $2,430.61 ↑ +38%
United Healthcare MedAdvantage HMO $2,454.21 ↑ +40%
WellCare MedAdvantage $2,477.81 ↑ +41%
Molina MedAdvantage $2,477.81 ↑ +41%
Community Health Plan of Washington MedAdvantage $2,595.80 ↑ +48%
First Choice MHS Employee MCC/PPO $2,838.73 ↑ +61%
First Choice MCC Wellfound Employee $3,300.65 ↑ +88%
First Choice First Choice PPO $3,300.65 ↑ +88%
First Health All Commercial Plans $3,472.05 ↑ +98%
Cigna All Commercial Plans $3,498.86 ↑ +99%
Multiplan/PHCS All Commercial Plans $3,516.00 ↑ +100%
Community Health Plan of Washington Cascade Care $4,359.03 ↑ +148%
Ambetter Coordinated Care Exchange $4,912.56 ↑ +179%
Premera HMO $6,094.06 ↑ +247%
Premera Signature $13,108.25 ↑ +646%
Premera Prime $13,403.21 ↑ +662%
Premera Other Commercial Plans $16,472.84 ↑ +837%
Regence MCC/AHN $18,227.02 ↑ +937%
Regence Blue High Performance $18,227.02 ↑ +937%
Regence RealValue $18,747.79 ↑ +966%
United Healthcare All Commercial Plans $19,410.17 ↑ +1004%
Regence Commercial $20,830.88 ↑ +1085%
Uniform Medical All Commercial Plans $21,073.57 ↑ +1099%
Aetna All Commercial Plans $25,044.46 ↑ +1325%
Kaiser HMO/PPO $25,585.16 ↑ +1355%

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App high cost ss t/a/l >100sq cm 1st 100sq cm at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. Joseph Medical Center Tacoma $3,058.21 $6,648.32 – $8,851.20
MultiCare Allenmore Hospital Tacoma $1,758.00 $1,390.75 – $15,061.58
Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus Seattle $8,669.76 $2,389.26 – $13,993.26
Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill Seattle $8,669.76 $2,389.26 – $13,546.67
Swedish Issaquah Issaquah $8,669.76 $2,395.96 – $13,993.26
Kadlec Regional Medical Center Richland $3,448.90 $333.90 – $11,045.75
Providence Regional Medical Center Everett - Colby Campus Everett $4,610.32 $2,349.67 – $11,611.43
MultiCare Yakima Memorial Hospital Yakima $4,474.40 $2,461.46 – $11,166.01

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