Appl body cast sho to hips 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.

$133.07 with Molina vs $1,886.89 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 $133.07
United Healthcare Apple Health $143.72
Coordinated Care Apple Health $143.72
Community Health Plan of Washington Apple Health $143.72
WellPoint Apple Health $143.72
SCAN MedAdvantage $319.89
Regence MedAdvantage $329.49
Aetna MedAdvantage $329.49
United Healthcare MedAdvantage HMO $332.69
WellCare MedAdvantage $335.88
Molina MedAdvantage $335.88
Community Health Plan of Washington MedAdvantage $351.88
Community Health Plan of Washington Cascade Care $419.17
Premera HMO $449.44
Ambetter Coordinated Care Exchange $472.40
Premera Signature $981.24
Premera Prime $1,003.32
Premera Other Commercial Plans $1,233.11
Regence RealValue $1,403.40
Aetna All Commercial Plans $1,816.82
Kaiser HMO/PPO $1,886.89

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Appl body cast sho to hips at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. Joseph Medical Center Tacoma not published $652.77 – $930.07
MultiCare Allenmore Hospital Tacoma not published $133.74 – $1,342.61
Providence St Joseph Hospital Chewelah $359.10 not published
Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital Spokane $568.40 $311.67 – $793.21
Providence Centralia Hospital Centralia $554.32 $323.88 – $1,344.45
Providence Mount Carmel Hospital Colville $420.00 not published
Providence St Mary Medical Center Walla Walla $517.30 $237.97 – $1,043.38
Kadlec Regional Medical Center Richland $509.60 $240.39 – $852.63

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