Appl hip spica cast1&1/2 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

$747.60

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.

$1,869.00

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.

$133.07 with Molina vs $2,631.23 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 $133.07 ↓ -82%
United Healthcare Apple Health $143.72 ↓ -81%
WellPoint Apple Health $143.72 ↓ -81%
Community Health Plan of Washington Apple Health $143.72 ↓ -81%
Coordinated Care Apple Health $143.72 ↓ -81%
SCAN MedAdvantage $319.89 ↓ -57%
Aetna MedAdvantage $329.49 ↓ -56%
Regence MedAdvantage $329.49 ↓ -56%
United Healthcare MedAdvantage HMO $332.69 ↓ -55%
WellCare MedAdvantage $335.88 ↓ -55%
Molina MedAdvantage $335.88 ↓ -55%
Community Health Plan of Washington MedAdvantage $351.88 ↓ -53%
Community Health Plan of Washington Cascade Care $419.17 ↓ -44%
Premera HMO $449.44 ↓ -40%
Ambetter Coordinated Care Exchange $472.40 ↓ -37%
Premera Signature $981.24 ↑ +31%
Premera Prime $1,003.32 ↑ +34%
First Choice MHS Employee MCC/PPO $1,207.19 ↑ +61%
Premera Other Commercial Plans $1,233.11 ↑ +65%
Regence MCC/AHN $1,364.42 ↑ +83%
Regence Blue High Performance $1,364.42 ↑ +83%
Regence RealValue $1,403.40 ↑ +88%
First Choice MCC Wellfound Employee $1,403.62 ↑ +88%
First Choice First Choice PPO $1,403.62 ↑ +88%
First Health All Commercial Plans $1,476.51 ↑ +98%
Cigna All Commercial Plans $1,487.91 ↑ +99%
Multiplan/PHCS All Commercial Plans $1,495.20 ↑ +100%
Regence Commercial $1,559.33 ↑ +109%
Uniform Medical All Commercial Plans $1,577.50 ↑ +111%
Aetna All Commercial Plans $1,816.82 ↑ +143%
Kaiser HMO/PPO $1,886.89 ↑ +152%
United Healthcare All Commercial Plans $2,631.23 ↑ +252%

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Appl hip spica cast1&1/2 at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
MultiCare Allenmore Hospital Tacoma $747.60 $133.74 – $1,342.61
St. Joseph Medical Center Tacoma not published $652.77 – $930.07
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 $297.19 – $852.63

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