Apply hand/wrist cast 29085 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

$374.40

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.

$936.00

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 $1,528.70 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 ↓ -64%
United Healthcare Apple Health $143.72 ↓ -62%
WellPoint Apple Health $143.72 ↓ -62%
Community Health Plan of Washington Apple Health $143.72 ↓ -62%
Coordinated Care Apple Health $143.72 ↓ -62%
SCAN MedAdvantage $185.86 ↓ -50%
Aetna MedAdvantage $191.43 ↓ -49%
Regence MedAdvantage $191.43 ↓ -49%
United Healthcare MedAdvantage HMO $193.29 ↓ -48%
WellCare MedAdvantage $195.15 ↓ -48%
Molina MedAdvantage $195.15 ↓ -48%
Community Health Plan of Washington MedAdvantage $204.44 ↓ -45%
Premera HMO $273.06 ↓ -27%
Community Health Plan of Washington Cascade Care $419.17 ↑ +12%
Ambetter Coordinated Care Exchange $472.40 ↑ +26%
Premera Signature $575.72 ↑ +54%
Premera Prime $588.67 ↑ +57%
First Choice MHS Employee MCC/PPO $604.56 ↑ +61%
First Choice MCC Wellfound Employee $702.94 ↑ +88%
First Choice First Choice PPO $702.94 ↑ +88%
Premera Other Commercial Plans $723.49 ↑ +93%
First Health All Commercial Plans $739.44 ↑ +98%
Cigna All Commercial Plans $745.15 ↑ +99%
Multiplan/PHCS All Commercial Plans $748.80 ↑ +100%
Regence Blue High Performance $800.53 ↑ +114%
Regence MCC/AHN $800.53 ↑ +114%
Regence RealValue $823.40 ↑ +120%
Regence Commercial $914.89 ↑ +144%
Uniform Medical All Commercial Plans $925.55 ↑ +147%
Aetna All Commercial Plans $1,079.46 ↑ +188%
Kaiser HMO/PPO $1,146.40 ↑ +206%
United Healthcare All Commercial Plans $1,528.70 ↑ +308%

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Apply hand/wrist cast 29085 at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
MultiCare Allenmore Hospital Tacoma $374.40 $133.74 – $780.03
St. Joseph Medical Center Tacoma not published $396.60 – $408.60
Providence St Joseph Hospital Chewelah $217.70 not published
Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital Spokane $345.10 $181.08 – $460.85
Central Medical Center Seattle $344.00 not published
Providence Centralia Hospital Centralia $554.32 $188.17 – $782.38
Providence Mount Carmel Hospital Colville $254.80 not published
Providence St Mary Medical Center Walla Walla $239.40 $139.62 – $607.18

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