Artery x-rays adrenals 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

$2,519.20

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.

$6,298.00

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.

$1,290.40 with Molina vs $29,703.84 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 $1,290.40 ↓ -49%
WellPoint Apple Health $1,393.64 ↓ -45%
Community Health Plan of Washington Apple Health $1,393.64 ↓ -45%
United Healthcare Apple Health $1,393.64 ↓ -45%
Coordinated Care Apple Health $1,393.64 ↓ -45%
First Choice MHS Employee MCC/PPO $3,254.04 ↑ +29%
SCAN MedAdvantage $3,611.28 ↑ +43%
Aetna MedAdvantage $3,719.61 ↑ +48%
Regence MedAdvantage $3,719.61 ↑ +48%
United Healthcare MedAdvantage HMO $3,755.73 ↑ +49%
First Choice First Choice PPO $3,783.54 ↑ +50%
First Choice MCC Wellfound Employee $3,783.54 ↑ +50%
WellCare MedAdvantage $3,791.84 ↑ +51%
Molina MedAdvantage $3,791.84 ↑ +51%
Community Health Plan of Washington MedAdvantage $3,972.40 ↑ +58%
First Health All Commercial Plans $3,980.02 ↑ +58%
Multiplan/PHCS All Commercial Plans $4,030.40 ↑ +60%
Community Health Plan of Washington Cascade Care $4,064.77 ↑ +61%
Cigna All Commercial Plans $4,100.93 ↑ +63%
Ambetter Coordinated Care Exchange $4,580.93 ↑ +82%
Premera HMO $5,231.86 ↑ +108%
Premera Signature $11,646.25 ↑ +362%
Premera Prime $11,908.31 ↑ +373%
Premera Other Commercial Plans $14,635.58 ↑ +481%
Regence Blue High Performance $16,194.10 ↑ +543%
Regence MCC/AHN $16,194.10 ↑ +543%
Regence RealValue $16,656.79 ↑ +561%
Regence Commercial $18,507.54 ↑ +635%
Uniform Medical All Commercial Plans $18,723.17 ↑ +643%
Aetna All Commercial Plans $21,531.84 ↑ +755%
Kaiser HMO/PPO $23,429.60 ↑ +830%
United Healthcare All Commercial Plans $29,703.84 ↑ +1079%

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Artery x-rays adrenals at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. Joseph Medical Center Tacoma $2,926.69 $5,105.59 – $10,808.75
MultiCare Allenmore Hospital Tacoma $2,519.20 $1,296.86 – $15,156.63
Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus Seattle $7,908.48 $3,656.33 – $13,496.13
Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital Spokane $4,635.40 $1,204.22 – $8,954.64
Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill Seattle $7,908.48 $3,656.33 – $12,997.30
Swedish Issaquah Issaquah $7,908.48 $467.84 – $13,496.13
Central Medical Center Seattle $10,880.00 $3,148.00 – $3,148.00
Providence St Mary Medical Center Walla Walla $8,597.40 $640.04 – $6,509.26

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