Asp & inj bone cyst 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

$1,855.20

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.

$4,638.00

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.

$348.04 with Molina vs $6,661.69 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 $348.04 ↓ -81%
United Healthcare Apple Health $375.88 ↓ -80%
WellPoint Apple Health $375.88 ↓ -80%
Community Health Plan of Washington Apple Health $375.88 ↓ -80%
Coordinated Care Apple Health $375.88 ↓ -80%
SCAN MedAdvantage $809.91 ↓ -56%
Aetna MedAdvantage $834.20 ↓ -55%
Regence MedAdvantage $834.20 ↓ -55%
United Healthcare MedAdvantage HMO $842.30 ↓ -55%
WellCare MedAdvantage $850.40 ↓ -54%
Molina MedAdvantage $850.40 ↓ -54%
Community Health Plan of Washington MedAdvantage $890.90 ↓ -52%
Community Health Plan of Washington Cascade Care $1,096.32 ↓ -41%
Premera HMO $1,215.75 ↓ -34%
Ambetter Coordinated Care Exchange $1,235.53 ↓ -33%
Premera Signature $2,570.68 ↑ +39%
Premera Prime $2,628.52 ↑ +42%
First Choice MHS Employee MCC/PPO $2,995.68 ↑ +61%
Premera Other Commercial Plans $3,230.51 ↑ +74%
First Choice MCC Wellfound Employee $3,483.14 ↑ +88%
First Choice First Choice PPO $3,483.14 ↑ +88%
Regence Blue High Performance $3,574.53 ↑ +93%
Regence MCC/AHN $3,574.53 ↑ +93%
First Health All Commercial Plans $3,664.02 ↑ +98%
Regence RealValue $3,676.66 ↑ +98%
Cigna All Commercial Plans $3,692.31 ↑ +99%
Multiplan/PHCS All Commercial Plans $3,710.40 ↑ +100%
Regence Commercial $4,085.17 ↑ +120%
Uniform Medical All Commercial Plans $4,132.77 ↑ +123%
Aetna All Commercial Plans $4,813.20 ↑ +159%
Kaiser HMO/PPO $5,104.15 ↑ +175%
United Healthcare All Commercial Plans $6,661.69 ↑ +259%

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Asp & inj bone cyst at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
MultiCare Allenmore Hospital Tacoma $1,855.20 $349.78 – $3,399.19
St. Joseph Medical Center Tacoma not published $1,765.78 – $1,765.78
Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital Spokane $1,446.20 $789.10 – $2,008.27
MultiCare Valley Hospital Spokane Valley $1,116.80 $334.10 – $2,887.92
MultiCare Auburn Medical Center Auburn $1,855.20 $341.74 – $3,399.19
MultiCare Good Samaritan Hospital Puyallup $1,855.20 $349.64 – $3,399.19
Virginia Mason Medical Center Seattle $1,069.98 $536.48 – $2,284.27
MultiCare Capital Medical Center Olympia $1,060.40 $367.77 – $3,663.67

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