Aspir/inj thyroid cyst 60300 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

$378.80

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.

$947.00

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.

$611.67 with First Choice 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
First Choice MHS Employee MCC/PPO $611.67 ↑ +61%
Molina Apple Health $649.17 ↑ +71%
WellPoint Apple Health $701.11 ↑ +85%
United Healthcare Apple Health $701.11 ↑ +85%
Community Health Plan of Washington Apple Health $701.11 ↑ +85%
Coordinated Care Apple Health $701.11 ↑ +85%
First Choice First Choice PPO $711.20 ↑ +88%
First Choice MCC Wellfound Employee $711.20 ↑ +88%
First Health All Commercial Plans $748.13 ↑ +98%
Cigna All Commercial Plans $753.91 ↑ +99%
Multiplan/PHCS All Commercial Plans $757.60 ↑ +100%
SCAN MedAdvantage $809.91 ↑ +114%
Aetna MedAdvantage $834.20 ↑ +120%
Regence MedAdvantage $834.20 ↑ +120%
United Healthcare MedAdvantage HMO $842.30 ↑ +122%
WellCare MedAdvantage $850.40 ↑ +124%
Molina MedAdvantage $850.40 ↑ +124%
Community Health Plan of Washington MedAdvantage $890.90 ↑ +135%
Premera HMO $1,215.75 ↑ +221%
Community Health Plan of Washington Cascade Care $2,044.89 ↑ +440%
Ambetter Coordinated Care Exchange $2,304.56 ↑ +508%
Premera Signature $2,570.68 ↑ +579%
Premera Prime $2,628.52 ↑ +594%
Premera Other Commercial Plans $3,230.51 ↑ +753%
Regence MCC/AHN $3,574.53 ↑ +844%
Regence Blue High Performance $3,574.53 ↑ +844%
Regence RealValue $3,676.66 ↑ +871%
Regence Commercial $4,085.17 ↑ +978%
Uniform Medical All Commercial Plans $4,132.77 ↑ +991%
Aetna All Commercial Plans $4,813.20 ↑ +1171%
Kaiser HMO/PPO $5,104.15 ↑ +1247%
United Healthcare All Commercial Plans $6,661.69 ↑ +1659%

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Aspir/inj thyroid cyst 60300 at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. Joseph Medical Center Tacoma $301.16 $654.69 – $1,765.78
MultiCare Allenmore Hospital Tacoma $378.80 $652.42 – $3,399.19
Providence St Joseph Hospital Chewelah $970.90 not published
Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus Seattle $1,899.84 $820.01 – $2,867.05
Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital Spokane $1,536.50 $789.10 – $2,008.27
Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill Seattle $1,899.84 $820.01 – $2,775.55
Swedish Issaquah Issaquah $1,899.84 $822.31 – $2,867.05
Providence Centralia Hospital Centralia $806.00 $820.01 – $3,568.56

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