Biliary endo perq dx w/speci 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

$6,924.00

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.

$17,310.00

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.

$3,035.95 with Molina vs $60,902.13 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 $3,035.95 ↓ -56%
United Healthcare Apple Health $3,278.82 ↓ -53%
WellPoint Apple Health $3,278.82 ↓ -53%
Community Health Plan of Washington Apple Health $3,278.82 ↓ -53%
Coordinated Care Apple Health $3,278.82 ↓ -53%
SCAN MedAdvantage $7,404.24 ↑ +7%
Aetna MedAdvantage $7,626.37 ↑ +10%
Regence MedAdvantage $7,626.37 ↑ +10%
United Healthcare MedAdvantage HMO $7,700.41 ↑ +11%
WellCare MedAdvantage $7,774.46 ↑ +12%
Molina MedAdvantage $7,774.46 ↑ +12%
Community Health Plan of Washington MedAdvantage $8,144.67 ↑ +18%
Community Health Plan of Washington Cascade Care $9,563.23 ↑ +38%
Ambetter Coordinated Care Exchange $10,777.61 ↑ +56%
First Choice MHS Employee MCC/PPO $11,180.53 ↑ +61%
First Choice MCC Wellfound Employee $12,999.81 ↑ +88%
First Choice First Choice PPO $12,999.81 ↑ +88%
Premera HMO $13,226.12 ↑ +91%
First Health All Commercial Plans $13,674.90 ↑ +98%
Cigna All Commercial Plans $13,780.49 ↑ +99%
Multiplan/PHCS All Commercial Plans $13,848.00 ↑ +100%
Premera Signature $27,642.61 ↑ +299%
Kaiser HMO/PPO $27,857.28 ↑ +302%
Premera Prime $28,264.61 ↑ +308%
Premera Other Commercial Plans $34,737.84 ↑ +402%
Regence Blue High Performance $38,437.04 ↑ +455%
Regence MCC/AHN $38,437.04 ↑ +455%
Regence RealValue $39,535.25 ↑ +471%
Aetna All Commercial Plans $42,685.79 ↑ +516%
Regence Commercial $43,928.05 ↑ +534%
Uniform Medical All Commercial Plans $44,439.85 ↑ +542%
United Healthcare All Commercial Plans $60,902.13 ↑ +780%

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Biliary endo perq dx w/speci at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. Joseph Medical Center Tacoma $2,725.45 $5,924.93 – $9,637.24
MultiCare Allenmore Hospital Tacoma $6,924.00 $3,051.15 – $31,075.82
Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus Seattle $8,326.08 $7,277.00 – $22,774.72
Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital Spokane $6,770.40 $7,214.07 – $18,359.80
Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill Seattle $8,326.08 $7,277.00 – $17,542.08
Swedish Issaquah Issaquah $8,326.08 $7,277.00 – $16,689.18
Providence Regional Medical Center Everett - Colby Campus Everett $4,501.12 $6,914.00 – $17,103.98
MultiCare Valley Hospital Spokane Valley $6,924.00 $2,914.39 – $20,458.19

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