Biliary endoscopy thru skin at MultiCare Mary Bridge Children's Hospital
317 Martin Luther King Jr Way, Tacoma, WA · Multicare · · NPI 1306952726
$3,742.80
Cash price 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.
$9,357.00
Gross charge 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
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| Molina | Apple Health | $3,035.95 | ↓ -19% |
| Coordinated Care | Apple Health | $3,278.82 | ↓ -12% |
| WellPoint | Apple Health | $3,278.82 | ↓ -12% |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | Apple Health | $3,278.82 | ↓ -12% |
| United Healthcare | Apple Health | $3,278.82 | ↓ -12% |
| First Choice | MHS Employee MCC/PPO | $6,043.69 | ↑ +61% |
| Premera | HMO | $6,220.53 | ↑ +66% |
| First Choice | MCC Wellfound Employee | $7,027.11 | ↑ +88% |
| First Choice | First Choice PPO | $7,027.11 | ↑ +88% |
| First Health | All Commercial Plans | $7,392.03 | ↑ +98% |
| SCAN | MedAdvantage | $7,404.24 | ↑ +98% |
| Cigna | All Commercial Plans | $7,449.11 | ↑ +99% |
| Multiplan/PHCS | All Commercial Plans | $7,485.60 | ↑ +100% |
| Regence | MedAdvantage | $7,626.37 | ↑ +104% |
| Aetna | MedAdvantage | $7,626.37 | ↑ +104% |
| United Healthcare | MedAdvantage HMO | $7,700.41 | ↑ +106% |
| WellCare | MedAdvantage | $7,774.46 | ↑ +108% |
| Molina | MedAdvantage | $7,774.46 | ↑ +108% |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | MedAdvantage | $8,144.67 | ↑ +118% |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | Cascade Care | $9,563.23 | ↑ +156% |
| Ambetter | Coordinated Care Exchange | $10,777.61 | ↑ +188% |
| Premera | Signature | $12,640.70 | ↑ +238% |
| Premera | Prime | $12,925.13 | ↑ +245% |
| Premera | Other Commercial Plans | $15,885.28 | ↑ +324% |
| Regence | MCC/AHN | $17,576.91 | ↑ +370% |
| Regence | Blue High Performance | $17,576.91 | ↑ +370% |
| Regence | RealValue | $18,079.11 | ↑ +383% |
| Regence | Commercial | $20,087.90 | ↑ +437% |
| Uniform Medical | All Commercial Plans | $20,321.94 | ↑ +443% |
| Aetna | All Commercial Plans | $24,142.09 | ↑ +545% |
| Kaiser | HMO/PPO | $27,857.28 | ↑ +644% |
| United Healthcare | All Commercial Plans | $60,902.13 | ↑ +1527% |
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Biliary endoscopy thru skin at other Washington hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| St. Joseph Medical Center | Tacoma | $2,725.45 | $5,924.93 – $9,637.24 |
| MultiCare Allenmore Hospital | Tacoma | $3,742.80 | $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 | $2,720.90 | $6,949.39 – $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 Holy Family Hospital | Spokane | $3,294.20 | $5,081.00 – $18,936.92 |
| Providence Regional Medical Center Everett - Colby Campus | Everett | $5,591.04 | $7,270.79 – $17,103.98 |