Biopsy skin incisional single lesion at MultiCare Mary Bridge Children's Hospital
317 Martin Luther King Jr Way, Tacoma, WA · Multicare · · NPI 1306952726
$415.20
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.
$1,038.00
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.
$314.86 with Molina vs $6,952.77 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 | $314.86 | ↓ -24% |
| United Healthcare | Apple Health | $340.04 | ↓ -18% |
| WellPoint | Apple Health | $340.04 | ↓ -18% |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | Apple Health | $340.04 | ↓ -18% |
| Coordinated Care | Apple Health | $340.04 | ↓ -18% |
| First Choice | MHS Employee MCC/PPO | $670.44 | ↑ +61% |
| First Choice | First Choice PPO | $779.54 | ↑ +88% |
| First Choice | MCC Wellfound Employee | $779.54 | ↑ +88% |
| First Health | All Commercial Plans | $820.02 | ↑ +98% |
| Cigna | All Commercial Plans | $826.35 | ↑ +99% |
| Multiplan/PHCS | All Commercial Plans | $830.40 | ↑ +100% |
| SCAN | MedAdvantage | $845.29 | ↑ +104% |
| Aetna | MedAdvantage | $870.65 | ↑ +110% |
| Regence | MedAdvantage | $870.65 | ↑ +110% |
| United Healthcare | MedAdvantage HMO | $879.10 | ↑ +112% |
| WellCare | MedAdvantage | $887.56 | ↑ +114% |
| Molina | MedAdvantage | $887.56 | ↑ +114% |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | MedAdvantage | $929.82 | ↑ +124% |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | Cascade Care | $991.80 | ↑ +139% |
| Premera | HMO | $1,088.32 | ↑ +162% |
| Ambetter | Coordinated Care Exchange | $1,117.74 | ↑ +169% |
| Premera | Signature | $2,294.73 | ↑ +453% |
| Premera | Prime | $2,346.36 | ↑ +465% |
| Premera | Other Commercial Plans | $2,883.73 | ↑ +595% |
| Regence | Blue High Performance | $3,190.82 | ↑ +669% |
| Regence | MCC/AHN | $3,190.82 | ↑ +669% |
| Regence | RealValue | $3,281.98 | ↑ +690% |
| Regence | Commercial | $3,646.65 | ↑ +778% |
| Uniform Medical | All Commercial Plans | $3,689.14 | ↑ +789% |
| Aetna | All Commercial Plans | $4,187.53 | ↑ +909% |
| Kaiser | HMO/PPO | $4,569.17 | ↑ +1000% |
| United Healthcare | All Commercial Plans | $6,952.77 | ↑ +1575% |
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Biopsy skin incisional single lesion at other Washington hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| St. Joseph Medical Center | Tacoma | $559.82 | $1,217.00 – $1,580.71 |
| MultiCare Allenmore Hospital | Tacoma | $415.20 | $316.43 – $3,547.71 |
| Providence St Joseph Hospital | Chewelah | $868.70 | not published |
| Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus | Seattle | $1,160.16 | $855.84 – $2,600.04 |
| Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital | Spokane | $1,375.50 | $823.58 – $2,096.01 |
| Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill | Seattle | $1,160.16 | $855.84 – $2,002.66 |
| Swedish Issaquah | Issaquah | $1,160.16 | $858.24 – $1,905.29 |
| Providence Centralia Hospital | Centralia | $960.44 | $855.84 – $1,869.13 |