Bld exchange truj oth thn nb at MultiCare Mary Bridge Children's Hospital
317 Martin Luther King Jr Way, Tacoma, WA · Multicare · · NPI 1306952726
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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.
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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.
$325.28 with Molina vs $3,206.95 with Kaiser — 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 | $325.28 | — |
| United Healthcare | Apple Health | $351.30 | — |
| Coordinated Care | Apple Health | $351.30 | — |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | Apple Health | $351.30 | — |
| WellPoint | Apple Health | $351.30 | — |
| SCAN | MedAdvantage | $504.58 | — |
| Regence | MedAdvantage | $519.72 | — |
| Aetna | MedAdvantage | $519.72 | — |
| United Healthcare | MedAdvantage HMO | $524.76 | — |
| WellCare | MedAdvantage | $529.81 | — |
| Molina | MedAdvantage | $529.81 | — |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | MedAdvantage | $555.04 | — |
| Premera | HMO | $763.86 | — |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | Cascade Care | $1,024.62 | — |
| Ambetter | Coordinated Care Exchange | $1,154.74 | — |
| Premera | Signature | $1,586.12 | — |
| Premera | Prime | $1,621.80 | — |
| Premera | Other Commercial Plans | $1,993.23 | — |
| Regence | RealValue | $2,268.49 | — |
| Aetna | All Commercial Plans | $2,990.71 | — |
| Kaiser | HMO/PPO | $3,206.95 | — |
Visitor-reported prices
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Bld exchange truj oth thn nb at other Washington hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| St. Joseph Medical Center | Tacoma | $421.69 | $916.71 – $1,242.53 |
| MultiCare Allenmore Hospital | Tacoma | not published | $326.91 – $2,117.74 |
| St. Michael Medical Center | Silverdale | $561.93 | $802.12 – $1,921.73 |
| St. Anne Hospital | Burien | $388.78 | $547.48 – $1,319.29 |
| St. Anthony Hospital | Gig Harbor | $387.25 | $916.71 – $1,242.53 |
| St. Elizabeth Hospital | Enumclaw | $449.91 | $216.45 – $1,145.88 |
| Virginia Mason Medical Center | Seattle | $707.37 | $2.25 – $637.51 |
| St. Francis Hospital | Federal Way | $399.56 | $916.71 – $1,242.53 |