Brachytx, non-str, ha, p-103 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

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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.

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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.

$94.90 with Premera vs $1,051.17 with Ambetter — 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
Premera HMO $94.90
SCAN MedAdvantage $119.50
Regence MedAdvantage $123.09
Aetna MedAdvantage $123.09
United Healthcare MedAdvantage HMO $124.28
WellCare MedAdvantage $125.48
Molina MedAdvantage $125.48
Community Health Plan of Washington MedAdvantage $131.45
Premera Signature $226.76
Premera Prime $231.86
Premera Other Commercial Plans $284.96
Molina Apple Health $296.10
WellPoint Apple Health $319.79
Coordinated Care Apple Health $319.79
Community Health Plan of Washington Apple Health $319.79
United Healthcare Apple Health $319.79
Regence RealValue $324.30
Kaiser HMO/PPO $398.44
Aetna All Commercial Plans $474.64
Community Health Plan of Washington Cascade Care $932.73
Ambetter Coordinated Care Exchange $1,051.17

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Brachytx, non-str, ha, p-103 at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
MultiCare Allenmore Hospital Tacoma not published $94.90 – $501.54
Providence St Luke's Rehabilitation Medical Center Spokane not published $82.75 – $117.43
Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus Seattle not published $106.75 – $324.31
Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital Spokane not published $106.75 – $271.68
Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill Seattle not published $106.75 – $249.80
Swedish Issaquah Issaquah not published $106.75 – $264.99
Providence Centralia Hospital Centralia not published $106.75 – $351.25
Swedish Edmonds Hospital Edmonds not published $106.75 – $271.14

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