Bronch ebus samplng 1/2 node at MultiCare Mary Bridge Children's Hospital
317 Martin Luther King Jr Way, Tacoma, WA · Multicare · · NPI 1306952726
$4,621.20
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.
$11,553.00
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.
$2,407.17 with Molina vs $35,074.21 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 | $2,407.17 | ↓ -48% |
| United Healthcare | Apple Health | $2,599.75 | ↓ -44% |
| WellPoint | Apple Health | $2,599.75 | ↓ -44% |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | Apple Health | $2,599.75 | ↓ -44% |
| Coordinated Care | Apple Health | $2,599.75 | ↓ -44% |
| SCAN | MedAdvantage | $4,264.19 | ↓ -8% |
| Aetna | MedAdvantage | $4,392.11 | ↓ -5% |
| Regence | MedAdvantage | $4,392.11 | ↓ -5% |
| United Healthcare | MedAdvantage HMO | $4,434.75 | ↓ -4% |
| WellCare | MedAdvantage | $4,477.40 | ↓ -3% |
| Molina | MedAdvantage | $4,477.40 | ↓ -3% |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | MedAdvantage | $4,690.61 | ↑ +2% |
| Premera | HMO | $5,854.74 | ↑ +27% |
| First Choice | MHS Employee MCC/PPO | $7,462.08 | ↑ +61% |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | Cascade Care | $7,582.59 | ↑ +64% |
| Ambetter | Coordinated Care Exchange | $8,545.46 | ↑ +85% |
| First Choice | First Choice PPO | $8,676.30 | ↑ +88% |
| First Choice | MCC Wellfound Employee | $8,676.30 | ↑ +88% |
| First Health | All Commercial Plans | $9,126.87 | ↑ +98% |
| Cigna | All Commercial Plans | $9,197.34 | ↑ +99% |
| Multiplan/PHCS | All Commercial Plans | $9,242.40 | ↑ +100% |
| Premera | Signature | $13,682.66 | ↑ +196% |
| Premera | Prime | $13,990.54 | ↑ +203% |
| Premera | Other Commercial Plans | $17,194.69 | ↑ +272% |
| Regence | MCC/AHN | $19,025.73 | ↑ +312% |
| Regence | Blue High Performance | $19,025.73 | ↑ +312% |
| Regence | RealValue | $19,569.33 | ↑ +323% |
| Regence | Commercial | $21,743.70 | ↑ +371% |
| Uniform Medical | All Commercial Plans | $21,997.03 | ↑ +376% |
| Aetna | All Commercial Plans | $25,222.22 | ↑ +446% |
| Kaiser | HMO/PPO | $26,219.16 | ↑ +467% |
| United Healthcare | All Commercial Plans | $35,074.21 | ↑ +659% |
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Bronch ebus samplng 1/2 node at other Washington hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| MultiCare Allenmore Hospital | Tacoma | $4,621.20 | $2,419.22 – $17,896.91 |
| St. Joseph Medical Center | Tacoma | not published | $9,070.53 – $9,070.53 |
| Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus | Seattle | $3,877.44 | $4,317.39 – $14,302.75 |
| Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill | Seattle | $3,877.44 | $4,317.39 – $13,774.11 |
| Swedish Issaquah | Issaquah | $3,877.44 | $4,329.50 – $14,302.75 |
| MultiCare Valley Hospital | Spokane Valley | $3,727.60 | $2,310.79 – $14,834.74 |
| MultiCare Yakima Memorial Hospital | Yakima | $2,143.20 | $4,447.86 – $11,655.31 |
| MultiCare Auburn Medical Center | Auburn | $4,621.20 | $2,363.62 – $17,896.91 |