Bronchoscopy treat blockage at MultiCare Mary Bridge Children's Hospital
317 Martin Luther King Jr Way, Tacoma, WA · Multicare · · NPI 1306952726
$2,839.60
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.
$7,099.00
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 | ↓ -15% |
| United Healthcare | Apple Health | $2,599.75 | ↓ -8% |
| WellPoint | Apple Health | $2,599.75 | ↓ -8% |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | Apple Health | $2,599.75 | ↓ -8% |
| Coordinated Care | Apple Health | $2,599.75 | ↓ -8% |
| SCAN | MedAdvantage | $4,264.19 | ↑ +50% |
| Aetna | MedAdvantage | $4,392.11 | ↑ +55% |
| Regence | MedAdvantage | $4,392.11 | ↑ +55% |
| United Healthcare | MedAdvantage HMO | $4,434.75 | ↑ +56% |
| Molina | MedAdvantage | $4,477.40 | ↑ +58% |
| WellCare | MedAdvantage | $4,477.40 | ↑ +58% |
| First Choice | MHS Employee MCC/PPO | $4,585.24 | ↑ +61% |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | MedAdvantage | $4,690.61 | ↑ +65% |
| First Choice | MCC Wellfound Employee | $5,331.35 | ↑ +88% |
| First Choice | First Choice PPO | $5,331.35 | ↑ +88% |
| First Health | All Commercial Plans | $5,608.21 | ↑ +98% |
| Cigna | All Commercial Plans | $5,651.51 | ↑ +99% |
| Multiplan/PHCS | All Commercial Plans | $5,679.20 | ↑ +100% |
| Premera | HMO | $5,854.74 | ↑ +106% |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | Cascade Care | $7,582.59 | ↑ +167% |
| Ambetter | Coordinated Care Exchange | $8,545.46 | ↑ +201% |
| Premera | Signature | $13,682.66 | ↑ +382% |
| Premera | Prime | $13,990.54 | ↑ +393% |
| Premera | Other Commercial Plans | $17,194.69 | ↑ +506% |
| Regence | MCC/AHN | $19,025.73 | ↑ +570% |
| Regence | Blue High Performance | $19,025.73 | ↑ +570% |
| Regence | RealValue | $19,569.33 | ↑ +589% |
| Regence | Commercial | $21,743.70 | ↑ +666% |
| Uniform Medical | All Commercial Plans | $21,997.03 | ↑ +675% |
| Aetna | All Commercial Plans | $25,222.22 | ↑ +788% |
| Kaiser | HMO/PPO | $26,219.16 | ↑ +823% |
| United Healthcare | All Commercial Plans | $35,074.21 | ↑ +1135% |
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Bronchoscopy treat blockage at other Washington hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| St. Joseph Medical Center | Tacoma | $1,967.13 | $4,276.39 – $9,070.53 |
| MultiCare Allenmore Hospital | Tacoma | $2,839.60 | $2,419.22 – $17,896.91 |
| MultiCare Valley Hospital | Spokane Valley | $4,342.00 | $2,310.79 – $14,834.74 |
| St. Michael Medical Center | Silverdale | $2,621.36 | $3,741.85 – $15,711.49 |
| St. Anne Hospital | Burien | $1,813.64 | $2,553.96 – $5,345.49 |
| St. Anthony Hospital | Gig Harbor | $1,806.47 | $4,276.39 – $9,070.53 |
| MultiCare Auburn Medical Center | Auburn | $2,839.60 | $2,363.62 – $17,896.91 |
| MultiCare Good Samaritan Hospital | Puyallup | $2,839.60 | $2,418.27 – $17,896.91 |