Bx vag mucos smpl (sep proc) at MultiCare Mary Bridge Children's Hospital
317 Martin Luther King Jr Way, Tacoma, WA · Multicare · · NPI 1306952726
$1,437.20
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.
$3,593.00
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.
$323.44 with Molina vs $8,664.72 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 | $323.44 | ↓ -77% |
| United Healthcare | Apple Health | $349.32 | ↓ -76% |
| WellPoint | Apple Health | $349.32 | ↓ -76% |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | Apple Health | $349.32 | ↓ -76% |
| Coordinated Care | Apple Health | $349.32 | ↓ -76% |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | Cascade Care | $1,018.85 | ↓ -29% |
| SCAN | MedAdvantage | $1,053.42 | ↓ -27% |
| Regence | MedAdvantage | $1,085.03 | ↓ -25% |
| Aetna | MedAdvantage | $1,085.03 | ↓ -25% |
| United Healthcare | MedAdvantage HMO | $1,095.56 | ↓ -24% |
| WellCare | MedAdvantage | $1,106.10 | ↓ -23% |
| Molina | MedAdvantage | $1,106.10 | ↓ -23% |
| Ambetter | Coordinated Care Exchange | $1,148.23 | ↓ -20% |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | MedAdvantage | $1,158.77 | ↓ -19% |
| Premera | HMO | $1,317.85 | ↓ -8% |
| First Choice | MHS Employee MCC/PPO | $2,320.72 | ↑ +61% |
| First Choice | First Choice PPO | $2,698.34 | ↑ +88% |
| First Choice | MCC Wellfound Employee | $2,698.34 | ↑ +88% |
| First Health | All Commercial Plans | $2,838.47 | ↑ +98% |
| Cigna | All Commercial Plans | $2,860.39 | ↑ +99% |
| Multiplan/PHCS | All Commercial Plans | $2,874.40 | ↑ +100% |
| Premera | Signature | $2,937.30 | ↑ +104% |
| Premera | Prime | $3,003.39 | ↑ +109% |
| Premera | Other Commercial Plans | $3,691.24 | ↑ +157% |
| Regence | Blue High Performance | $4,084.29 | ↑ +184% |
| Regence | MCC/AHN | $4,084.29 | ↑ +184% |
| Regence | RealValue | $4,200.98 | ↑ +192% |
| Regence | Commercial | $4,667.76 | ↑ +225% |
| Uniform Medical | All Commercial Plans | $4,722.14 | ↑ +229% |
| Kaiser | HMO/PPO | $5,532.79 | ↑ +285% |
| Aetna | All Commercial Plans | $5,956.71 | ↑ +314% |
| United Healthcare | All Commercial Plans | $8,664.72 | ↑ +503% |
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Bx vag mucos smpl (sep proc) at other Washington hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| MultiCare Allenmore Hospital | Tacoma | $1,437.20 | $325.06 – $4,421.25 |
| St. Joseph Medical Center | Tacoma | not published | $1,914.07 – $1,914.07 |
| Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital | Spokane | $1,409.80 | $1,026.37 – $2,612.11 |
| Providence Holy Family Hospital | Spokane | $1,621.90 | $1,026.37 – $3,379.00 |
| MultiCare Yakima Memorial Hospital | Yakima | $765.20 | $1,098.80 – $2,502.08 |
| MultiCare Auburn Medical Center | Auburn | $1,437.20 | $317.59 – $4,421.25 |
| MultiCare Good Samaritan Hospital | Puyallup | $1,437.20 | $324.94 – $4,421.25 |
| Virginia Mason Medical Center | Seattle | $1,251.54 | $2.99 – $317.68 |