Cath right heart w/o2 sat & card 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

$7,559.20

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.

$18,898.00

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.

$1,663.47 with Molina vs $30,498.29 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.

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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
Molina Apple Health $1,663.47 ↓ -78%
United Healthcare Apple Health $1,796.54 ↓ -76%
WellPoint Apple Health $1,796.54 ↓ -76%
Community Health Plan of Washington Apple Health $1,796.54 ↓ -76%
Coordinated Care Apple Health $1,796.54 ↓ -76%
SCAN MedAdvantage $3,707.86 ↓ -51%
Aetna MedAdvantage $3,819.10 ↓ -49%
Regence MedAdvantage $3,819.10 ↓ -49%
United Healthcare MedAdvantage HMO $3,856.18 ↓ -49%
WellCare MedAdvantage $3,893.26 ↓ -48%
Molina MedAdvantage $3,893.26 ↓ -48%
Community Health Plan of Washington MedAdvantage $4,078.65 ↓ -46%
Premera HMO $5,195.81 ↓ -31%
Community Health Plan of Washington Cascade Care $5,239.92 ↓ -31%
Ambetter Coordinated Care Exchange $5,905.31 ↓ -22%
Premera Signature $11,905.92 ↑ +58%
Premera Prime $12,173.82 ↑ +61%
First Choice MHS Employee MCC/PPO $12,206.22 ↑ +61%
First Choice MCC Wellfound Employee $14,192.40 ↑ +88%
First Choice First Choice PPO $14,192.40 ↑ +88%
First Health All Commercial Plans $14,929.42 ↑ +98%
Premera Other Commercial Plans $14,961.89 ↑ +98%
Cigna All Commercial Plans $15,044.70 ↑ +99%
Multiplan/PHCS All Commercial Plans $15,118.40 ↑ +100%
Regence Blue High Performance $16,555.20 ↑ +119%
Regence MCC/AHN $16,555.20 ↑ +119%
Regence RealValue $17,028.20 ↑ +125%
Regence Commercial $18,920.22 ↑ +150%
Uniform Medical All Commercial Plans $19,140.66 ↑ +153%
Aetna All Commercial Plans $22,003.31 ↑ +191%
Kaiser HMO/PPO $23,268.29 ↑ +208%
United Healthcare All Commercial Plans $30,498.29 ↑ +303%

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Cath right heart w/o2 sat & card at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. Joseph Medical Center Tacoma $5,333.39 $8,049.67 – $12,077.52
MultiCare Allenmore Hospital Tacoma $7,559.20 $1,671.79 – $15,562.01
Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus Seattle $10,813.44 $3,754.12 – $13,879.26
Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital Spokane $6,596.10 $3,612.63 – $9,194.14
Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill Seattle $10,813.44 $3,754.12 – $13,366.27
Swedish Issaquah Issaquah $10,813.44 $3,764.66 – $13,879.26
Central Medical Center Seattle $9,186.40 not published
Providence St Mary Medical Center Walla Walla $7,744.10 $2,887.40 – $6,683.36

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