Catheter declot mechanical 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

$1,160.00

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.

$2,900.00

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.

$516.54 with Molina vs $14,808.74 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 $516.54 ↓ -55%
United Healthcare Apple Health $557.86 ↓ -52%
WellPoint Apple Health $557.86 ↓ -52%
Community Health Plan of Washington Apple Health $557.86 ↓ -52%
Coordinated Care Apple Health $557.86 ↓ -52%
Community Health Plan of Washington Cascade Care $1,627.09 ↑ +40%
SCAN MedAdvantage $1,800.39 ↑ +55%
Ambetter Coordinated Care Exchange $1,833.70 ↑ +58%
Regence MedAdvantage $1,854.41 ↑ +60%
Aetna MedAdvantage $1,854.41 ↑ +60%
United Healthcare MedAdvantage HMO $1,872.41 ↑ +61%
First Choice MHS Employee MCC/PPO $1,873.11 ↑ +61%
Molina MedAdvantage $1,890.41 ↑ +63%
WellCare MedAdvantage $1,890.41 ↑ +63%
Community Health Plan of Washington MedAdvantage $1,980.43 ↑ +71%
First Choice MCC Wellfound Employee $2,177.90 ↑ +88%
First Choice First Choice PPO $2,177.90 ↑ +88%
First Health All Commercial Plans $2,291.00 ↑ +98%
Cigna All Commercial Plans $2,308.69 ↑ +99%
Multiplan/PHCS All Commercial Plans $2,320.00 ↑ +100%
Premera HMO $2,613.06 ↑ +125%
Premera Signature $5,851.61 ↑ +404%
Premera Prime $5,983.28 ↑ +416%
Premera Other Commercial Plans $7,353.59 ↑ +534%
Regence Blue High Performance $8,136.64 ↑ +601%
Regence MCC/AHN $8,136.64 ↑ +601%
Regence RealValue $8,369.12 ↑ +621%
Regence Commercial $9,299.02 ↑ +702%
Uniform Medical All Commercial Plans $9,407.36 ↑ +711%
Aetna All Commercial Plans $10,626.99 ↑ +816%
Kaiser HMO/PPO $11,701.94 ↑ +909%
United Healthcare All Commercial Plans $14,808.74 ↑ +1177%

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Catheter declot mechanical at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. Joseph Medical Center Tacoma $828.52 $1,801.14 – $4,048.29
MultiCare Allenmore Hospital Tacoma $1,160.00 $519.12 – $7,556.28
Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus Seattle $3,102.72 $1,822.85 – $7,943.60
Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital Spokane $2,573.90 $1,754.15 – $5,056.50
Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill Seattle $3,102.72 $1,822.85 – $7,650.00
Swedish Issaquah Issaquah $3,102.72 $1,827.97 – $7,943.60
Central Medical Center Seattle $3,680.00 not published
Kadlec Regional Medical Center Richland $3,694.60 $74.01 – $6,051.49

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