Cauterization chemical granulation tissue at MultiCare Mary Bridge Children's Hospital
317 Martin Luther King Jr Way, Tacoma, WA · Multicare · · NPI 1306952726
$311.20
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.
$778.00
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.
$115.55 with Molina vs $1,887.46 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 | $115.55 | ↓ -63% |
| United Healthcare | Apple Health | $124.79 | ↓ -60% |
| WellPoint | Apple Health | $124.79 | ↓ -60% |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | Apple Health | $124.79 | ↓ -60% |
| Coordinated Care | Apple Health | $124.79 | ↓ -60% |
| SCAN | MedAdvantage | $229.47 | ↓ -26% |
| Aetna | MedAdvantage | $236.35 | ↓ -24% |
| Regence | MedAdvantage | $236.35 | ↓ -24% |
| United Healthcare | MedAdvantage HMO | $238.65 | ↓ -23% |
| WellCare | MedAdvantage | $240.94 | ↓ -23% |
| Molina | MedAdvantage | $240.94 | ↓ -23% |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | MedAdvantage | $252.42 | ↓ -19% |
| Premera | HMO | $338.30 | ↑ +9% |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | Cascade Care | $363.98 | ↑ +17% |
| Ambetter | Coordinated Care Exchange | $410.20 | ↑ +32% |
| First Choice | MHS Employee MCC/PPO | $502.51 | ↑ +61% |
| First Choice | First Choice PPO | $584.28 | ↑ +88% |
| First Choice | MCC Wellfound Employee | $584.28 | ↑ +88% |
| First Health | All Commercial Plans | $614.62 | ↑ +98% |
| Cigna | All Commercial Plans | $619.37 | ↑ +99% |
| Multiplan/PHCS | All Commercial Plans | $622.40 | ↑ +100% |
| Premera | Signature | $731.47 | ↑ +135% |
| Premera | Prime | $747.93 | ↑ +140% |
| Premera | Other Commercial Plans | $919.22 | ↑ +195% |
| Regence | MCC/AHN | $1,017.13 | ↑ +227% |
| Regence | Blue High Performance | $1,017.13 | ↑ +227% |
| Regence | RealValue | $1,046.19 | ↑ +236% |
| Regence | Commercial | $1,162.43 | ↑ +274% |
| Uniform Medical | All Commercial Plans | $1,175.97 | ↑ +278% |
| Aetna | All Commercial Plans | $1,359.32 | ↑ +337% |
| Kaiser | HMO/PPO | $1,420.26 | ↑ +356% |
| United Healthcare | All Commercial Plans | $1,887.46 | ↑ +507% |
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Cauterization chemical granulation tissue at other Washington hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| St. Joseph Medical Center | Tacoma | $227.19 | $491.34 – $514.47 |
| MultiCare Allenmore Hospital | Tacoma | $311.20 | $116.13 – $963.09 |
| Providence St Joseph Hospital | Chewelah | $134.40 | not published |
| Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus | Seattle | $551.04 | $232.33 – $821.23 |
| Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital | Spokane | $520.10 | $223.58 – $569.00 |
| Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill | Seattle | $551.04 | $232.33 – $795.02 |
| Swedish Issaquah | Issaquah | $551.04 | $232.98 – $821.23 |
| Central Medical Center | Seattle | $501.60 | not published |