Change cystostomy tube simple at MultiCare Mary Bridge Children's Hospital
317 Martin Luther King Jr Way, Tacoma, WA · Multicare · · NPI 1306952726
$868.00
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.
$2,170.00
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.
$141.13 with Molina vs $2,350.42 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 | $141.13 | ↓ -84% |
| United Healthcare | Apple Health | $152.42 | ↓ -82% |
| WellPoint | Apple Health | $152.42 | ↓ -82% |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | Apple Health | $152.42 | ↓ -82% |
| Coordinated Care | Apple Health | $152.42 | ↓ -82% |
| SCAN | MedAdvantage | $285.76 | ↓ -67% |
| Aetna | MedAdvantage | $294.33 | ↓ -66% |
| Regence | MedAdvantage | $294.33 | ↓ -66% |
| United Healthcare | MedAdvantage HMO | $297.19 | ↓ -66% |
| WellCare | MedAdvantage | $300.04 | ↓ -65% |
| Molina | MedAdvantage | $300.04 | ↓ -65% |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | MedAdvantage | $314.33 | ↓ -64% |
| Premera | HMO | $402.52 | ↓ -54% |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | Cascade Care | $444.57 | ↓ -49% |
| Ambetter | Coordinated Care Exchange | $501.02 | ↓ -42% |
| Premera | Signature | $903.00 | ↑ +4% |
| Premera | Prime | $923.32 | ↑ +6% |
| Premera | Other Commercial Plans | $1,134.78 | ↑ +31% |
| Regence | MCC/AHN | $1,255.64 | ↑ +45% |
| Regence | Blue High Performance | $1,255.64 | ↑ +45% |
| Regence | RealValue | $1,291.51 | ↑ +49% |
| First Choice | MHS Employee MCC/PPO | $1,401.60 | ↑ +61% |
| Regence | Commercial | $1,435.02 | ↑ +65% |
| Uniform Medical | All Commercial Plans | $1,451.73 | ↑ +67% |
| First Choice | MCC Wellfound Employee | $1,629.67 | ↑ +88% |
| First Choice | First Choice PPO | $1,629.67 | ↑ +88% |
| Aetna | All Commercial Plans | $1,663.78 | ↑ +92% |
| Kaiser | HMO/PPO | $1,689.95 | ↑ +95% |
| First Health | All Commercial Plans | $1,714.30 | ↑ +98% |
| Cigna | All Commercial Plans | $1,727.54 | ↑ +99% |
| Multiplan/PHCS | All Commercial Plans | $1,736.00 | ↑ +100% |
| United Healthcare | All Commercial Plans | $2,350.42 | ↑ +171% |
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Change cystostomy tube simple at other Washington hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| St. Joseph Medical Center | Tacoma | $457.10 | $584.64 – $1,035.10 |
| MultiCare Allenmore Hospital | Tacoma | $868.00 | $141.84 – $1,199.32 |
| Providence St Joseph Hospital | Chewelah | $174.30 | not published |
| Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus | Seattle | $771.36 | $289.32 – $1,104.03 |
| Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital | Spokane | $829.50 | $278.42 – $728.19 |
| Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill | Seattle | $771.36 | $289.32 – $1,068.80 |
| Swedish Issaquah | Issaquah | $771.36 | $290.13 – $1,104.03 |
| Providence Centralia Hospital | Centralia | $701.48 | $289.32 – $1,374.17 |