Cholangiogram percutaneous compl 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

$2,587.20

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.

$6,468.00

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.

$1,290.40 with Molina vs $33,682.46 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.

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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 $1,290.40 ↓ -50%
United Healthcare Apple Health $1,393.64 ↓ -46%
WellPoint Apple Health $1,393.64 ↓ -46%
Community Health Plan of Washington Apple Health $1,393.64 ↓ -46%
Coordinated Care Apple Health $1,393.64 ↓ -46%
Community Health Plan of Washington Cascade Care $4,064.77 ↑ +57%
SCAN MedAdvantage $4,094.98 ↑ +58%
First Choice MHS Employee MCC/PPO $4,177.68 ↑ +61%
Regence MedAdvantage $4,217.83 ↑ +63%
Aetna MedAdvantage $4,217.83 ↑ +63%
United Healthcare MedAdvantage HMO $4,258.78 ↑ +65%
Molina MedAdvantage $4,299.73 ↑ +66%
WellCare MedAdvantage $4,299.73 ↑ +66%
Community Health Plan of Washington MedAdvantage $4,504.48 ↑ +74%
Ambetter Coordinated Care Exchange $4,580.93 ↑ +77%
First Choice First Choice PPO $4,857.47 ↑ +88%
First Choice MCC Wellfound Employee $4,857.47 ↑ +88%
First Health All Commercial Plans $5,109.72 ↑ +98%
Cigna All Commercial Plans $5,149.17 ↑ +99%
Multiplan/PHCS All Commercial Plans $5,174.40 ↑ +100%
Premera HMO $6,220.53 ↑ +140%
Premera Signature $12,640.70 ↑ +389%
Premera Prime $12,925.13 ↑ +400%
Premera Other Commercial Plans $15,885.28 ↑ +514%
Regence Blue High Performance $17,576.91 ↑ +579%
Regence MCC/AHN $17,576.91 ↑ +579%
Regence RealValue $18,079.11 ↑ +599%
Regence Commercial $20,087.90 ↑ +676%
Uniform Medical All Commercial Plans $20,321.94 ↑ +685%
Aetna All Commercial Plans $24,142.09 ↑ +833%
Kaiser HMO/PPO $27,857.28 ↑ +977%
United Healthcare All Commercial Plans $33,682.46 ↑ +1202%

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Cholangiogram percutaneous compl at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. Joseph Medical Center Tacoma $1,511.63 $3,286.17 – $9,637.24
MultiCare Allenmore Hospital Tacoma $2,587.20 $1,296.86 – $17,186.76
Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus Seattle $9,634.56 $4,146.07 – $15,142.49
Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital Spokane $704.20 $3,989.80 – $10,154.04
Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill Seattle $9,634.56 $4,146.07 – $14,582.80
Swedish Issaquah Issaquah $9,634.56 $4,157.70 – $15,142.49
Kadlec Regional Medical Center Richland $11,171.30 $406.59 – $11,535.65
Providence Holy Family Hospital Spokane $11,348.40 $3,989.80 – $13,312.00

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