Closed treatment of femoral fracture proximal end neck; wi 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

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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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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.

$226.42 with Premera vs $12,920.78 with Kaiser — 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

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
Premera HMO $226.42
SCAN MedAdvantage $1,839.09
Aetna MedAdvantage $1,894.27
Regence MedAdvantage $1,894.27
United Healthcare MedAdvantage HMO $1,912.66
Molina MedAdvantage $1,931.05
WellCare MedAdvantage $1,931.05
Community Health Plan of Washington MedAdvantage $2,023.00
Premera Signature $5,872.28
Premera Prime $6,004.42
Premera Other Commercial Plans $7,379.57
Regence RealValue $7,636.48
Kaiser HMO/PPO $12,920.78

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Closed treatment of femoral fracture proximal end neck; wi at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. Joseph Medical Center Tacoma not published $7,288.62 – $7,288.62
MultiCare Allenmore Hospital Tacoma not published $226.42 – $7,718.72
Providence St Joseph Hospital Chewelah $3,700.20 not published
Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital Spokane $3,382.40 $1,791.86 – $4,560.28
Providence Centralia Hospital Centralia $1,079.00 $1,862.04 – $3,444.77
Providence Mount Carmel Hospital Colville $4,448.50 not published
Providence St Mary Medical Center Walla Walla $3,540.60 $1,294.89 – $3,314.93
Kadlec Regional Medical Center Richland $1,415.40 $1,259.30 – $3,314.93

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