Colposcopy/cervix/bx vagina/cervix 57421 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

$338.00

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.

$845.00

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.

$323.44 with Molina vs $8,664.72 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 $323.44 ↓ -4%
United Healthcare Apple Health $349.32 ↑ +3%
WellPoint Apple Health $349.32 ↑ +3%
Coordinated Care Apple Health $349.32 ↑ +3%
Community Health Plan of Washington Apple Health $349.32 ↑ +3%
First Choice MHS Employee MCC/PPO $545.79 ↑ +61%
First Choice MCC Wellfound Employee $634.60 ↑ +88%
First Choice First Choice PPO $634.60 ↑ +88%
First Health All Commercial Plans $667.55 ↑ +98%
Cigna All Commercial Plans $672.70 ↑ +99%
Multiplan/PHCS All Commercial Plans $676.00 ↑ +100%
Community Health Plan of Washington Cascade Care $1,018.85 ↑ +201%
SCAN MedAdvantage $1,053.42 ↑ +212%
Aetna MedAdvantage $1,085.03 ↑ +221%
Regence MedAdvantage $1,085.03 ↑ +221%
United Healthcare MedAdvantage HMO $1,095.56 ↑ +224%
WellCare MedAdvantage $1,106.10 ↑ +227%
Molina MedAdvantage $1,106.10 ↑ +227%
Ambetter Coordinated Care Exchange $1,148.23 ↑ +240%
Community Health Plan of Washington MedAdvantage $1,158.77 ↑ +243%
Premera HMO $1,317.85 ↑ +290%
Premera Signature $2,937.30 ↑ +769%
Premera Prime $3,003.39 ↑ +789%
Premera Other Commercial Plans $3,691.24 ↑ +992%
Regence MCC/AHN $4,084.29 ↑ +1108%
Regence Blue High Performance $4,084.29 ↑ +1108%
Regence RealValue $4,200.98 ↑ +1143%
Regence Commercial $4,667.76 ↑ +1281%
Uniform Medical All Commercial Plans $4,722.14 ↑ +1297%
Kaiser HMO/PPO $5,532.79 ↑ +1537%
Aetna All Commercial Plans $5,956.71 ↑ +1662%
United Healthcare All Commercial Plans $8,664.72 ↑ +2464%

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Colposcopy/cervix/bx vagina/cervix 57421 at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
MultiCare Allenmore Hospital Tacoma $338.00 $325.06 – $4,421.25
St. Joseph Medical Center Tacoma not published $1,914.07 – $1,914.07
Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus Seattle $2,628.48 $1,066.57 – $3,240.23
Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill Seattle $2,628.48 $1,066.57 – $2,904.99
Swedish Issaquah Issaquah $2,628.48 $1,069.56 – $3,000.76
Providence Holy Family Hospital Spokane $1,614.20 $1,026.37 – $3,379.00
MultiCare Auburn Medical Center Auburn $338.00 $317.59 – $4,421.25
MultiCare Good Samaritan Hospital Puyallup $338.00 $324.94 – $4,421.25

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