Colposcopy vulva 56820 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

$372.40

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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.

$931.00

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.

$139.40 with Molina vs $1,901.93 with United Healthcare — same scan, same building. Share

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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 $139.40 ↓ -63%
United Healthcare Apple Health $150.55 ↓ -60%
WellPoint Apple Health $150.55 ↓ -60%
Community Health Plan of Washington Apple Health $150.55 ↓ -60%
Coordinated Care Apple Health $150.55 ↓ -60%
SCAN MedAdvantage $231.23 ↓ -38%
Aetna MedAdvantage $238.16 ↓ -36%
Regence MedAdvantage $238.16 ↓ -36%
United Healthcare MedAdvantage HMO $240.48 ↓ -35%
WellCare MedAdvantage $242.79 ↓ -35%
Molina MedAdvantage $242.79 ↓ -35%
Community Health Plan of Washington MedAdvantage $254.35 ↓ -32%
Premera HMO $333.69 ↓ -10%
Community Health Plan of Washington Cascade Care $439.10 ↑ +18%
Ambetter Coordinated Care Exchange $494.85 ↑ +33%
First Choice MHS Employee MCC/PPO $601.33 ↑ +61%
First Choice MCC Wellfound Employee $699.18 ↑ +88%
First Choice First Choice PPO $699.18 ↑ +88%
Premera Signature $728.08 ↑ +96%
First Health All Commercial Plans $735.49 ↑ +98%
Cigna All Commercial Plans $741.17 ↑ +99%
Premera Prime $744.47 ↑ +100%
Multiplan/PHCS All Commercial Plans $744.80 ↑ +100%
Premera Other Commercial Plans $914.97 ↑ +146%
Regence Blue High Performance $1,012.38 ↑ +172%
Regence MCC/AHN $1,012.38 ↑ +172%
Regence RealValue $1,041.31 ↑ +180%
Regence Commercial $1,157.01 ↑ +211%
Uniform Medical All Commercial Plans $1,170.49 ↑ +214%
Aetna All Commercial Plans $1,376.22 ↑ +270%
Kaiser HMO/PPO $1,400.99 ↑ +276%
United Healthcare All Commercial Plans $1,901.93 ↑ +411%

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Colposcopy vulva 56820 at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
MultiCare Allenmore Hospital Tacoma $372.40 $140.09 – $970.48
St. Joseph Medical Center Tacoma not published $484.67 – $484.67
Providence St Joseph Hospital Chewelah $266.70 not published
Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus Seattle $593.28 $234.11 – $780.44
Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital Spokane $422.10 $225.29 – $573.36
Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill Seattle $593.28 $234.11 – $755.53
Swedish Issaquah Issaquah $593.28 $234.77 – $780.44
Providence Centralia Hospital Centralia $411.84 $234.11 – $971.39

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