Colposcopy w/biopsy of cervix 57455 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

$377.20

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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.

$943.00

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 $2,866.75 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 ↓ -14%
SCAN MedAdvantage $348.53 ↓ -8%
WellPoint Apple Health $349.32 ↓ -7%
United Healthcare Apple Health $349.32 ↓ -7%
Coordinated Care Apple Health $349.32 ↓ -7%
Community Health Plan of Washington Apple Health $349.32 ↓ -7%
Aetna MedAdvantage $358.98 ↓ -5%
Regence MedAdvantage $358.98 ↓ -5%
United Healthcare MedAdvantage HMO $362.47 ↓ -4%
WellCare MedAdvantage $365.95 ↓ -3%
Molina MedAdvantage $365.95 ↓ -3%
Community Health Plan of Washington MedAdvantage $383.38 ↑ +2%
Premera HMO $546.93 ↑ +45%
First Choice MHS Employee MCC/PPO $609.08 ↑ +61%
First Choice MCC Wellfound Employee $708.19 ↑ +88%
First Choice First Choice PPO $708.19 ↑ +88%
First Health All Commercial Plans $744.97 ↑ +98%
Cigna All Commercial Plans $750.72 ↑ +99%
Multiplan/PHCS All Commercial Plans $754.40 ↑ +100%
Community Health Plan of Washington Cascade Care $1,018.85 ↑ +170%
Ambetter Coordinated Care Exchange $1,148.23 ↑ +204%
Premera Signature $1,172.14 ↑ +211%
Premera Prime $1,198.52 ↑ +218%
Premera Other Commercial Plans $1,473.01 ↑ +291%
Regence Blue High Performance $1,629.86 ↑ +332%
Regence MCC/AHN $1,629.86 ↑ +332%
Regence RealValue $1,676.42 ↑ +344%
Regence Commercial $1,862.69 ↑ +394%
Uniform Medical All Commercial Plans $1,884.39 ↑ +400%
Aetna All Commercial Plans $2,080.95 ↑ +452%
Kaiser HMO/PPO $2,296.27 ↑ +509%
United Healthcare All Commercial Plans $2,866.75 ↑ +660%

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Colposcopy w/biopsy of cervix 57455 at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
MultiCare Allenmore Hospital Tacoma $377.20 $325.06 – $1,462.78
St. Joseph Medical Center Tacoma not published $794.39 – $794.39
Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus Seattle $848.64 $352.87 – $1,272.38
Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill Seattle $848.64 $352.87 – $1,231.78
Swedish Issaquah Issaquah $848.64 $353.86 – $1,272.38
MultiCare Auburn Medical Center Auburn $377.20 $317.59 – $1,462.78
MultiCare Good Samaritan Hospital Puyallup $377.20 $324.94 – $1,462.78
Virginia Mason Medical Center Seattle $584.46 $4.71 – $517.05

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