Cystoscopy (Bladder Scope) at MultiCare Mary Bridge Children's Hospital
317 Martin Luther King Jr Way, Tacoma, WA · Multicare · · NPI 1306952726
$1,827.60
Cash price 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.
$4,569.00
Gross charge 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.
$797.51 with SCAN vs $6,559.76 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
|---|---|---|---|
| SCAN | MedAdvantage | $797.51 | ↓ -56% |
| Regence | MedAdvantage | $821.44 | ↓ -55% |
| Aetna | MedAdvantage | $821.44 | ↓ -55% |
| United Healthcare | MedAdvantage HMO | $829.41 | ↓ -55% |
| Molina | MedAdvantage | $837.39 | ↓ -54% |
| WellCare | MedAdvantage | $837.39 | ↓ -54% |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | MedAdvantage | $877.26 | ↓ -52% |
| Molina | Apple Health | $1,102.68 | ↓ -40% |
| Premera | HMO | $1,171.47 | ↓ -36% |
| WellPoint | Apple Health | $1,190.89 | ↓ -35% |
| United Healthcare | Apple Health | $1,190.89 | ↓ -35% |
| Coordinated Care | Apple Health | $1,190.89 | ↓ -35% |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | Apple Health | $1,190.89 | ↓ -35% |
| Premera | Signature | $2,495.88 | ↑ +37% |
| Premera | Prime | $2,552.05 | ↑ +40% |
| First Choice | MHS Employee MCC/PPO | $2,951.12 | ↑ +61% |
| Premera | Other Commercial Plans | $3,136.52 | ↑ +72% |
| First Choice | MCC Wellfound Employee | $3,431.32 | ↑ +88% |
| First Choice | First Choice PPO | $3,431.32 | ↑ +88% |
| Regence | MCC/AHN | $3,470.55 | ↑ +90% |
| Regence | Blue High Performance | $3,470.55 | ↑ +90% |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | Cascade Care | $3,473.43 | ↑ +90% |
| Regence | RealValue | $3,569.71 | ↑ +95% |
| First Health | All Commercial Plans | $3,609.51 | ↑ +98% |
| Cigna | All Commercial Plans | $3,637.38 | ↑ +99% |
| Multiplan/PHCS | All Commercial Plans | $3,655.20 | ↑ +100% |
| Ambetter | Coordinated Care Exchange | $3,914.50 | ↑ +114% |
| Regence | Commercial | $3,966.34 | ↑ +117% |
| Uniform Medical | All Commercial Plans | $4,012.55 | ↑ +120% |
| Aetna | All Commercial Plans | $4,566.09 | ↑ +150% |
| Kaiser | HMO/PPO | $4,918.30 | ↑ +169% |
| United Healthcare | All Commercial Plans | $6,559.76 | ↑ +259% |
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Cystoscopy (Bladder Scope) at other Washington hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| St. Joseph Medical Center | Tacoma | $640.56 | $1,392.53 – $1,701.49 |
| MultiCare Allenmore Hospital | Tacoma | $1,827.60 | $797.51 – $3,347.17 |
| Providence St Joseph Hospital | Chewelah | $1,091.30 | not published |
| Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus | Seattle | $1,639.20 | $807.46 – $2,615.69 |
| Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital | Spokane | $1,222.90 | $777.03 – $1,977.54 |
| Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill | Seattle | $1,639.20 | $807.46 – $2,532.21 |
| Swedish Issaquah | Issaquah | $1,639.20 | $809.73 – $2,615.69 |
| Providence Centralia Hospital | Centralia | $1,160.64 | $807.46 – $3,255.70 |