Cystouretero & or pyeloscope 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

$1,178.40

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.

$2,946.00

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.

$1,102.68 with Molina vs $33,161.08 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 $1,102.68 ↓ -6%
United Healthcare Apple Health $1,190.89 ↑ +1%
WellPoint Apple Health $1,190.89 ↑ +1%
Coordinated Care Apple Health $1,190.89 ↑ +1%
Community Health Plan of Washington Apple Health $1,190.89 ↑ +1%
First Choice MHS Employee MCC/PPO $1,902.82 ↑ +61%
First Choice MCC Wellfound Employee $2,212.45 ↑ +88%
First Choice First Choice PPO $2,212.45 ↑ +88%
First Health All Commercial Plans $2,327.34 ↑ +98%
Cigna All Commercial Plans $2,345.31 ↑ +99%
Multiplan/PHCS All Commercial Plans $2,356.80 ↑ +100%
Community Health Plan of Washington Cascade Care $3,473.43 ↑ +195%
Ambetter Coordinated Care Exchange $3,914.50 ↑ +232%
SCAN MedAdvantage $4,031.59 ↑ +242%
Aetna MedAdvantage $4,152.54 ↑ +252%
Regence MedAdvantage $4,152.54 ↑ +252%
United Healthcare MedAdvantage HMO $4,192.86 ↑ +256%
WellCare MedAdvantage $4,233.17 ↑ +259%
Molina MedAdvantage $4,233.17 ↑ +259%
Community Health Plan of Washington MedAdvantage $4,434.75 ↑ +276%
Premera HMO $5,629.03 ↑ +378%
Premera Signature $12,737.51 ↑ +981%
Premera Prime $13,024.12 ↑ +1005%
Premera Other Commercial Plans $16,006.94 ↑ +1258%
Regence Blue High Performance $17,711.49 ↑ +1403%
Regence MCC/AHN $17,711.49 ↑ +1403%
Regence RealValue $18,217.54 ↑ +1446%
Regence Commercial $20,241.71 ↑ +1618%
Uniform Medical All Commercial Plans $20,477.54 ↑ +1638%
Aetna All Commercial Plans $23,594.19 ↑ +1902%
Kaiser HMO/PPO $25,208.27 ↑ +2039%
United Healthcare All Commercial Plans $33,161.08 ↑ +2714%

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Cystouretero & or pyeloscope at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
MultiCare Allenmore Hospital Tacoma $1,178.40 $1,108.20 – $16,920.72
St. Joseph Medical Center Tacoma not published $8,720.81 – $8,720.81
Providence St Joseph Hospital Chewelah $5,595.10 not published
Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus Seattle $4,794.24 $4,081.89 – $14,700.29
Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital Spokane $6,269.20 $3,928.04 – $9,996.87
Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill Seattle $4,794.24 $4,081.89 – $14,156.95
Swedish Issaquah Issaquah $4,794.24 $4,093.34 – $14,700.29
Providence Centralia Hospital Centralia $6,333.08 $4,081.89 – $17,658.46

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