Debridement subcutaneous tissue <= 20 sq cm 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

$724.00

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.

$1,810.00

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.

$265.66 with Molina vs $3,824.24 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 $265.66 ↓ -63%
United Healthcare Apple Health $286.92 ↓ -60%
WellPoint Apple Health $286.92 ↓ -60%
Community Health Plan of Washington Apple Health $286.92 ↓ -60%
Coordinated Care Apple Health $286.92 ↓ -60%
SCAN MedAdvantage $464.94 ↓ -36%
Aetna MedAdvantage $478.89 ↓ -34%
Regence MedAdvantage $478.89 ↓ -34%
United Healthcare MedAdvantage HMO $483.54 ↓ -33%
WellCare MedAdvantage $488.19 ↓ -33%
Molina MedAdvantage $488.19 ↓ -33%
Community Health Plan of Washington MedAdvantage $511.43 ↓ -29%
Premera HMO $698.88 ↓ -3%
Community Health Plan of Washington Cascade Care $836.84 ↑ +16%
Ambetter Coordinated Care Exchange $943.11 ↑ +30%
First Choice MHS Employee MCC/PPO $1,169.08 ↑ +61%
First Choice First Choice PPO $1,359.31 ↑ +88%
First Choice MCC Wellfound Employee $1,359.31 ↑ +88%
First Health All Commercial Plans $1,429.90 ↑ +98%
Cigna All Commercial Plans $1,440.94 ↑ +99%
Multiplan/PHCS All Commercial Plans $1,448.00 ↑ +100%
Premera Signature $1,456.90 ↑ +101%
Premera Prime $1,489.69 ↑ +106%
Premera Other Commercial Plans $1,830.86 ↑ +153%
Regence MCC/AHN $2,025.83 ↑ +180%
Regence Blue High Performance $2,025.83 ↑ +180%
Regence RealValue $2,083.71 ↑ +188%
Regence Commercial $2,315.23 ↑ +220%
Uniform Medical All Commercial Plans $2,342.21 ↑ +224%
Aetna All Commercial Plans $2,733.17 ↑ +278%
Kaiser HMO/PPO $2,934.20 ↑ +305%
United Healthcare All Commercial Plans $3,824.24 ↑ +428%

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Debridement subcutaneous tissue <= 20 sq cm at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. Joseph Medical Center Tacoma $640.60 $1,015.09 – $1,450.65
MultiCare Allenmore Hospital Tacoma $724.00 $266.99 – $1,951.35
Providence St Joseph Hospital Chewelah $205.80 not published
Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus Seattle $1,035.36 $470.74 – $1,501.70
Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital Spokane $970.20 $453.00 – $1,152.88
Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill Seattle $1,035.36 $470.74 – $1,453.77
Swedish Issaquah Issaquah $1,035.36 $472.06 – $1,501.70
Central Medical Center Seattle $896.80 $400.00 – $400.00

All Washington hospitals for this procedure →