Destruction by neurolytic agent w/imaging guidance lumbar/sacral (both sides) at MultiCare Mary Bridge Children's Hospital
317 Martin Luther King Jr Way, Tacoma, WA · Multicare · · NPI 1306952726
$3,825.20
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.
$9,563.00
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.
$604.44 with Molina vs $18,370.18 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 |
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| Molina | Apple Health | $604.44 | ↓ -84% |
| Coordinated Care | Apple Health | $652.79 | ↓ -83% |
| United Healthcare | Apple Health | $652.79 | ↓ -83% |
| WellPoint | Apple Health | $652.79 | ↓ -83% |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | Apple Health | $652.79 | ↓ -83% |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | Cascade Care | $1,903.97 | ↓ -50% |
| Ambetter | Coordinated Care Exchange | $2,145.75 | ↓ -44% |
| SCAN | MedAdvantage | $2,233.37 | ↓ -42% |
| Aetna | MedAdvantage | $2,300.37 | ↓ -40% |
| Regence | MedAdvantage | $2,300.37 | ↓ -40% |
| United Healthcare | MedAdvantage HMO | $2,322.71 | ↓ -39% |
| Molina | MedAdvantage | $2,345.04 | ↓ -39% |
| WellCare | MedAdvantage | $2,345.04 | ↓ -39% |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | MedAdvantage | $2,456.71 | ↓ -36% |
| Premera | HMO | $3,156.91 | ↓ -17% |
| First Choice | MHS Employee MCC/PPO | $6,176.74 | ↑ +61% |
| Premera | Signature | $7,054.55 | ↑ +84% |
| First Choice | MCC Wellfound Employee | $7,181.81 | ↑ +88% |
| First Choice | First Choice PPO | $7,181.81 | ↑ +88% |
| Premera | Prime | $7,213.29 | ↑ +89% |
| First Health | All Commercial Plans | $7,554.77 | ↑ +98% |
| Cigna | All Commercial Plans | $7,613.10 | ↑ +99% |
| Multiplan/PHCS | All Commercial Plans | $7,650.40 | ↑ +100% |
| Premera | Other Commercial Plans | $8,865.29 | ↑ +132% |
| Regence | Blue High Performance | $9,809.37 | ↑ +156% |
| Regence | MCC/AHN | $9,809.37 | ↑ +156% |
| Regence | RealValue | $10,089.63 | ↑ +164% |
| Regence | Commercial | $11,210.71 | ↑ +193% |
| Uniform Medical | All Commercial Plans | $11,341.32 | ↑ +196% |
| Aetna | All Commercial Plans | $13,358.82 | ↑ +249% |
| Kaiser | HMO/PPO | $14,137.49 | ↑ +270% |
| United Healthcare | All Commercial Plans | $18,370.18 | ↑ +380% |
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Destruction by neurolytic agent w/imaging guidance lumbar/sacral (both sides) at other Washington hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| MultiCare Allenmore Hospital | Tacoma | $3,825.20 | $607.46 – $9,373.54 |
| St. Joseph Medical Center | Tacoma | not published | $4,890.87 – $4,890.87 |
| Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus | Seattle | $5,515.20 | $2,261.24 – $8,373.23 |
| Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill | Seattle | $5,515.20 | $2,261.24 – $8,063.75 |
| Swedish Issaquah | Issaquah | $5,515.20 | $2,267.58 – $8,373.23 |
| Providence St Mary Medical Center | Walla Walla | $2,454.20 | $1,710.86 – $4,025.62 |
| MultiCare Valley Hospital | Spokane Valley | $1,529.60 | $580.23 – $7,998.96 |
| MultiCare Yakima Memorial Hospital | Yakima | $2,173.60 | $2,329.57 – $6,009.28 |