Diag bronchoscope/catheter at MultiCare Mary Bridge Children's Hospital
317 Martin Luther King Jr Way, Tacoma, WA · Multicare · · NPI 1306952726
$1,735.20
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.
$4,338.00
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.
$1,160.21 with Molina vs $16,744.26 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 | $1,160.21 | ↓ -33% |
| United Healthcare | Apple Health | $1,253.03 | ↓ -28% |
| WellPoint | Apple Health | $1,253.03 | ↓ -28% |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | Apple Health | $1,253.03 | ↓ -28% |
| Coordinated Care | Apple Health | $1,253.03 | ↓ -28% |
| SCAN | MedAdvantage | $2,035.71 | ↑ +17% |
| Aetna | MedAdvantage | $2,096.78 | ↑ +21% |
| Regence | MedAdvantage | $2,096.78 | ↑ +21% |
| United Healthcare | MedAdvantage HMO | $2,117.14 | ↑ +22% |
| WellCare | MedAdvantage | $2,137.49 | ↑ +23% |
| Molina | MedAdvantage | $2,137.49 | ↑ +23% |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | MedAdvantage | $2,239.28 | ↑ +29% |
| First Choice | MHS Employee MCC/PPO | $2,801.91 | ↑ +61% |
| Premera | HMO | $2,807.47 | ↑ +62% |
| First Choice | MCC Wellfound Employee | $3,257.84 | ↑ +88% |
| First Choice | First Choice PPO | $3,257.84 | ↑ +88% |
| First Health | All Commercial Plans | $3,427.02 | ↑ +98% |
| Cigna | All Commercial Plans | $3,453.48 | ↑ +99% |
| Multiplan/PHCS | All Commercial Plans | $3,470.40 | ↑ +100% |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | Cascade Care | $3,654.67 | ↑ +111% |
| Ambetter | Coordinated Care Exchange | $4,118.75 | ↑ +137% |
| Premera | Signature | $6,201.38 | ↑ +257% |
| Premera | Prime | $6,340.92 | ↑ +265% |
| Premera | Other Commercial Plans | $7,793.13 | ↑ +349% |
| Regence | MCC/AHN | $8,622.99 | ↑ +397% |
| Regence | Blue High Performance | $8,622.99 | ↑ +397% |
| Regence | RealValue | $8,869.37 | ↑ +411% |
| Regence | Commercial | $9,854.85 | ↑ +468% |
| Uniform Medical | All Commercial Plans | $9,969.67 | ↑ +475% |
| Aetna | All Commercial Plans | $11,797.03 | ↑ +580% |
| Kaiser | HMO/PPO | $12,572.67 | ↑ +625% |
| United Healthcare | All Commercial Plans | $16,744.26 | ↑ +865% |
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Diag bronchoscope/catheter at other Washington hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| MultiCare Allenmore Hospital | Tacoma | $1,735.20 | $1,166.02 – $8,543.90 |
| St. Joseph Medical Center | Tacoma | not published | $4,349.52 – $4,349.52 |
| MultiCare Auburn Medical Center | Auburn | $1,735.20 | $1,139.22 – $8,543.90 |
| MultiCare Good Samaritan Hospital | Puyallup | $1,735.20 | $1,165.56 – $8,543.90 |
| Virginia Mason Medical Center | Seattle | $1,990.53 | $5.06 – $855.42 |
| MultiCare Capital Medical Center | Olympia | $1,735.20 | $1,225.98 – $9,208.70 |
| MultiCare Covington Medical Center | Covington | $1,735.20 | $1,139.22 – $8,543.90 |
| Providence St Luke's Rehabilitation Medical Center | Spokane | not published | $1,983.42 – $2,181.76 |