Dmd dup/delet analysis at MultiCare Mary Bridge Children's Hospital
317 Martin Luther King Jr Way, Tacoma, WA · Multicare · · NPI 1306952726
$228.00
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.
$570.00
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.
$83.94 with Molina vs $862.11 with Aetna — 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 | $83.94 | ↓ -63% |
| WellPoint | Apple Health | $83.94 | ↓ -63% |
| United Healthcare | Apple Health | $90.66 | ↓ -60% |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | Apple Health | $90.66 | ↓ -60% |
| Coordinated Care | Apple Health | $90.66 | ↓ -60% |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | Cascade Care | $264.41 | ↑ +16% |
| SCAN | MedAdvantage | $273.42 | ↑ +20% |
| Premera | HMO | $279.00 | ↑ +22% |
| Premera | Prime | $279.00 | ↑ +22% |
| Premera | Signature | $279.00 | ↑ +22% |
| Regence | MCC/AHN | $280.74 | ↑ +23% |
| Regence | Blue High Performance | $280.74 | ↑ +23% |
| Aetna | MedAdvantage | $281.62 | ↑ +24% |
| Regence | MedAdvantage | $281.62 | ↑ +24% |
| United Healthcare | MedAdvantage HMO | $284.36 | ↑ +25% |
| WellCare | MedAdvantage | $287.09 | ↑ +26% |
| Molina | MedAdvantage | $287.09 | ↑ +26% |
| Regence | RealValue | $288.76 | ↑ +27% |
| First Choice | MHS Employee MCC/PPO | $294.53 | ↑ +29% |
| Ambetter | Coordinated Care Exchange | $297.99 | ↑ +31% |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | MedAdvantage | $300.76 | ↑ +32% |
| Uniform Medical | All Commercial Plans | $320.85 | ↑ +41% |
| Regence | Commercial | $320.85 | ↑ +41% |
| United Healthcare | All Commercial Plans | $334.80 | ↑ +47% |
| First Choice | MCC Wellfound Employee | $342.46 | ↑ +50% |
| First Choice | First Choice PPO | $342.46 | ↑ +50% |
| Premera | Other Commercial Plans | $348.75 | ↑ +53% |
| First Health | All Commercial Plans | $360.24 | ↑ +58% |
| Multiplan/PHCS | All Commercial Plans | $364.80 | ↑ +60% |
| Cigna | All Commercial Plans | $371.18 | ↑ +63% |
| Aetna | All Commercial Plans | $862.11 | ↑ +278% |
| Kaiser | HMO/PPO | not published by hospital | — |
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Dmd dup/delet analysis at other Washington hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| MultiCare Allenmore Hospital | Tacoma | $228.00 | $84.36 – $546.84 |
| MultiCare Auburn Medical Center | Auburn | $228.00 | $82.42 – $546.84 |
| MultiCare Good Samaritan Hospital | Puyallup | $228.00 | $84.33 – $546.84 |
| Virginia Mason Medical Center | Seattle | $422.79 | $195.30 – $872.07 |
| MultiCare Capital Medical Center | Olympia | $182.40 | $88.70 – $505.83 |
| MultiCare Covington Medical Center | Covington | $228.00 | $82.42 – $546.84 |
| Providence St Luke's Rehabilitation Medical Center | Spokane | not published | $279.00 – $306.90 |
| Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus | Seattle | not published | $251.10 – $847.60 |