Doppler upper/lower extremity arteries complete bilateral at MultiCare Mary Bridge Children's Hospital
317 Martin Luther King Jr Way, Tacoma, WA · Multicare · · NPI 1306952726
$455.60
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.
$1,139.00
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.
$118.43 with Molina vs $2,031.31 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 | $118.43 | ↓ -74% |
| United Healthcare | Apple Health | $127.90 | ↓ -72% |
| WellPoint | Apple Health | $127.90 | ↓ -72% |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | Apple Health | $127.90 | ↓ -72% |
| Coordinated Care | Apple Health | $127.90 | ↓ -72% |
| SCAN | MedAdvantage | $246.96 | ↓ -46% |
| Aetna | MedAdvantage | $254.36 | ↓ -44% |
| Regence | MedAdvantage | $254.36 | ↓ -44% |
| United Healthcare | MedAdvantage HMO | $256.83 | ↓ -44% |
| WellCare | MedAdvantage | $259.30 | ↓ -43% |
| Molina | MedAdvantage | $259.30 | ↓ -43% |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | MedAdvantage | $271.65 | ↓ -40% |
| Premera | HMO | $272.43 | ↓ -40% |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | Cascade Care | $373.04 | ↓ -18% |
| Ambetter | Coordinated Care Exchange | $420.41 | ↓ -8% |
| Premera | Signature | $570.73 | ↑ +25% |
| Premera | Prime | $583.57 | ↑ +28% |
| First Choice | MHS Employee MCC/PPO | $588.41 | ↑ +29% |
| First Choice | MCC Wellfound Employee | $684.16 | ↑ +50% |
| First Choice | First Choice PPO | $684.16 | ↑ +50% |
| Premera | Other Commercial Plans | $717.22 | ↑ +57% |
| First Health | All Commercial Plans | $719.69 | ↑ +58% |
| Cigna | All Commercial Plans | $725.25 | ↑ +59% |
| Multiplan/PHCS | All Commercial Plans | $728.80 | ↑ +60% |
| Regence | Blue High Performance | $793.60 | ↑ +74% |
| Regence | MCC/AHN | $793.60 | ↑ +74% |
| Regence | RealValue | $816.27 | ↑ +79% |
| Regence | Commercial | $906.97 | ↑ +99% |
| Uniform Medical | All Commercial Plans | $917.54 | ↑ +101% |
| Aetna | All Commercial Plans | $1,070.31 | ↑ +135% |
| Kaiser | HMO/PPO | $1,143.81 | ↑ +151% |
| United Healthcare | All Commercial Plans | $2,031.31 | ↑ +346% |
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Doppler upper/lower extremity arteries complete bilateral at other Washington hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| St. Joseph Medical Center | Tacoma | $379.65 | $279.21 – $859.72 |
| MultiCare Allenmore Hospital | Tacoma | $455.60 | $119.02 – $1,036.49 |
| Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus | Seattle | $234.24 | $250.04 – $759.61 |
| Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital | Spokane | $1,285.20 | $240.61 – $612.36 |
| Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill | Seattle | $234.24 | $250.04 – $629.49 |
| Swedish Issaquah | Issaquah | $234.24 | $250.74 – $650.25 |
| Providence Centralia Hospital | Centralia | $515.84 | $250.04 – $861.92 |
| Providence Mount Carmel Hospital | Colville | $944.30 | not published |