Drain bladder by trocar/cath at MultiCare Mary Bridge Children's Hospital
317 Martin Luther King Jr Way, Tacoma, WA · Multicare · · NPI 1306952726
$597.60
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.
$1,494.00
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.
$268.52 with Molina vs $8,078.53 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 | $268.52 | ↓ -55% |
| United Healthcare | Apple Health | $290.00 | ↓ -51% |
| WellPoint | Apple Health | $290.00 | ↓ -51% |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | Apple Health | $290.00 | ↓ -51% |
| Coordinated Care | Apple Health | $290.00 | ↓ -51% |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | Cascade Care | $845.82 | ↑ +42% |
| Ambetter | Coordinated Care Exchange | $953.23 | ↑ +60% |
| First Choice | MHS Employee MCC/PPO | $964.97 | ↑ +61% |
| SCAN | MedAdvantage | $982.16 | ↑ +64% |
| Aetna | MedAdvantage | $1,011.62 | ↑ +69% |
| Regence | MedAdvantage | $1,011.62 | ↑ +69% |
| United Healthcare | MedAdvantage HMO | $1,021.45 | ↑ +71% |
| Molina | MedAdvantage | $1,031.27 | ↑ +73% |
| WellCare | MedAdvantage | $1,031.27 | ↑ +73% |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | MedAdvantage | $1,080.37 | ↑ +81% |
| First Choice | First Choice PPO | $1,121.99 | ↑ +88% |
| First Choice | MCC Wellfound Employee | $1,121.99 | ↑ +88% |
| First Health | All Commercial Plans | $1,180.26 | ↑ +98% |
| Cigna | All Commercial Plans | $1,189.37 | ↑ +99% |
| Multiplan/PHCS | All Commercial Plans | $1,195.20 | ↑ +100% |
| Premera | HMO | $1,750.42 | ↑ +193% |
| Premera | Signature | $3,820.13 | ↑ +539% |
| Premera | Prime | $3,906.08 | ↑ +554% |
| Premera | Other Commercial Plans | $4,800.67 | ↑ +703% |
| Regence | Blue High Performance | $5,311.88 | ↑ +789% |
| Regence | MCC/AHN | $5,311.88 | ↑ +789% |
| Regence | RealValue | $5,463.65 | ↑ +814% |
| Regence | Commercial | $6,070.72 | ↑ +916% |
| Uniform Medical | All Commercial Plans | $6,141.45 | ↑ +928% |
| Aetna | All Commercial Plans | $6,959.92 | ↑ +1065% |
| Kaiser | HMO/PPO | $7,348.90 | ↑ +1130% |
| United Healthcare | All Commercial Plans | $8,078.53 | ↑ +1252% |
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Drain bladder by trocar/cath at other Washington hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| MultiCare Allenmore Hospital | Tacoma | $597.60 | $269.86 – $4,326.18 |
| St. Joseph Medical Center | Tacoma | not published | $2,542.35 – $2,542.35 |
| Providence St Joseph Hospital | Chewelah | $1,397.90 | not published |
| Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus | Seattle | $3,113.28 | $994.41 – $4,272.07 |
| Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital | Spokane | $2,212.00 | $956.93 – $3,272.22 |
| Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill | Seattle | $3,113.28 | $994.41 – $4,135.72 |
| Swedish Issaquah | Issaquah | $3,113.28 | $997.20 – $4,272.07 |
| Providence Centralia Hospital | Centralia | $2,158.52 | $994.41 – $5,662.76 |