Dstry eye lesn,fdr vssl tech at MultiCare Mary Bridge Children's Hospital

317 Martin Luther King Jr Way, Tacoma, WA · Multicare · · NPI 1306952726

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Aug 27, 2026 · Ingested Sep 17, 2026

not published by hospital

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.

Full explanation →

What you pay up front if you don't use insurance.

not published by hospital

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.

Full explanation →

The hospital's undiscounted list price — almost no one pays this.

$629.04 with SCAN vs $4,174.51 with Kaiser — same scan, same building. Share

Negotiated rates by payer
?

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
SCAN MedAdvantage $629.04
Aetna MedAdvantage $647.91
Regence MedAdvantage $647.91
United Healthcare MedAdvantage HMO $654.21
Molina MedAdvantage $660.50
WellCare MedAdvantage $660.50
Community Health Plan of Washington MedAdvantage $691.95
Molina Apple Health $765.55
WellPoint Apple Health $826.79
Coordinated Care Apple Health $826.79
Community Health Plan of Washington Apple Health $826.79
United Healthcare Apple Health $826.79
Premera HMO $994.32
Premera Signature $2,123.80
Premera Prime $2,171.59
Community Health Plan of Washington Cascade Care $2,411.48
Premera Other Commercial Plans $2,668.93
Ambetter Coordinated Care Exchange $2,717.70
Regence RealValue $3,037.54
Aetna All Commercial Plans $3,752.96
Kaiser HMO/PPO $4,174.51

Visitor-reported prices

visitor-reported
Report what you paid sign in to post

Comments

Add a comment sign in to post

Dstry eye lesn,fdr vssl tech at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
MultiCare Allenmore Hospital Tacoma not published $629.04 – $2,640.11
Virginia Mason Medical Center Seattle $916.47 $17.73 – $1,572.14
Providence St Luke's Rehabilitation Medical Center Spokane not published $612.89 – $674.18
Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus Seattle not published $636.89 – $2,382.57
Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital Spokane not published $612.89 – $1,571.48
Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill Seattle not published $636.89 – $2,306.53
Swedish Issaquah Issaquah not published $638.68 – $2,382.57
Central Medical Center Seattle not published not published

All Washington hospitals for this procedure →