Ear irrigation 69209 at MultiCare Mary Bridge Children's Hospital
317 Martin Luther King Jr Way, Tacoma, WA · Multicare · · NPI 1306952726
$163.20
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.
$408.00
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.
$67.47 with SCAN vs $554.97 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| SCAN | MedAdvantage | $67.47 | ↓ -59% |
| Aetna | MedAdvantage | $69.49 | ↓ -57% |
| Regence | MedAdvantage | $69.49 | ↓ -57% |
| United Healthcare | MedAdvantage HMO | $70.17 | ↓ -57% |
| WellCare | MedAdvantage | $70.84 | ↓ -57% |
| Molina | MedAdvantage | $70.84 | ↓ -57% |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | MedAdvantage | $74.22 | ↓ -55% |
| Molina | Apple Health | $78.51 | ↓ -52% |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | Apple Health | $84.79 | ↓ -48% |
| United Healthcare | Apple Health | $84.79 | ↓ -48% |
| Coordinated Care | Apple Health | $84.79 | ↓ -48% |
| WellPoint | Apple Health | $84.79 | ↓ -48% |
| Premera | HMO | $107.68 | ↓ -34% |
| Premera | Signature | $223.47 | ↑ +37% |
| Premera | Prime | $228.50 | ↑ +40% |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | Cascade Care | $247.31 | ↑ +52% |
| First Choice | MHS Employee MCC/PPO | $263.53 | ↑ +61% |
| Ambetter | Coordinated Care Exchange | $278.71 | ↑ +71% |
| Premera | Other Commercial Plans | $280.83 | ↑ +72% |
| First Choice | First Choice PPO | $306.41 | ↑ +88% |
| First Choice | MCC Wellfound Employee | $306.41 | ↑ +88% |
| Regence | Blue High Performance | $310.76 | ↑ +90% |
| Regence | MCC/AHN | $310.76 | ↑ +90% |
| Regence | RealValue | $319.64 | ↑ +96% |
| First Health | All Commercial Plans | $322.32 | ↑ +98% |
| Cigna | All Commercial Plans | $324.81 | ↑ +99% |
| Multiplan/PHCS | All Commercial Plans | $326.40 | ↑ +100% |
| Regence | Commercial | $355.16 | ↑ +118% |
| Uniform Medical | All Commercial Plans | $359.30 | ↑ +120% |
| Aetna | All Commercial Plans | $406.32 | ↑ +149% |
| Kaiser | HMO/PPO | $452.08 | ↑ +177% |
| United Healthcare | All Commercial Plans | $554.97 | ↑ +240% |
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Ear irrigation 69209 at other Washington hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| MultiCare Allenmore Hospital | Tacoma | $163.20 | $67.47 – $283.18 |
| St. Joseph Medical Center | Tacoma | not published | $156.40 – $156.40 |
| Providence St Joseph Hospital | Chewelah | $58.10 | not published |
| Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus | Seattle | $204.00 | $68.31 – $258.55 |
| Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital | Spokane | $230.30 | $65.74 – $198.04 |
| Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill | Seattle | $204.00 | $68.31 – $250.30 |
| Swedish Issaquah | Issaquah | $204.00 | $68.50 – $258.55 |
| Providence Centralia Hospital | Centralia | $256.88 | $68.31 – $342.71 |