Ecg < 30 days transmission & analysis 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

$340.00

Cash price

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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.

$850.00

Gross charge

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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.

$48.26 with Molina vs $894.36 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.

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Payer
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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.

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Plan
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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.

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Negotiated rate vs. cash
Molina Apple Health $48.26 ↓ -86%
United Healthcare Apple Health $52.12 ↓ -85%
WellPoint Apple Health $52.12 ↓ -85%
Community Health Plan of Washington Apple Health $52.12 ↓ -85%
Coordinated Care Apple Health $52.12 ↓ -85%
SCAN MedAdvantage $108.73 ↓ -68%
Aetna MedAdvantage $112.00 ↓ -67%
Regence MedAdvantage $112.00 ↓ -67%
United Healthcare MedAdvantage HMO $113.08 ↓ -67%
WellCare MedAdvantage $114.17 ↓ -66%
Molina MedAdvantage $114.17 ↓ -66%
Community Health Plan of Washington MedAdvantage $119.61 ↓ -65%
Community Health Plan of Washington Cascade Care $152.01 ↓ -55%
Ambetter Coordinated Care Exchange $171.31 ↓ -50%
Premera HMO $186.98 ↓ -45%
Premera Signature $353.69 ↑ +4%
Premera Prime $361.65 ↑ +6%
Premera Other Commercial Plans $444.47 ↑ +31%
Regence MCC/AHN $491.79 ↑ +45%
Regence Blue High Performance $491.79 ↑ +45%
Regence RealValue $505.84 ↑ +49%
First Choice MHS Employee MCC/PPO $549.02 ↑ +61%
Regence Commercial $562.05 ↑ +65%
Uniform Medical All Commercial Plans $568.60 ↑ +67%
Aetna All Commercial Plans $627.93 ↑ +85%
First Choice MCC Wellfound Employee $638.35 ↑ +88%
First Choice First Choice PPO $638.35 ↑ +88%
First Health All Commercial Plans $671.50 ↑ +98%
Cigna All Commercial Plans $676.69 ↑ +99%
Multiplan/PHCS All Commercial Plans $680.00 ↑ +100%
Kaiser HMO/PPO $785.01 ↑ +131%
United Healthcare All Commercial Plans $894.36 ↑ +163%

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Ecg < 30 days transmission & analysis at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
MultiCare Allenmore Hospital Tacoma $340.00 $48.50 – $462.12
Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus Seattle $337.92 $110.09 – $533.12
Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill Seattle $337.92 $110.09 – $516.11
Swedish Issaquah Issaquah $337.92 $110.40 – $533.12
Providence Centralia Hospital Centralia $412.88 $110.09 – $706.67
Providence St Mary Medical Center Walla Walla $338.80 $85.77 – $195.99
MultiCare Yakima Memorial Hospital Yakima $140.80 $113.42 – $301.28
MultiCare Auburn Medical Center Auburn $340.00 $47.38 – $462.12

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