Electrophysiology evaluation at MultiCare Mary Bridge Children's Hospital
317 Martin Luther King Jr Way, Tacoma, WA · Multicare · · NPI 1306952726
$9,398.00
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.
$23,495.00
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.
$8,920.64 with SCAN vs $73,374.93 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 | $8,920.64 | ↓ -5% |
| Regence | MedAdvantage | $9,188.26 | ↓ -2% |
| Aetna | MedAdvantage | $9,188.26 | ↓ -2% |
| United Healthcare | MedAdvantage HMO | $9,277.46 | ↓ -1% |
| Molina | MedAdvantage | $9,366.67 | ↓ -0% |
| WellCare | MedAdvantage | $9,366.67 | ↓ -0% |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | MedAdvantage | $9,812.70 | ↑ +4% |
| Molina | Apple Health | $11,548.43 | ↑ +23% |
| WellPoint | Apple Health | $12,472.30 | ↑ +33% |
| United Healthcare | Apple Health | $12,472.30 | ↑ +33% |
| Coordinated Care | Apple Health | $12,472.30 | ↑ +33% |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | Apple Health | $12,472.30 | ↑ +33% |
| Premera | HMO | $12,612.74 | ↑ +34% |
| First Choice | MHS Employee MCC/PPO | $15,175.42 | ↑ +61% |
| First Choice | First Choice PPO | $17,644.75 | ↑ +88% |
| First Choice | MCC Wellfound Employee | $17,644.75 | ↑ +88% |
| First Health | All Commercial Plans | $18,561.05 | ↑ +98% |
| Cigna | All Commercial Plans | $18,704.37 | ↑ +99% |
| Multiplan/PHCS | All Commercial Plans | $18,796.00 | ↑ +100% |
| Premera | Signature | $27,286.78 | ↑ +190% |
| Premera | Prime | $27,900.77 | ↑ +197% |
| Premera | Other Commercial Plans | $34,290.68 | ↑ +265% |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | Cascade Care | $36,377.55 | ↑ +287% |
| Regence | MCC/AHN | $37,942.26 | ↑ +304% |
| Regence | Blue High Performance | $37,942.26 | ↑ +304% |
| Regence | RealValue | $39,026.33 | ↑ +315% |
| Ambetter | Coordinated Care Exchange | $40,996.92 | ↑ +336% |
| Regence | Commercial | $43,362.59 | ↑ +361% |
| Uniform Medical | All Commercial Plans | $43,867.80 | ↑ +367% |
| Aetna | All Commercial Plans | $51,909.78 | ↑ +452% |
| Kaiser | HMO/PPO | $52,953.08 | ↑ +463% |
| United Healthcare | All Commercial Plans | $73,374.93 | ↑ +681% |
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Electrophysiology evaluation at other Washington hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| St. Joseph Medical Center | Tacoma | $3,349.11 | $7,280.72 – $18,319.14 |
| MultiCare Allenmore Hospital | Tacoma | $9,398.00 | $8,920.64 – $37,440.17 |
| Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus | Seattle | $15,800.16 | $9,031.93 – $28,663.41 |
| Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital | Spokane | $14,511.00 | $8,691.51 – $22,119.90 |
| Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill | Seattle | $15,800.16 | $9,031.93 – $27,603.98 |
| Swedish Issaquah | Issaquah | $15,800.16 | $9,057.27 – $28,663.41 |
| Kadlec Regional Medical Center | Richland | $7,344.40 | $1,146.28 – $21,835.98 |
| Providence Regional Medical Center Everett - Colby Campus | Everett | $2,725.84 | $8,882.28 – $22,306.84 |