Electrophysiology evaluation at MultiCare Mary Bridge Children's Hospital
317 Martin Luther King Jr Way, Tacoma, WA · Multicare · · NPI 1306952726
$3,582.00
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.
$8,955.00
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.
$1,392.52 with SCAN vs $15,545.55 with Ambetter — 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 | $1,392.52 | ↓ -61% |
| Regence | MedAdvantage | $1,434.30 | ↓ -60% |
| Aetna | MedAdvantage | $1,434.30 | ↓ -60% |
| United Healthcare | MedAdvantage HMO | $1,448.23 | ↓ -60% |
| Molina | MedAdvantage | $1,462.15 | ↓ -59% |
| WellCare | MedAdvantage | $1,462.15 | ↓ -59% |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | MedAdvantage | $1,531.78 | ↓ -57% |
| Premera | HMO | $2,092.64 | ↓ -42% |
| Premera | Signature | $4,348.43 | ↑ +21% |
| Molina | Apple Health | $4,379.03 | ↑ +22% |
| Premera | Prime | $4,446.28 | ↑ +24% |
| WellPoint | Apple Health | $4,729.35 | ↑ +32% |
| United Healthcare | Apple Health | $4,729.35 | ↑ +32% |
| Coordinated Care | Apple Health | $4,729.35 | ↑ +32% |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | Apple Health | $4,729.35 | ↑ +32% |
| Premera | Other Commercial Plans | $5,464.57 | ↑ +53% |
| First Choice | MHS Employee MCC/PPO | $5,784.03 | ↑ +61% |
| Regence | MCC/AHN | $6,046.50 | ↑ +69% |
| Regence | Blue High Performance | $6,046.50 | ↑ +69% |
| Regence | RealValue | $6,219.26 | ↑ +74% |
| First Choice | First Choice PPO | $6,725.21 | ↑ +88% |
| First Choice | MCC Wellfound Employee | $6,725.21 | ↑ +88% |
| Regence | Commercial | $6,910.29 | ↑ +93% |
| Uniform Medical | All Commercial Plans | $6,990.80 | ↑ +95% |
| First Health | All Commercial Plans | $7,074.45 | ↑ +98% |
| Cigna | All Commercial Plans | $7,129.08 | ↑ +99% |
| Multiplan/PHCS | All Commercial Plans | $7,164.00 | ↑ +100% |
| Aetna | All Commercial Plans | $8,304.84 | ↑ +132% |
| Kaiser | HMO/PPO | $8,785.68 | ↑ +145% |
| United Healthcare | All Commercial Plans | $11,453.94 | ↑ +220% |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | Cascade Care | $13,793.94 | ↑ +285% |
| Ambetter | Coordinated Care Exchange | $15,545.55 | ↑ +334% |
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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 | $1,487.59 | $3,039.41 – $3,596.53 |
| MultiCare Allenmore Hospital | Tacoma | $3,582.00 | $1,392.52 – $5,844.47 |
| Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus | Seattle | $3,472.32 | $1,409.90 – $4,809.42 |
| Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital | Spokane | $4,714.50 | $1,356.76 – $3,452.95 |
| Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill | Seattle | $3,472.32 | $1,409.90 – $4,631.66 |
| Swedish Issaquah | Issaquah | $3,472.32 | $1,413.85 – $4,809.42 |
| Kadlec Regional Medical Center | Richland | $9,623.60 | $566.25 – $3,663.85 |
| Providence Regional Medical Center Everett - Colby Campus | Everett | $1,555.32 | $1,386.54 – $3,742.85 |