Endoscopy swallow (fees) vid at MultiCare Mary Bridge Children's Hospital
317 Martin Luther King Jr Way, Tacoma, WA · Multicare · · NPI 1306952726
$248.40
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.
$621.00
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.
$53.73 with United Healthcare vs $654.69 with Regence — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| United Healthcare | All Commercial Plans | $53.73 | ↓ -78% |
| SCAN | MedAdvantage | $53.73 | ↓ -78% |
| Aetna | MedAdvantage | $55.35 | ↓ -78% |
| Regence | MedAdvantage | $55.35 | ↓ -78% |
| United Healthcare | MedAdvantage HMO | $55.88 | ↓ -78% |
| Molina | MedAdvantage | $56.42 | ↓ -77% |
| WellCare | MedAdvantage | $56.42 | ↓ -77% |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | MedAdvantage | $59.11 | ↓ -76% |
| Molina | Apple Health | $78.51 | ↓ -68% |
| United Healthcare | Apple Health | $84.79 | ↓ -66% |
| Coordinated Care | Apple Health | $84.79 | ↓ -66% |
| WellPoint | Apple Health | $84.79 | ↓ -66% |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | Apple Health | $84.79 | ↓ -66% |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | Cascade Care | $247.31 | ↓ -0% |
| Ambetter | Coordinated Care Exchange | $278.71 | ↑ +12% |
| Premera | HMO | $324.94 | ↑ +31% |
| Premera | Signature | $362.02 | ↑ +46% |
| Premera | Prime | $362.02 | ↑ +46% |
| First Choice | MHS Employee MCC/PPO | $401.10 | ↑ +61% |
| Premera | Other Commercial Plans | $442.46 | ↑ +78% |
| Aetna | All Commercial Plans | $448.98 | ↑ +81% |
| First Choice | MCC Wellfound Employee | $466.37 | ↑ +88% |
| First Choice | First Choice PPO | $466.37 | ↑ +88% |
| First Health | All Commercial Plans | $490.59 | ↑ +98% |
| Cigna | All Commercial Plans | $494.38 | ↑ +99% |
| Multiplan/PHCS | All Commercial Plans | $496.80 | ↑ +100% |
| Kaiser | HMO/PPO | $525.07 | ↑ +111% |
| Regence | MCC/AHN | $572.85 | ↑ +131% |
| Regence | Blue High Performance | $572.85 | ↑ +131% |
| Regence | RealValue | $589.22 | ↑ +137% |
| Uniform Medical | All Commercial Plans | $644.77 | ↑ +160% |
| Regence | Commercial | $654.69 | ↑ +164% |
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Endoscopy swallow (fees) vid at other Washington hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| MultiCare Allenmore Hospital | Tacoma | $248.40 | $53.73 – $324.94 |
| Providence St Luke's Rehabilitation Medical Center | Spokane | $286.65 | $58.38 – $64.22 |
| Providence St Joseph Hospital | Chewelah | $197.40 | not published |
| Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus | Seattle | $262.56 | $46.70 – $177.36 |
| Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital | Spokane | $911.40 | $58.38 – $148.58 |
| Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill | Seattle | $262.56 | $46.70 – $211.12 |
| Swedish Issaquah | Issaquah | $262.56 | $46.70 – $133.71 |
| Providence Mount Carmel Hospital | Colville | $228.20 | not published |