ER Visit (level 2) at MultiCare Mary Bridge Children's Hospital
317 Martin Luther King Jr Way, Tacoma, WA · Multicare · · NPI 1306952726
$384.00
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.
$960.00
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.
$175.61 with SCAN vs $1,444.44 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 |
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| SCAN | MedAdvantage | $175.61 | ↓ -54% |
| Regence | MedAdvantage | $180.88 | ↓ -53% |
| Aetna | MedAdvantage | $180.88 | ↓ -53% |
| United Healthcare | MedAdvantage HMO | $182.64 | ↓ -52% |
| Molina | MedAdvantage | $184.39 | ↓ -52% |
| WellCare | MedAdvantage | $184.39 | ↓ -52% |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | MedAdvantage | $193.17 | ↓ -50% |
| Premera | HMO | $261.69 | ↓ -32% |
| Premera | Signature | $597.57 | ↑ +56% |
| Premera | Prime | $611.01 | ↑ +59% |
| First Choice | MHS Employee MCC/PPO | $620.06 | ↑ +61% |
| First Choice | First Choice PPO | $720.96 | ↑ +88% |
| First Choice | MCC Wellfound Employee | $720.96 | ↑ +88% |
| Premera | Other Commercial Plans | $750.95 | ↑ +96% |
| First Health | All Commercial Plans | $758.40 | ↑ +98% |
| Cigna | All Commercial Plans | $764.26 | ↑ +99% |
| Multiplan/PHCS | All Commercial Plans | $768.00 | ↑ +100% |
| Regence | MCC/AHN | $830.92 | ↑ +116% |
| Regence | Blue High Performance | $830.92 | ↑ +116% |
| Regence | RealValue | $854.67 | ↑ +123% |
| Regence | Commercial | $949.63 | ↑ +147% |
| Uniform Medical | All Commercial Plans | $960.69 | ↑ +150% |
| Aetna | All Commercial Plans | $1,083.30 | ↑ +182% |
| Kaiser | HMO/PPO | $1,098.66 | ↑ +186% |
| United Healthcare | All Commercial Plans | $1,444.44 | ↑ +276% |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | Cascade Care | not published by hospital | — |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | Apple Health | not published by hospital | — |
| Coordinated Care | Apple Health | not published by hospital | — |
| Ambetter | Coordinated Care Exchange | not published by hospital | — |
| Molina | Apple Health | not published by hospital | — |
| United Healthcare | Apple Health | not published by hospital | — |
| WellPoint | Apple Health | not published by hospital | — |
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ER Visit (level 2) at other Washington hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| St. Joseph Medical Center | Tacoma | $416.98 | $406.47 – $944.25 |
| MultiCare Allenmore Hospital | Tacoma | $384.00 | $175.61 – $707.66 |
| Providence St Joseph Hospital | Chewelah | $237.30 | not published |
| Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus | Seattle | $336.00 | $177.80 – $623.17 |
| Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital | Spokane | $452.20 | $171.10 – $435.45 |
| Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill | Seattle | $336.00 | $177.80 – $600.13 |
| Swedish Issaquah | Issaquah | $336.00 | $178.30 – $623.17 |
| Central Medical Center | Seattle | $604.00 | $234.00 – $234.00 |