Exc rect tum transanal part 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

$5,453.20

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.

$13,633.00

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.

$1,587.67 with Molina vs $26,111.84 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 $1,587.67 ↓ -71%
United Healthcare Apple Health $1,714.68 ↓ -69%
WellPoint Apple Health $1,714.68 ↓ -69%
Community Health Plan of Washington Apple Health $1,714.68 ↓ -69%
Coordinated Care Apple Health $1,714.68 ↓ -69%
SCAN MedAdvantage $3,174.58 ↓ -42%
Aetna MedAdvantage $3,269.82 ↓ -40%
Regence MedAdvantage $3,269.82 ↓ -40%
United Healthcare MedAdvantage HMO $3,301.56 ↓ -39%
WellCare MedAdvantage $3,333.31 ↓ -39%
Molina MedAdvantage $3,333.31 ↓ -39%
Community Health Plan of Washington MedAdvantage $3,492.04 ↓ -36%
Premera HMO $4,512.65 ↓ -17%
Community Health Plan of Washington Cascade Care $5,001.15 ↓ -8%
Ambetter Coordinated Care Exchange $5,636.21 ↑ +3%
First Choice MHS Employee MCC/PPO $8,805.55 ↑ +61%
First Choice MCC Wellfound Employee $10,238.38 ↑ +88%
First Choice First Choice PPO $10,238.38 ↑ +88%
Premera Signature $10,258.95 ↑ +88%
Premera Prime $10,489.79 ↑ +92%
First Health All Commercial Plans $10,770.07 ↑ +98%
Cigna All Commercial Plans $10,853.23 ↑ +99%
Multiplan/PHCS All Commercial Plans $10,906.40 ↑ +100%
Premera Other Commercial Plans $12,892.19 ↑ +136%
Regence Blue High Performance $14,265.05 ↑ +162%
Regence MCC/AHN $14,265.05 ↑ +162%
Regence RealValue $14,672.62 ↑ +169%
Regence Commercial $16,302.91 ↑ +199%
Uniform Medical All Commercial Plans $16,492.85 ↑ +202%
Aetna All Commercial Plans $18,760.55 ↑ +244%
Kaiser HMO/PPO $20,208.88 ↑ +271%
United Healthcare All Commercial Plans $26,111.84 ↑ +379%

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Exc rect tum transanal part at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
MultiCare Allenmore Hospital Tacoma $5,453.20 $1,595.61 – $13,323.79
St. Joseph Medical Center Tacoma not published $6,991.27 – $6,991.27
MultiCare Auburn Medical Center Auburn $5,453.20 $1,558.94 – $13,323.79
MultiCare Good Samaritan Hospital Puyallup $5,453.20 $1,594.99 – $13,323.79
Virginia Mason Medical Center Seattle $5,656.41 $18.34 – $2,620.26
MultiCare Capital Medical Center Olympia $5,453.20 $1,677.67 – $14,360.51
MultiCare Covington Medical Center Covington $5,453.20 $1,558.94 – $13,323.79
Providence St Luke's Rehabilitation Medical Center Spokane not published $3,093.04 – $3,402.35

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