Facial bones <3 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

$244.00

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.

$610.00

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.

$40.46 with Molina vs $818.69 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 $40.46 ↓ -83%
United Healthcare Apple Health $43.69 ↓ -82%
WellPoint Apple Health $43.69 ↓ -82%
Community Health Plan of Washington Apple Health $43.69 ↓ -82%
Coordinated Care Apple Health $43.69 ↓ -82%
SCAN MedAdvantage $99.53 ↓ -59%
Aetna MedAdvantage $102.52 ↓ -58%
Regence MedAdvantage $102.52 ↓ -58%
United Healthcare MedAdvantage HMO $103.51 ↓ -58%
WellCare MedAdvantage $104.51 ↓ -57%
Molina MedAdvantage $104.51 ↓ -57%
Community Health Plan of Washington MedAdvantage $109.49 ↓ -55%
Community Health Plan of Washington Cascade Care $127.44 ↓ -48%
Ambetter Coordinated Care Exchange $143.62 ↓ -41%
Premera HMO $162.75 ↓ -33%
First Choice MHS Employee MCC/PPO $315.20 ↑ +29%
Premera Signature $332.01 ↑ +36%
Premera Prime $339.48 ↑ +39%
First Choice MCC Wellfound Employee $366.49 ↑ +50%
First Choice First Choice PPO $366.49 ↑ +50%
First Health All Commercial Plans $385.52 ↑ +58%
Multiplan/PHCS All Commercial Plans $390.40 ↑ +60%
Cigna All Commercial Plans $397.23 ↑ +63%
Premera Other Commercial Plans $417.23 ↑ +71%
Regence MCC/AHN $461.67 ↑ +89%
Regence Blue High Performance $461.67 ↑ +89%
Regence RealValue $474.86 ↑ +95%
Regence Commercial $527.62 ↑ +116%
Uniform Medical All Commercial Plans $533.77 ↑ +119%
Aetna All Commercial Plans $602.31 ↑ +147%
Kaiser HMO/PPO $683.31 ↑ +180%
United Healthcare All Commercial Plans $818.69 ↑ +236%

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Facial bones <3 at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. Joseph Medical Center Tacoma $216.63 $127.23 – $490.55
MultiCare Allenmore Hospital Tacoma $244.00 $40.66 – $417.74
Providence St Joseph Hospital Chewelah $541.10 not published
Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus Seattle $264.48 $100.77 – $375.11
Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital Spokane $632.10 $96.98 – $287.32
Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill Seattle $264.48 $100.77 – $363.14
Swedish Issaquah Issaquah $264.48 $92.65 – $375.11
Central Medical Center Seattle $304.00 $89.00 – $89.00

All Washington hospitals for this procedure →