Furnsh initial orthosis only at MultiCare Mary Bridge Children's Hospital
317 Martin Luther King Jr Way, Tacoma, WA · Multicare · · NPI 1306952726
$1,224.00
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.
$3,060.00
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.
$1,976.45 with First Choice vs $17,618.78 with Kaiser — 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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| First Choice | MHS Employee MCC/PPO | $1,976.45 | ↑ +61% |
| Regence | Blue High Performance | $2,011.09 | ↑ +64% |
| Regence | MCC/AHN | $2,011.09 | ↑ +64% |
| Regence | RealValue | $2,068.55 | ↑ +69% |
| First Choice | MCC Wellfound Employee | $2,298.06 | ↑ +88% |
| First Choice | First Choice PPO | $2,298.06 | ↑ +88% |
| Regence | Commercial | $2,298.39 | ↑ +88% |
| Uniform Medical | All Commercial Plans | $2,298.39 | ↑ +88% |
| SCAN | MedAdvantage | $2,352.61 | ↑ +92% |
| First Health | All Commercial Plans | $2,417.40 | ↑ +98% |
| Aetna | MedAdvantage | $2,423.19 | ↑ +98% |
| Regence | MedAdvantage | $2,423.19 | ↑ +98% |
| Cigna | All Commercial Plans | $2,436.07 | ↑ +99% |
| United Healthcare | MedAdvantage HMO | $2,446.71 | ↑ +100% |
| Multiplan/PHCS | All Commercial Plans | $2,448.00 | ↑ +100% |
| Molina | MedAdvantage | $2,470.24 | ↑ +102% |
| WellCare | MedAdvantage | $2,470.24 | ↑ +102% |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | MedAdvantage | $2,587.87 | ↑ +111% |
| United Healthcare | All Commercial Plans | $2,880.74 | ↑ +135% |
| Premera | HMO | $3,584.24 | ↑ +193% |
| Premera | Signature | $4,137.10 | ↑ +238% |
| Premera | Prime | $4,137.10 | ↑ +238% |
| Premera | Other Commercial Plans | $5,056.46 | ↑ +313% |
| Aetna | All Commercial Plans | $7,272.47 | ↑ +494% |
| Kaiser | HMO/PPO | $17,618.78 | ↑ +1339% |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | Cascade Care | not published by hospital | — |
| WellPoint | Apple Health | 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 | — |
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Furnsh initial orthosis only at other Washington hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| MultiCare Allenmore Hospital | Tacoma | $1,224.00 | $2,011.09 – $10,371.89 |
| Central Medical Center | Seattle | $349.62 | not published |
| MultiCare Valley Hospital | Spokane Valley | $1,224.00 | $2,298.39 – $9,968.67 |
| MultiCare Yakima Memorial Hospital | Yakima | $1,224.00 | $2,068.55 – $4,022.96 |
| MultiCare Auburn Medical Center | Auburn | $1,224.00 | $2,011.09 – $10,371.89 |
| MultiCare Good Samaritan Hospital | Puyallup | $1,224.00 | $2,011.09 – $10,371.89 |
| MultiCare Capital Medical Center | Olympia | $1,224.00 | $2,068.55 – $4,352.32 |
| MultiCare Covington Medical Center | Covington | $1,224.00 | $2,011.09 – $10,371.89 |