Ghs abscess perianal iandd 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

$1,546.40

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.

$3,866.00

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.

$1,040.91 with Molina vs $8,748.56 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 $1,040.91 ↓ -33%
SCAN MedAdvantage $1,063.61 ↓ -31%
Aetna MedAdvantage $1,095.52 ↓ -29%
Regence MedAdvantage $1,095.52 ↓ -29%
United Healthcare MedAdvantage HMO $1,106.16 ↓ -28%
WellCare MedAdvantage $1,116.79 ↓ -28%
Molina MedAdvantage $1,116.79 ↓ -28%
WellPoint Apple Health $1,124.18 ↓ -27%
United Healthcare Apple Health $1,124.18 ↓ -27%
Coordinated Care Apple Health $1,124.18 ↓ -27%
Community Health Plan of Washington Apple Health $1,124.18 ↓ -27%
Community Health Plan of Washington MedAdvantage $1,169.97 ↓ -24%
Premera HMO $1,459.52 ↓ -6%
First Choice MHS Employee MCC/PPO $2,497.05 ↑ +61%
First Choice MCC Wellfound Employee $2,903.37 ↑ +88%
First Choice First Choice PPO $2,903.37 ↑ +88%
First Health All Commercial Plans $3,054.14 ↑ +98%
Cigna All Commercial Plans $3,077.72 ↑ +99%
Multiplan/PHCS All Commercial Plans $3,092.80 ↑ +100%
Community Health Plan of Washington Cascade Care $3,278.86 ↑ +112%
Premera Signature $3,339.37 ↑ +116%
Premera Prime $3,414.51 ↑ +121%
Ambetter Coordinated Care Exchange $3,695.23 ↑ +139%
Premera Other Commercial Plans $4,196.51 ↑ +171%
Regence Blue High Performance $4,643.38 ↑ +200%
Regence MCC/AHN $4,643.38 ↑ +200%
Regence RealValue $4,776.04 ↑ +209%
Regence Commercial $5,306.72 ↑ +243%
Uniform Medical All Commercial Plans $5,368.54 ↑ +247%
Aetna All Commercial Plans $6,236.95 ↑ +303%
Kaiser HMO/PPO $6,536.13 ↑ +323%
United Healthcare All Commercial Plans $8,748.56 ↑ +466%

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Ghs abscess perianal iandd at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. Joseph Medical Center Tacoma $945.66 $2,055.78 – $2,261.18
MultiCare Allenmore Hospital Tacoma $1,546.40 $1,046.12 – $4,464.03
Providence St Joseph Hospital Chewelah $496.30 not published
Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus Seattle $2,388.48 $1,076.88 – $3,590.24
Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital Spokane $1,661.80 $1,036.29 – $2,637.37
Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill Seattle $2,388.48 $1,076.88 – $3,475.65
Swedish Issaquah Issaquah $2,388.48 $1,079.90 – $3,590.24
Providence Centralia Hospital Centralia $2,171.52 $1,076.88 – $4,468.70

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