Ghs abscess postoperative iandd complex 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

$2,460.40

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.

$6,151.00

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.

$708.88 with Molina vs $27,325.98 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 $708.88 ↓ -71%
Coordinated Care Apple Health $765.59 ↓ -69%
United Healthcare Apple Health $765.59 ↓ -69%
WellPoint Apple Health $765.59 ↓ -69%
Community Health Plan of Washington Apple Health $765.59 ↓ -69%
Community Health Plan of Washington Cascade Care $2,232.96 ↓ -9%
Ambetter Coordinated Care Exchange $2,516.52 ↑ +2%
SCAN MedAdvantage $3,322.18 ↑ +35%
Aetna MedAdvantage $3,421.85 ↑ +39%
Regence MedAdvantage $3,421.85 ↑ +39%
United Healthcare MedAdvantage HMO $3,455.07 ↑ +40%
Molina MedAdvantage $3,488.29 ↑ +42%
WellCare MedAdvantage $3,488.29 ↑ +42%
Community Health Plan of Washington MedAdvantage $3,654.40 ↑ +49%
First Choice MHS Employee MCC/PPO $3,972.93 ↑ +61%
Premera HMO $4,536.86 ↑ +84%
First Choice MCC Wellfound Employee $4,619.40 ↑ +88%
First Choice First Choice PPO $4,619.40 ↑ +88%
First Health All Commercial Plans $4,859.29 ↑ +98%
Cigna All Commercial Plans $4,896.81 ↑ +99%
Multiplan/PHCS All Commercial Plans $4,920.80 ↑ +100%
Premera Signature $10,382.06 ↑ +322%
Premera Prime $10,615.67 ↑ +331%
Premera Other Commercial Plans $13,046.90 ↑ +430%
Regence MCC/AHN $14,436.27 ↑ +487%
Regence Blue High Performance $14,436.27 ↑ +487%
Regence RealValue $14,848.73 ↑ +504%
Regence Commercial $16,498.59 ↑ +571%
Uniform Medical All Commercial Plans $16,690.81 ↑ +578%
Aetna All Commercial Plans $19,579.11 ↑ +696%
Kaiser HMO/PPO $20,317.26 ↑ +726%
United Healthcare All Commercial Plans $27,325.98 ↑ +1011%

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Ghs abscess postoperative iandd complex at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. Joseph Medical Center Tacoma $1,191.02 $2,589.19 – $7,028.76
MultiCare Allenmore Hospital Tacoma $2,460.40 $712.43 – $13,943.31
Providence St Joseph Hospital Chewelah $1,834.70 not published
Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus Seattle $4,420.32 $3,363.63 – $11,292.99
Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital Spokane $5,494.30 $3,236.85 – $8,237.79
Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill Seattle $4,420.32 $3,363.63 – $10,875.59
Swedish Issaquah Issaquah $4,420.32 $3,373.07 – $11,292.99
Central Medical Center Seattle $6,203.20 not published

All Washington hospitals for this procedure →