Ghs cricothyroidotomy at MultiCare Mary Bridge Children's Hospital
317 Martin Luther King Jr Way, Tacoma, WA · Multicare · · NPI 1306952726
$1,788.40
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.
$4,471.00
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.
$270.89 with SCAN vs $5,168.41 with Ambetter — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| SCAN | MedAdvantage | $270.89 | ↓ -85% |
| Aetna | MedAdvantage | $279.02 | ↓ -84% |
| Regence | MedAdvantage | $279.02 | ↓ -84% |
| United Healthcare | MedAdvantage HMO | $281.73 | ↓ -84% |
| Molina | MedAdvantage | $284.43 | ↓ -84% |
| WellCare | MedAdvantage | $284.43 | ↓ -84% |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | MedAdvantage | $297.98 | ↓ -83% |
| Premera | HMO | $389.33 | ↓ -78% |
| Premera | Signature | $892.48 | ↓ -50% |
| Premera | Prime | $912.56 | ↓ -49% |
| Premera | Other Commercial Plans | $1,121.56 | ↓ -37% |
| Regence | MCC/AHN | $1,240.97 | ↓ -31% |
| Regence | Blue High Performance | $1,240.97 | ↓ -31% |
| Regence | RealValue | $1,276.43 | ↓ -29% |
| Regence | Commercial | $1,418.26 | ↓ -21% |
| Uniform Medical | All Commercial Plans | $1,434.78 | ↓ -20% |
| Molina | Apple Health | $1,455.89 | ↓ -19% |
| WellPoint | Apple Health | $1,572.36 | ↓ -12% |
| United Healthcare | Apple Health | $1,572.36 | ↓ -12% |
| Coordinated Care | Apple Health | $1,572.36 | ↓ -12% |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | Apple Health | $1,572.36 | ↓ -12% |
| Aetna | All Commercial Plans | $1,588.62 | ↓ -11% |
| Kaiser | HMO/PPO | $1,634.58 | ↓ -9% |
| United Healthcare | All Commercial Plans | $2,228.20 | ↑ +25% |
| First Choice | MHS Employee MCC/PPO | $2,887.82 | ↑ +61% |
| First Choice | MCC Wellfound Employee | $3,357.72 | ↑ +88% |
| First Choice | First Choice PPO | $3,357.72 | ↑ +88% |
| First Health | All Commercial Plans | $3,532.09 | ↑ +98% |
| Cigna | All Commercial Plans | $3,559.36 | ↑ +99% |
| Multiplan/PHCS | All Commercial Plans | $3,576.80 | ↑ +100% |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | Cascade Care | $4,586.05 | ↑ +156% |
| Ambetter | Coordinated Care Exchange | $5,168.41 | ↑ +189% |
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Ghs cricothyroidotomy at other Washington hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| St. Joseph Medical Center | Tacoma | $976.26 | $565.48 – $2,210.73 |
| MultiCare Allenmore Hospital | Tacoma | $1,788.40 | $270.89 – $1,580.23 |
| Providence St Joseph Hospital | Chewelah | $1,071.00 | not published |
| Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus | Seattle | $1,569.60 | $274.27 – $957.11 |
| Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital | Spokane | $1,614.90 | $263.93 – $671.71 |
| Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill | Seattle | $1,569.60 | $274.27 – $926.56 |
| Swedish Issaquah | Issaquah | $1,569.60 | $275.04 – $957.11 |
| Providence Centralia Hospital | Centralia | $954.20 | $274.27 – $1,191.29 |