Ghs ed peritoneal lavage w guidance if performed 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

$1,310.00

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.

$3,275.00

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.

$522.24 with Molina vs $8,532.40 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 $522.24 ↓ -60%
United Healthcare Apple Health $564.02 ↓ -57%
WellPoint Apple Health $564.02 ↓ -57%
Community Health Plan of Washington Apple Health $564.02 ↓ -57%
Coordinated Care Apple Health $564.02 ↓ -57%
SCAN MedAdvantage $1,037.34 ↓ -21%
Aetna MedAdvantage $1,068.46 ↓ -18%
Regence MedAdvantage $1,068.46 ↓ -18%
United Healthcare MedAdvantage HMO $1,078.83 ↓ -18%
WellCare MedAdvantage $1,089.20 ↓ -17%
Molina MedAdvantage $1,089.20 ↓ -17%
Community Health Plan of Washington MedAdvantage $1,141.07 ↓ -13%
Premera HMO $1,449.82 ↑ +11%
Community Health Plan of Washington Cascade Care $1,645.05 ↑ +26%
Ambetter Coordinated Care Exchange $1,853.95 ↑ +42%
First Choice MHS Employee MCC/PPO $2,115.32 ↑ +61%
First Choice First Choice PPO $2,459.53 ↑ +88%
First Choice MCC Wellfound Employee $2,459.53 ↑ +88%
First Health All Commercial Plans $2,587.25 ↑ +98%
Cigna All Commercial Plans $2,607.23 ↑ +99%
Multiplan/PHCS All Commercial Plans $2,620.00 ↑ +100%
Premera Signature $3,312.06 ↑ +153%
Premera Prime $3,386.59 ↑ +159%
Premera Other Commercial Plans $4,162.19 ↑ +218%
Regence MCC/AHN $4,605.41 ↑ +252%
Regence Blue High Performance $4,605.41 ↑ +252%
Regence RealValue $4,736.99 ↑ +262%
Regence Commercial $5,263.33 ↑ +302%
Uniform Medical All Commercial Plans $5,324.65 ↑ +306%
Aetna All Commercial Plans $6,413.78 ↑ +390%
Kaiser HMO/PPO $6,492.64 ↑ +396%
United Healthcare All Commercial Plans $8,532.40 ↑ +551%

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Ghs ed peritoneal lavage w guidance if performed at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. Joseph Medical Center Tacoma $736.42 $1,600.91 – $2,246.13
MultiCare Allenmore Hospital Tacoma $1,310.00 $524.85 – $4,353.73
Providence St Joseph Hospital Chewelah $791.70 not published
Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus Seattle $2,381.28 $1,050.28 – $3,693.82
Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital Spokane $1,312.50 $1,010.69 – $2,572.22
Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill Seattle $2,381.28 $1,050.28 – $3,575.94
Swedish Issaquah Issaquah $2,381.28 $1,053.23 – $3,693.82
Providence Centralia Hospital Centralia $1,724.84 $1,050.28 – $4,597.63

All Washington hospitals for this procedure →