Ghs nerve block celiac plexus 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

$1,778.40

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.

$4,446.00

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.

$819.68 with Molina vs $8,320.61 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 $819.68 ↓ -54%
United Healthcare Apple Health $885.25 ↓ -50%
WellPoint Apple Health $885.25 ↓ -50%
Community Health Plan of Washington Apple Health $885.25 ↓ -50%
Coordinated Care Apple Health $885.25 ↓ -50%
SCAN MedAdvantage $1,011.59 ↓ -43%
Aetna MedAdvantage $1,041.94 ↓ -41%
Regence MedAdvantage $1,041.94 ↓ -41%
United Healthcare MedAdvantage HMO $1,052.05 ↓ -41%
WellCare MedAdvantage $1,062.17 ↓ -40%
Molina MedAdvantage $1,062.17 ↓ -40%
Community Health Plan of Washington MedAdvantage $1,112.75 ↓ -37%
Premera HMO $1,496.65 ↓ -16%
Community Health Plan of Washington Cascade Care $2,581.99 ↑ +45%
First Choice MHS Employee MCC/PPO $2,871.67 ↑ +61%
Ambetter Coordinated Care Exchange $2,909.86 ↑ +64%
Premera Signature $3,330.29 ↑ +87%
First Choice First Choice PPO $3,338.95 ↑ +88%
First Choice MCC Wellfound Employee $3,338.95 ↑ +88%
Premera Prime $3,405.23 ↑ +91%
First Health All Commercial Plans $3,512.34 ↑ +98%
Cigna All Commercial Plans $3,539.46 ↑ +99%
Multiplan/PHCS All Commercial Plans $3,556.80 ↑ +100%
Premera Other Commercial Plans $4,185.10 ↑ +135%
Regence Blue High Performance $4,630.79 ↑ +160%
Regence MCC/AHN $4,630.79 ↑ +160%
Regence RealValue $4,763.10 ↑ +168%
Regence Commercial $5,292.33 ↑ +198%
Uniform Medical All Commercial Plans $5,353.99 ↑ +201%
Aetna All Commercial Plans $6,090.42 ↑ +242%
Kaiser HMO/PPO $6,702.40 ↑ +277%
United Healthcare All Commercial Plans $8,320.61 ↑ +368%

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Ghs nerve block celiac plexus at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. Joseph Medical Center Tacoma $590.74 $1,284.21 – $2,318.70
MultiCare Allenmore Hospital Tacoma $1,778.40 $823.78 – $4,245.66
Providence St Joseph Hospital Chewelah $1,275.40 not published
Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus Seattle $2,542.08 $1,024.21 – $3,816.64
Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital Spokane $2,359.00 $985.61 – $2,517.36
Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill Seattle $2,542.08 $1,024.21 – $3,694.83
Swedish Issaquah Issaquah $2,542.08 $1,027.08 – $3,816.64
Providence Centralia Hospital Centralia $1,855.36 $1,024.21 – $4,750.49

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