Ghs polysom <6 yrs 4/> parameters 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

$2,949.20

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.

$7,373.00

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.

$538.44 with Molina vs $8,078.53 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 $538.44 ↓ -82%
United Healthcare Apple Health $581.52 ↓ -80%
WellPoint Apple Health $581.52 ↓ -80%
Community Health Plan of Washington Apple Health $581.52 ↓ -80%
Coordinated Care Apple Health $581.52 ↓ -80%
SCAN MedAdvantage $982.16 ↓ -67%
Aetna MedAdvantage $1,011.62 ↓ -66%
Regence MedAdvantage $1,011.62 ↓ -66%
United Healthcare MedAdvantage HMO $1,021.45 ↓ -65%
WellCare MedAdvantage $1,031.27 ↓ -65%
Molina MedAdvantage $1,031.27 ↓ -65%
Community Health Plan of Washington MedAdvantage $1,080.37 ↓ -63%
Community Health Plan of Washington Cascade Care $1,696.10 ↓ -42%
Premera HMO $1,750.42 ↓ -41%
Ambetter Coordinated Care Exchange $1,911.48 ↓ -35%
Premera Signature $3,820.13 ↑ +30%
Premera Prime $3,906.08 ↑ +32%
First Choice MHS Employee MCC/PPO $4,762.22 ↑ +61%
Premera Other Commercial Plans $4,800.67 ↑ +63%
Regence MCC/AHN $5,311.88 ↑ +80%
Regence Blue High Performance $5,311.88 ↑ +80%
Regence RealValue $5,463.65 ↑ +85%
First Choice MCC Wellfound Employee $5,537.12 ↑ +88%
First Choice First Choice PPO $5,537.12 ↑ +88%
First Health All Commercial Plans $5,824.67 ↑ +98%
Cigna All Commercial Plans $5,869.65 ↑ +99%
Multiplan/PHCS All Commercial Plans $5,898.40 ↑ +100%
Regence Commercial $6,070.72 ↑ +106%
Uniform Medical All Commercial Plans $6,141.45 ↑ +108%
Aetna All Commercial Plans $6,959.92 ↑ +136%
Kaiser HMO/PPO $7,348.90 ↑ +149%
United Healthcare All Commercial Plans $8,078.53 ↑ +174%

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Ghs polysom <6 yrs 4/> parameters at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
MultiCare Allenmore Hospital Tacoma $2,949.20 $541.14 – $4,326.18
Providence St Luke's Rehabilitation Medical Center Spokane $3,244.50 $411.87 – $1,052.63
Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus Seattle $4,476.48 $994.41 – $4,272.07
Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill Seattle $4,476.48 $994.41 – $4,135.72
Swedish Issaquah Issaquah $4,476.48 $997.20 – $4,272.07
Central Medical Center Seattle $3,464.00 not published
Providence Mount Carmel Hospital Colville $4,351.90 not published
Providence St Mary Medical Center Walla Walla $3,115.70 $926.45 – $1,770.32

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