Ghs vaginal delivery only at MultiCare Mary Bridge Children's Hospital
317 Martin Luther King Jr Way, Tacoma, WA · Multicare · · NPI 1306952726
$3,966.80
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.
$9,917.00
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.
$1,533.95 with Molina vs $30,453.08 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.
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 |
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| Molina | Apple Health | $1,533.95 | ↓ -61% |
| United Healthcare | Apple Health | $1,656.67 | ↓ -58% |
| WellPoint | Apple Health | $1,656.67 | ↓ -58% |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | Apple Health | $1,656.67 | ↓ -58% |
| Coordinated Care | Apple Health | $1,656.67 | ↓ -58% |
| SCAN | MedAdvantage | $3,702.37 | ↓ -7% |
| Aetna | MedAdvantage | $3,813.44 | ↓ -4% |
| Regence | MedAdvantage | $3,813.44 | ↓ -4% |
| United Healthcare | MedAdvantage HMO | $3,850.46 | ↓ -3% |
| WellCare | MedAdvantage | $3,887.49 | ↓ -2% |
| Molina | MedAdvantage | $3,887.49 | ↓ -2% |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | MedAdvantage | $4,072.60 | ↑ +3% |
| First Choice | MHS Employee MCC/PPO | $4,467.69 | ↑ +13% |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | Cascade Care | $4,831.96 | ↑ +22% |
| Premera | HMO | $4,965.71 | ↑ +25% |
| First Choice | MCC Wellfound Employee | $5,194.67 | ↑ +31% |
| First Choice | First Choice PPO | $5,194.67 | ↑ +31% |
| Ambetter | Coordinated Care Exchange | $5,445.54 | ↑ +37% |
| First Health | All Commercial Plans | $5,464.43 | ↑ +38% |
| Cigna | All Commercial Plans | $5,506.62 | ↑ +39% |
| Multiplan/PHCS | All Commercial Plans | $5,533.60 | ↑ +39% |
| Premera | Signature | $11,422.92 | ↑ +188% |
| Premera | Prime | $11,679.95 | ↑ +194% |
| Premera | Other Commercial Plans | $14,354.92 | ↑ +262% |
| Regence | MCC/AHN | $15,883.55 | ↑ +300% |
| Regence | Blue High Performance | $15,883.55 | ↑ +300% |
| Regence | RealValue | $16,337.36 | ↑ +312% |
| Regence | Commercial | $18,152.62 | ↑ +358% |
| Uniform Medical | All Commercial Plans | $18,364.12 | ↑ +363% |
| Aetna | All Commercial Plans | $21,750.95 | ↑ +448% |
| Kaiser | HMO/PPO | $22,237.82 | ↑ +461% |
| United Healthcare | All Commercial Plans | $30,453.08 | ↑ +668% |
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Ghs vaginal delivery only at other Washington hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| St. Joseph Medical Center | Tacoma | $4,638.78 | $4,535.37 – $7,693.18 |
| MultiCare Allenmore Hospital | Tacoma | $3,966.80 | $1,541.63 – $15,538.94 |
| Providence St Joseph Hospital | Chewelah | $2,965.20 | not published |
| Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus | Seattle | $7,345.92 | $3,748.56 – $12,165.75 |
| Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital | Spokane | $4,113.20 | $3,607.27 – $9,180.51 |
| Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill | Seattle | $7,345.92 | $3,748.56 – $11,716.09 |
| Swedish Issaquah | Issaquah | $7,345.92 | $3,759.08 – $12,165.75 |
| Providence Centralia Hospital | Centralia | $5,409.04 | $3,748.56 – $14,613.89 |