Hdr rdncl ntrstl/icav brchtx at MultiCare Mary Bridge Children's Hospital
317 Martin Luther King Jr Way, Tacoma, WA · Multicare · · NPI 1306952726
$3,120.80
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.
$7,802.00
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.
$796.57 with SCAN vs $6,552.01 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| SCAN | MedAdvantage | $796.57 | ↓ -74% |
| Regence | MedAdvantage | $820.47 | ↓ -74% |
| Aetna | MedAdvantage | $820.47 | ↓ -74% |
| United Healthcare | MedAdvantage HMO | $828.44 | ↓ -73% |
| Molina | MedAdvantage | $836.40 | ↓ -73% |
| WellCare | MedAdvantage | $836.40 | ↓ -73% |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | MedAdvantage | $876.23 | ↓ -72% |
| Molina | Apple Health | $1,018.87 | ↓ -67% |
| WellPoint | Apple Health | $1,100.38 | ↓ -65% |
| United Healthcare | Apple Health | $1,100.38 | ↓ -65% |
| Coordinated Care | Apple Health | $1,100.38 | ↓ -65% |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | Apple Health | $1,100.38 | ↓ -65% |
| Premera | HMO | $1,352.03 | ↓ -57% |
| Premera | Signature | $2,619.63 | ↓ -16% |
| Premera | Prime | $2,678.58 | ↓ -14% |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | Cascade Care | $3,209.45 | ↑ +3% |
| Premera | Other Commercial Plans | $3,292.03 | ↑ +5% |
| Ambetter | Coordinated Care Exchange | $3,616.99 | ↑ +16% |
| Regence | MCC/AHN | $3,642.62 | ↑ +17% |
| Regence | Blue High Performance | $3,642.62 | ↑ +17% |
| Regence | RealValue | $3,746.69 | ↑ +20% |
| Regence | Commercial | $4,162.99 | ↑ +33% |
| Uniform Medical | All Commercial Plans | $4,211.50 | ↑ +35% |
| Aetna | All Commercial Plans | $4,746.29 | ↑ +52% |
| First Choice | MHS Employee MCC/PPO | $5,039.31 | ↑ +61% |
| Kaiser | HMO/PPO | $5,676.33 | ↑ +82% |
| First Choice | First Choice PPO | $5,859.30 | ↑ +88% |
| First Choice | MCC Wellfound Employee | $5,859.30 | ↑ +88% |
| First Health | All Commercial Plans | $6,163.58 | ↑ +98% |
| Cigna | All Commercial Plans | $6,211.17 | ↑ +99% |
| Multiplan/PHCS | All Commercial Plans | $6,241.60 | ↑ +100% |
| United Healthcare | All Commercial Plans | $6,552.01 | ↑ +110% |
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Hdr rdncl ntrstl/icav brchtx at other Washington hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| MultiCare Allenmore Hospital | Tacoma | $3,120.80 | $796.57 – $3,343.22 |
| Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus | Seattle | $3,297.60 | $806.51 – $3,480.44 |
| Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital | Spokane | $2,695.00 | $776.11 – $2,665.87 |
| Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill | Seattle | $3,297.60 | $806.51 – $3,369.37 |
| Swedish Issaquah | Issaquah | $3,297.60 | $808.77 – $3,480.44 |
| Central Medical Center | Seattle | $2,385.60 | $694.00 – $694.00 |
| Providence St Mary Medical Center | Walla Walla | $2,292.50 | $635.31 – $1,435.81 |
| Kadlec Regional Medical Center | Richland | $1,423.80 | $776.11 – $2,895.43 |