Hemodialysis one evaluation at MultiCare Mary Bridge Children's Hospital
317 Martin Luther King Jr Way, Tacoma, WA · Multicare · · NPI 1306952726
$702.40
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.
$1,756.00
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.
$540.78 with Molina vs $6,456.48 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 | $540.78 | ↓ -23% |
| United Healthcare | Apple Health | $584.04 | ↓ -17% |
| WellPoint | Apple Health | $584.04 | ↓ -17% |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | Apple Health | $584.04 | ↓ -17% |
| Coordinated Care | Apple Health | $584.04 | ↓ -17% |
| SCAN | MedAdvantage | $784.95 | ↑ +12% |
| Aetna | MedAdvantage | $808.50 | ↑ +15% |
| Regence | MedAdvantage | $808.50 | ↑ +15% |
| United Healthcare | MedAdvantage HMO | $816.35 | ↑ +16% |
| WellCare | MedAdvantage | $824.20 | ↑ +17% |
| Molina | MedAdvantage | $824.20 | ↑ +17% |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | MedAdvantage | $863.45 | ↑ +23% |
| First Choice | MHS Employee MCC/PPO | $1,134.20 | ↑ +61% |
| Premera | HMO | $1,181.18 | ↑ +68% |
| First Choice | MCC Wellfound Employee | $1,318.76 | ↑ +88% |
| First Choice | First Choice PPO | $1,318.76 | ↑ +88% |
| First Health | All Commercial Plans | $1,387.24 | ↑ +98% |
| Cigna | All Commercial Plans | $1,397.95 | ↑ +99% |
| Multiplan/PHCS | All Commercial Plans | $1,404.80 | ↑ +100% |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | Cascade Care | $1,703.45 | ↑ +143% |
| Ambetter | Coordinated Care Exchange | $1,919.76 | ↑ +173% |
| Premera | Signature | $2,553.22 | ↑ +263% |
| Premera | Prime | $2,610.67 | ↑ +272% |
| Premera | Other Commercial Plans | $3,208.57 | ↑ +357% |
| Regence | MCC/AHN | $3,550.27 | ↑ +405% |
| Regence | Blue High Performance | $3,550.27 | ↑ +405% |
| Regence | RealValue | $3,651.70 | ↑ +420% |
| Regence | Commercial | $4,057.45 | ↑ +478% |
| Uniform Medical | All Commercial Plans | $4,104.72 | ↑ +484% |
| Aetna | All Commercial Plans | $4,786.73 | ↑ +581% |
| Kaiser | HMO/PPO | $4,959.04 | ↑ +606% |
| United Healthcare | All Commercial Plans | $6,456.48 | ↑ +819% |
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Hemodialysis one evaluation at other Washington hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| St. Joseph Medical Center | Tacoma | $1,342.91 | $1,196.95 – $2,261.39 |
| MultiCare Allenmore Hospital | Tacoma | $702.40 | $543.49 – $3,294.47 |
| Providence St Luke's Rehabilitation Medical Center | Spokane | $1,685.88 | $764.79 – $841.27 |
| Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus | Seattle | $2,664.00 | $794.75 – $3,008.14 |
| Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital | Spokane | $3,264.80 | $149.70 – $2,304.11 |
| Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill | Seattle | $2,664.00 | $794.75 – $2,912.14 |
| Swedish Issaquah | Issaquah | $2,664.00 | $296.74 – $3,008.14 |
| Providence St Mary Medical Center | Walla Walla | $1,369.90 | $206.29 – $1,414.86 |