Hemorrhoidectomy intrnl lig rbbr band ligations 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

$887.60

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.

$2,219.00

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.

$1,040.91 with Molina vs $8,748.56 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 $1,040.91 ↑ +17%
SCAN MedAdvantage $1,063.61 ↑ +20%
Aetna MedAdvantage $1,095.52 ↑ +23%
Regence MedAdvantage $1,095.52 ↑ +23%
United Healthcare MedAdvantage HMO $1,106.16 ↑ +25%
WellCare MedAdvantage $1,116.79 ↑ +26%
Molina MedAdvantage $1,116.79 ↑ +26%
WellPoint Apple Health $1,124.18 ↑ +27%
United Healthcare Apple Health $1,124.18 ↑ +27%
Coordinated Care Apple Health $1,124.18 ↑ +27%
Community Health Plan of Washington Apple Health $1,124.18 ↑ +27%
Community Health Plan of Washington MedAdvantage $1,169.97 ↑ +32%
First Choice MHS Employee MCC/PPO $1,433.25 ↑ +61%
Premera HMO $1,459.52 ↑ +64%
First Choice MCC Wellfound Employee $1,666.47 ↑ +88%
First Choice First Choice PPO $1,666.47 ↑ +88%
First Health All Commercial Plans $1,753.01 ↑ +98%
Cigna All Commercial Plans $1,766.55 ↑ +99%
Multiplan/PHCS All Commercial Plans $1,775.20 ↑ +100%
Community Health Plan of Washington Cascade Care $3,278.86 ↑ +269%
Premera Signature $3,339.37 ↑ +276%
Premera Prime $3,414.51 ↑ +285%
Ambetter Coordinated Care Exchange $3,695.23 ↑ +316%
Premera Other Commercial Plans $4,196.51 ↑ +373%
Regence Blue High Performance $4,643.38 ↑ +423%
Regence MCC/AHN $4,643.38 ↑ +423%
Regence RealValue $4,776.04 ↑ +438%
Regence Commercial $5,306.72 ↑ +498%
Uniform Medical All Commercial Plans $5,368.54 ↑ +505%
Aetna All Commercial Plans $6,236.95 ↑ +603%
Kaiser HMO/PPO $6,536.13 ↑ +636%
United Healthcare All Commercial Plans $8,748.56 ↑ +886%

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Hemorrhoidectomy intrnl lig rbbr band ligations at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
MultiCare Allenmore Hospital Tacoma $887.60 $1,046.12 – $4,464.03
St. Joseph Medical Center Tacoma not published $2,261.18 – $2,261.18
Providence St Joseph Hospital Chewelah $1,243.90 not published
Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus Seattle $2,388.48 $1,076.88 – $3,590.24
Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital Spokane $1,967.70 $1,036.29 – $2,637.37
Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill Seattle $2,388.48 $1,076.88 – $3,475.65
Swedish Issaquah Issaquah $2,388.48 $1,079.90 – $3,590.24
Providence Centralia Hospital Centralia $1,919.84 $1,076.88 – $4,468.70

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