Implantation iris prosthesis at MultiCare Mary Bridge Children's Hospital
317 Martin Luther King Jr Way, Tacoma, WA · Multicare · · NPI 1306952726
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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.
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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.
$18,826.59 with SCAN vs $129,115.30 with Kaiser — 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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| SCAN | MedAdvantage | $18,826.59 | — |
| Regence | MedAdvantage | $19,391.39 | — |
| Aetna | MedAdvantage | $19,391.39 | — |
| United Healthcare | MedAdvantage HMO | $19,579.65 | — |
| WellCare | MedAdvantage | $19,767.92 | — |
| Molina | MedAdvantage | $19,767.92 | — |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | MedAdvantage | $20,709.25 | — |
| Premera | Signature | $63,390.28 | — |
| Premera | Prime | $64,816.65 | — |
| Premera | Other Commercial Plans | $79,661.13 | — |
| Aetna | All Commercial Plans | $112,303.93 | — |
| Kaiser | HMO/PPO | $129,115.30 | — |
Visitor-reported prices
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Implantation iris prosthesis at other Washington hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| MultiCare Allenmore Hospital | Tacoma | not published | $18,826.59 – $79,015.75 |
| Virginia Mason Medical Center | Seattle | $25,626.99 | $842.74 – $2,758.58 |
| Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus | Seattle | not published | $7,277.00 – $57,908.74 |
| Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital | Spokane | not published | $5,419.00 – $46,683.01 |
| Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill | Seattle | not published | $7,277.00 – $44,603.84 |
| Swedish Issaquah | Issaquah | not published | $7,277.00 – $42,435.18 |
| Central Medical Center | Seattle | not published | not published |
| Providence Centralia Hospital | Centralia | not published | $19,061.47 – $35,263.72 |