Incision of tendon & muscle at MultiCare Mary Bridge Children's Hospital
317 Martin Luther King Jr Way, Tacoma, WA · Multicare · · NPI 1306952726
$6,033.20
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.
$15,083.00
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.
$3,152.97 with Molina vs $68,262.47 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 | $3,152.97 | ↓ -48% |
| United Healthcare | Apple Health | $3,405.21 | ↓ -44% |
| WellPoint | Apple Health | $3,405.21 | ↓ -44% |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | Apple Health | $3,405.21 | ↓ -44% |
| Coordinated Care | Apple Health | $3,405.21 | ↓ -44% |
| SCAN | MedAdvantage | $8,299.08 | ↑ +38% |
| Aetna | MedAdvantage | $8,548.06 | ↑ +42% |
| Regence | MedAdvantage | $8,548.06 | ↑ +42% |
| United Healthcare | MedAdvantage HMO | $8,631.05 | ↑ +43% |
| WellCare | MedAdvantage | $8,714.04 | ↑ +44% |
| Molina | MedAdvantage | $8,714.04 | ↑ +44% |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | MedAdvantage | $9,128.99 | ↑ +51% |
| First Choice | MHS Employee MCC/PPO | $9,742.11 | ↑ +61% |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | Cascade Care | $9,931.87 | ↑ +65% |
| Ambetter | Coordinated Care Exchange | $11,193.06 | ↑ +86% |
| First Choice | MCC Wellfound Employee | $11,327.33 | ↑ +88% |
| First Choice | First Choice PPO | $11,327.33 | ↑ +88% |
| Premera | HMO | $11,617.00 | ↑ +93% |
| First Health | All Commercial Plans | $11,915.57 | ↑ +98% |
| Cigna | All Commercial Plans | $12,007.58 | ↑ +99% |
| Multiplan/PHCS | All Commercial Plans | $12,066.40 | ↑ +100% |
| Premera | Signature | $26,139.06 | ↑ +333% |
| Premera | Prime | $26,727.23 | ↑ +343% |
| Premera | Other Commercial Plans | $32,848.37 | ↑ +444% |
| Regence | MCC/AHN | $36,346.38 | ↑ +502% |
| Regence | Blue High Performance | $36,346.38 | ↑ +502% |
| Regence | RealValue | $37,384.84 | ↑ +520% |
| Regence | Commercial | $41,538.72 | ↑ +589% |
| Uniform Medical | All Commercial Plans | $42,022.67 | ↑ +597% |
| Aetna | All Commercial Plans | $48,869.84 | ↑ +710% |
| Kaiser | HMO/PPO | $52,024.06 | ↑ +762% |
| United Healthcare | All Commercial Plans | $68,262.47 | ↑ +1031% |
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Incision of tendon & muscle at other Washington hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| MultiCare Allenmore Hospital | Tacoma | $6,033.20 | $3,168.76 – $34,831.50 |
| St. Joseph Medical Center | Tacoma | not published | $17,997.75 – $17,997.75 |
| Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus | Seattle | $16,700.64 | $7,277.00 – $29,132.10 |
| Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill | Seattle | $16,700.64 | $7,277.00 – $28,055.35 |
| Swedish Issaquah | Issaquah | $16,700.64 | $7,277.00 – $29,132.10 |
| MultiCare Auburn Medical Center | Auburn | $6,033.20 | $3,095.93 – $34,831.50 |
| MultiCare Good Samaritan Hospital | Puyallup | $6,033.20 | $3,167.51 – $34,831.50 |
| Virginia Mason Medical Center | Seattle | $8,429.28 | $18.31 – $2,698.49 |