Incision of toe tendons 28011 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

$3,780.40

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.

$9,451.00

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.

$1,524.28 with Molina vs $15,127.09 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 $1,524.28 ↓ -60%
United Healthcare Apple Health $1,646.22 ↓ -56%
WellPoint Apple Health $1,646.22 ↓ -56%
Community Health Plan of Washington Apple Health $1,646.22 ↓ -56%
Coordinated Care Apple Health $1,646.22 ↓ -56%
SCAN MedAdvantage $1,839.09 ↓ -51%
Aetna MedAdvantage $1,894.27 ↓ -50%
Regence MedAdvantage $1,894.27 ↓ -50%
United Healthcare MedAdvantage HMO $1,912.66 ↓ -49%
WellCare MedAdvantage $1,931.05 ↓ -49%
Molina MedAdvantage $1,931.05 ↓ -49%
Community Health Plan of Washington MedAdvantage $2,023.00 ↓ -46%
Premera HMO $2,687.34 ↓ -29%
Community Health Plan of Washington Cascade Care $4,801.48 ↑ +27%
Ambetter Coordinated Care Exchange $5,411.19 ↑ +43%
Premera Signature $5,872.28 ↑ +55%
Premera Prime $6,004.42 ↑ +59%
First Choice MHS Employee MCC/PPO $6,104.40 ↑ +61%
First Choice MCC Wellfound Employee $7,097.70 ↑ +88%
First Choice First Choice PPO $7,097.70 ↑ +88%
Premera Other Commercial Plans $7,379.57 ↑ +95%
First Health All Commercial Plans $7,466.29 ↑ +98%
Cigna All Commercial Plans $7,523.94 ↑ +99%
Multiplan/PHCS All Commercial Plans $7,560.80 ↑ +100%
Regence Blue High Performance $8,165.43 ↑ +116%
Regence MCC/AHN $8,165.43 ↑ +116%
Regence RealValue $8,398.73 ↑ +122%
Regence Commercial $9,331.93 ↑ +147%
Uniform Medical All Commercial Plans $9,440.65 ↑ +150%
Aetna All Commercial Plans $10,948.34 ↑ +190%
Kaiser HMO/PPO $11,282.50 ↑ +198%
United Healthcare All Commercial Plans $15,127.09 ↑ +300%

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Incision of toe tendons 28011 at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. Joseph Medical Center Tacoma $1,036.61 $2,253.51 – $3,903.19
MultiCare Allenmore Hospital Tacoma $3,780.40 $1,531.91 – $7,718.72
Central Medical Center Seattle $3,760.00 not published
MultiCare Yakima Memorial Hospital Yakima $1,768.80 $1,918.31 – $5,002.19
St. Michael Medical Center Silverdale $1,381.37 $1,971.82 – $6,760.89
St. Anne Hospital Burien $955.73 $1,345.85 – $2,816.89
St. Anthony Hospital Gig Harbor $951.95 $2,253.51 – $3,903.19
MultiCare Auburn Medical Center Auburn $3,780.40 $1,496.70 – $7,718.72

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