Incision of tongue fold at MultiCare Mary Bridge Children's Hospital
317 Martin Luther King Jr Way, Tacoma, WA · Multicare · · NPI 1306952726
$1,599.60
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.
$3,999.00
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.
$649.17 with Molina vs $14,596.45 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 | $649.17 | ↓ -59% |
| United Healthcare | Apple Health | $701.11 | ↓ -56% |
| WellPoint | Apple Health | $701.11 | ↓ -56% |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | Apple Health | $701.11 | ↓ -56% |
| Coordinated Care | Apple Health | $701.11 | ↓ -56% |
| SCAN | MedAdvantage | $1,774.58 | ↑ +11% |
| Aetna | MedAdvantage | $1,827.82 | ↑ +14% |
| Regence | MedAdvantage | $1,827.82 | ↑ +14% |
| United Healthcare | MedAdvantage HMO | $1,845.56 | ↑ +15% |
| WellCare | MedAdvantage | $1,863.31 | ↑ +16% |
| Molina | MedAdvantage | $1,863.31 | ↑ +16% |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | MedAdvantage | $1,952.04 | ↑ +22% |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | Cascade Care | $2,044.89 | ↑ +28% |
| Ambetter | Coordinated Care Exchange | $2,304.56 | ↑ +44% |
| Premera | HMO | $2,437.93 | ↑ +52% |
| First Choice | MHS Employee MCC/PPO | $2,582.95 | ↑ +61% |
| First Choice | First Choice PPO | $3,003.25 | ↑ +88% |
| First Choice | MCC Wellfound Employee | $3,003.25 | ↑ +88% |
| First Health | All Commercial Plans | $3,159.21 | ↑ +98% |
| Cigna | All Commercial Plans | $3,183.60 | ↑ +99% |
| Multiplan/PHCS | All Commercial Plans | $3,199.20 | ↑ +100% |
| Premera | Signature | $5,572.11 | ↑ +248% |
| Premera | Prime | $5,697.49 | ↑ +256% |
| Premera | Other Commercial Plans | $7,002.35 | ↑ +338% |
| Regence | MCC/AHN | $7,748.03 | ↑ +384% |
| Regence | Blue High Performance | $7,748.03 | ↑ +384% |
| Regence | RealValue | $7,969.40 | ↑ +398% |
| Regence | Commercial | $8,854.89 | ↑ +454% |
| Uniform Medical | All Commercial Plans | $8,958.05 | ↑ +460% |
| Aetna | All Commercial Plans | $10,133.38 | ↑ +533% |
| Kaiser | HMO/PPO | $10,917.72 | ↑ +583% |
| United Healthcare | All Commercial Plans | $14,596.45 | ↑ +813% |
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Incision of tongue fold at other Washington hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| St. Joseph Medical Center | Tacoma | $707.61 | $1,538.28 – $3,776.99 |
| MultiCare Allenmore Hospital | Tacoma | $1,599.60 | $652.42 – $7,447.96 |
| Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus | Seattle | $1,344.48 | $1,796.72 – $6,571.29 |
| Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital | Spokane | $3,624.60 | $1,729.00 – $4,400.30 |
| Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill | Seattle | $1,344.48 | $1,796.72 – $6,328.40 |
| Swedish Issaquah | Issaquah | $1,344.48 | $1,801.76 – $6,571.29 |
| Providence Centralia Hospital | Centralia | $3,174.60 | $1,796.72 – $7,893.64 |
| Providence Mount Carmel Hospital | Colville | $2,235.10 | not published |