Incision of windpipe 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.
$1,455.89 with Molina vs $41,996.50 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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| Molina | Apple Health | $1,455.89 | — |
| United Healthcare | Apple Health | $1,572.36 | — |
| Coordinated Care | Apple Health | $1,572.36 | — |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | Apple Health | $1,572.36 | — |
| WellPoint | Apple Health | $1,572.36 | — |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | Cascade Care | $4,586.05 | — |
| Ambetter | Coordinated Care Exchange | $5,168.41 | — |
| SCAN | MedAdvantage | $6,770.63 | — |
| Aetna | MedAdvantage | $6,973.75 | — |
| Regence | MedAdvantage | $6,973.75 | — |
| United Healthcare | MedAdvantage HMO | $7,041.46 | — |
| Molina | MedAdvantage | $7,109.16 | — |
| WellCare | MedAdvantage | $7,109.16 | — |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | MedAdvantage | $7,447.70 | — |
| Premera | HMO | $9,377.85 | — |
| Premera | Signature | $21,396.90 | — |
| Premera | Prime | $21,878.36 | — |
| Premera | Other Commercial Plans | $26,889.00 | — |
| Regence | RealValue | $30,602.48 | — |
| Aetna | All Commercial Plans | $40,468.68 | — |
| Kaiser | HMO/PPO | $41,996.50 | — |
Visitor-reported prices
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Incision of windpipe at other Washington hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| St. Joseph Medical Center | Tacoma | $4,859.08 | $10,563.29 – $14,528.71 |
| MultiCare Allenmore Hospital | Tacoma | not published | $1,463.18 – $28,416.55 |
| St. Michael Medical Center | Silverdale | $6,475.12 | $9,242.88 – $25,165.86 |
| St. Anne Hospital | Burien | $4,479.95 | $6,308.63 – $13,204.11 |
| St. Anthony Hospital | Gig Harbor | $4,462.24 | $10,563.29 – $14,528.71 |
| St. Elizabeth Hospital | Enumclaw | $5,184.29 | $2,494.11 – $13,204.11 |
| Virginia Mason Medical Center | Seattle | $7,179.78 | $28.42 – $3,951.92 |
| St. Francis Hospital | Federal Way | $4,604.18 | $10,563.29 – $14,528.71 |