Injection(s) epidural/subarachnoid cervical/thoracic needle placement w/guidance at MultiCare Mary Bridge Children's Hospital
317 Martin Luther King Jr Way, Tacoma, WA · Multicare · · NPI 1306952726
$1,879.20
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.
$4,698.00
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.
$604.44 with Molina vs $6,640.57 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 | $604.44 | ↓ -68% |
| United Healthcare | Apple Health | $652.79 | ↓ -65% |
| WellPoint | Apple Health | $652.79 | ↓ -65% |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | Apple Health | $652.79 | ↓ -65% |
| Coordinated Care | Apple Health | $652.79 | ↓ -65% |
| SCAN | MedAdvantage | $807.33 | ↓ -57% |
| Aetna | MedAdvantage | $831.55 | ↓ -56% |
| Regence | MedAdvantage | $831.55 | ↓ -56% |
| United Healthcare | MedAdvantage HMO | $839.62 | ↓ -55% |
| WellCare | MedAdvantage | $847.70 | ↓ -55% |
| Molina | MedAdvantage | $847.70 | ↓ -55% |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | MedAdvantage | $888.06 | ↓ -53% |
| Premera | HMO | $1,131.63 | ↓ -40% |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | Cascade Care | $1,903.97 | ↑ +1% |
| Ambetter | Coordinated Care Exchange | $2,145.75 | ↑ +14% |
| Premera | Signature | $2,526.71 | ↑ +34% |
| Premera | Prime | $2,583.57 | ↑ +37% |
| First Choice | MHS Employee MCC/PPO | $3,034.44 | ↑ +61% |
| Premera | Other Commercial Plans | $3,175.26 | ↑ +69% |
| Regence | MCC/AHN | $3,513.42 | ↑ +87% |
| Regence | Blue High Performance | $3,513.42 | ↑ +87% |
| First Choice | MCC Wellfound Employee | $3,528.20 | ↑ +88% |
| First Choice | First Choice PPO | $3,528.20 | ↑ +88% |
| Regence | RealValue | $3,613.80 | ↑ +92% |
| First Health | All Commercial Plans | $3,711.42 | ↑ +98% |
| Cigna | All Commercial Plans | $3,740.08 | ↑ +99% |
| Multiplan/PHCS | All Commercial Plans | $3,758.40 | ↑ +100% |
| Regence | Commercial | $4,015.34 | ↑ +114% |
| Uniform Medical | All Commercial Plans | $4,062.12 | ↑ +116% |
| Aetna | All Commercial Plans | $4,737.50 | ↑ +152% |
| Kaiser | HMO/PPO | $5,067.73 | ↑ +170% |
| United Healthcare | All Commercial Plans | $6,640.57 | ↑ +253% |
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Injection(s) epidural/subarachnoid cervical/thoracic needle placement w/guidance at other Washington hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| St. Joseph Medical Center | Tacoma | $1,241.35 | $1,753.18 – $2,811.04 |
| MultiCare Allenmore Hospital | Tacoma | $1,879.20 | $607.46 – $3,388.40 |
| Providence St Joseph Hospital | Chewelah | $963.90 | not published |
| Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus | Seattle | $2,092.80 | $817.40 – $2,937.74 |
| Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital | Spokane | $1,607.90 | $786.59 – $2,001.88 |
| Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill | Seattle | $2,092.80 | $817.40 – $2,843.98 |
| Swedish Issaquah | Issaquah | $2,092.80 | $819.70 – $2,937.74 |
| Providence Centralia Hospital | Centralia | $1,550.64 | $817.40 – $3,656.54 |