Injection treatment of nerve at MultiCare Mary Bridge Children's Hospital
317 Martin Luther King Jr Way, Tacoma, WA · Multicare · · NPI 1306952726
$6,866.40
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.
$17,166.00
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.
$819.68 with Molina vs $18,370.18 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 | $819.68 | ↓ -88% |
| United Healthcare | Apple Health | $885.25 | ↓ -87% |
| WellPoint | Apple Health | $885.25 | ↓ -87% |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | Apple Health | $885.25 | ↓ -87% |
| Coordinated Care | Apple Health | $885.25 | ↓ -87% |
| SCAN | MedAdvantage | $2,233.37 | ↓ -67% |
| Aetna | MedAdvantage | $2,300.37 | ↓ -66% |
| Regence | MedAdvantage | $2,300.37 | ↓ -66% |
| United Healthcare | MedAdvantage HMO | $2,322.71 | ↓ -66% |
| WellCare | MedAdvantage | $2,345.04 | ↓ -66% |
| Molina | MedAdvantage | $2,345.04 | ↓ -66% |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | MedAdvantage | $2,456.71 | ↓ -64% |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | Cascade Care | $2,581.99 | ↓ -62% |
| Ambetter | Coordinated Care Exchange | $2,909.86 | ↓ -58% |
| Premera | HMO | $3,156.91 | ↓ -54% |
| Premera | Signature | $7,054.55 | ↑ +3% |
| Premera | Prime | $7,213.29 | ↑ +5% |
| Premera | Other Commercial Plans | $8,865.29 | ↑ +29% |
| Regence | MCC/AHN | $9,809.37 | ↑ +43% |
| Regence | Blue High Performance | $9,809.37 | ↑ +43% |
| Regence | RealValue | $10,089.63 | ↑ +47% |
| First Choice | MHS Employee MCC/PPO | $11,087.52 | ↑ +61% |
| Regence | Commercial | $11,210.71 | ↑ +63% |
| Uniform Medical | All Commercial Plans | $11,341.32 | ↑ +65% |
| First Choice | MCC Wellfound Employee | $12,891.67 | ↑ +88% |
| First Choice | First Choice PPO | $12,891.67 | ↑ +88% |
| Aetna | All Commercial Plans | $13,358.82 | ↑ +95% |
| First Health | All Commercial Plans | $13,561.14 | ↑ +98% |
| Cigna | All Commercial Plans | $13,665.85 | ↑ +99% |
| Multiplan/PHCS | All Commercial Plans | $13,732.80 | ↑ +100% |
| Kaiser | HMO/PPO | $14,137.49 | ↑ +106% |
| United Healthcare | All Commercial Plans | $18,370.18 | ↑ +168% |
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Injection treatment of nerve at other Washington hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| MultiCare Allenmore Hospital | Tacoma | $6,866.40 | $823.78 – $9,373.54 |
| St. Joseph Medical Center | Tacoma | not published | $4,890.87 – $4,890.87 |
| MultiCare Auburn Medical Center | Auburn | $6,866.40 | $804.85 – $9,373.54 |
| MultiCare Good Samaritan Hospital | Puyallup | $6,866.40 | $823.46 – $9,373.54 |
| Virginia Mason Medical Center | Seattle | $2,905.98 | $19.12 – $1,565.35 |
| MultiCare Capital Medical Center | Olympia | $6,866.40 | $866.15 – $10,102.89 |
| MultiCare Covington Medical Center | Covington | $6,866.40 | $804.85 – $9,373.54 |
| Providence St Luke's Rehabilitation Medical Center | Spokane | not published | $2,176.01 – $2,393.61 |