Ins cath ren art 2nd+ uni 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

$2,821.60

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.

$7,054.00

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.

$2,909.14 with Molina vs $52,347.59 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 $2,909.14 ↑ +3%
United Healthcare Apple Health $3,141.87 ↑ +11%
WellPoint Apple Health $3,141.87 ↑ +11%
Community Health Plan of Washington Apple Health $3,141.87 ↑ +11%
Coordinated Care Apple Health $3,141.87 ↑ +11%
First Choice MHS Employee MCC/PPO $4,556.18 ↑ +61%
First Choice First Choice PPO $5,297.55 ↑ +88%
First Choice MCC Wellfound Employee $5,297.55 ↑ +88%
First Health All Commercial Plans $5,572.66 ↑ +98%
Cigna All Commercial Plans $5,615.69 ↑ +99%
Multiplan/PHCS All Commercial Plans $5,643.20 ↑ +100%
SCAN MedAdvantage $6,364.22 ↑ +126%
Aetna MedAdvantage $6,555.15 ↑ +132%
Regence MedAdvantage $6,555.15 ↑ +132%
United Healthcare MedAdvantage HMO $6,618.79 ↑ +135%
WellCare MedAdvantage $6,682.43 ↑ +137%
Molina MedAdvantage $6,682.43 ↑ +137%
Community Health Plan of Washington MedAdvantage $7,000.64 ↑ +148%
Community Health Plan of Washington Cascade Care $9,163.79 ↑ +225%
Premera HMO $9,628.52 ↑ +241%
Ambetter Coordinated Care Exchange $10,327.45 ↑ +266%
Premera Signature $20,078.56 ↑ +612%
Premera Prime $20,530.36 ↑ +628%
Premera Other Commercial Plans $25,232.27 ↑ +794%
Regence Blue High Performance $27,919.23 ↑ +889%
Regence MCC/AHN $27,919.23 ↑ +889%
Regence RealValue $28,716.93 ↑ +918%
Regence Commercial $31,907.70 ↑ +1031%
Uniform Medical All Commercial Plans $32,279.45 ↑ +1044%
Aetna All Commercial Plans $36,980.09 ↑ +1211%
Kaiser HMO/PPO $40,424.21 ↑ +1333%
United Healthcare All Commercial Plans $52,347.59 ↑ +1755%

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Ins cath ren art 2nd+ uni at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
MultiCare Allenmore Hospital Tacoma $2,821.60 $2,923.70 – $26,710.80
St. Joseph Medical Center Tacoma not published $10,808.75 – $13,984.77
Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus Seattle $13,007.04 $6,443.62 – $22,383.45
Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital Spokane $6,988.10 $5,419.00 – $15,780.92
Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill Seattle $13,007.04 $6,443.62 – $21,556.13
Swedish Issaquah Issaquah $13,007.04 $6,461.70 – $22,383.45
Central Medical Center Seattle $12,560.00 not published
Providence St Mary Medical Center Walla Walla $12,681.90 $4,869.41 – $11,471.40

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