Ins cerv dilator (sep proc) at MultiCare Mary Bridge Children's Hospital
317 Martin Luther King Jr Way, Tacoma, WA · Multicare · · NPI 1306952726
$518.40
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.
$1,296.00
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.
$348.53 with SCAN vs $2,866.75 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| SCAN | MedAdvantage | $348.53 | ↓ -33% |
| Regence | MedAdvantage | $358.98 | ↓ -31% |
| Aetna | MedAdvantage | $358.98 | ↓ -31% |
| United Healthcare | MedAdvantage HMO | $362.47 | ↓ -30% |
| Molina | MedAdvantage | $365.95 | ↓ -29% |
| WellCare | MedAdvantage | $365.95 | ↓ -29% |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | MedAdvantage | $383.38 | ↓ -26% |
| Molina | Apple Health | $459.89 | ↓ -11% |
| WellPoint | Apple Health | $496.68 | ↓ -4% |
| United Healthcare | Apple Health | $496.68 | ↓ -4% |
| Coordinated Care | Apple Health | $496.68 | ↓ -4% |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | Apple Health | $496.68 | ↓ -4% |
| Premera | HMO | $546.93 | ↑ +6% |
| First Choice | MHS Employee MCC/PPO | $837.09 | ↑ +61% |
| First Choice | First Choice PPO | $973.30 | ↑ +88% |
| First Choice | MCC Wellfound Employee | $973.30 | ↑ +88% |
| First Health | All Commercial Plans | $1,023.84 | ↑ +98% |
| Cigna | All Commercial Plans | $1,031.75 | ↑ +99% |
| Multiplan/PHCS | All Commercial Plans | $1,036.80 | ↑ +100% |
| Premera | Signature | $1,172.14 | ↑ +126% |
| Premera | Prime | $1,198.52 | ↑ +131% |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | Cascade Care | $1,448.66 | ↑ +179% |
| Premera | Other Commercial Plans | $1,473.01 | ↑ +184% |
| Regence | MCC/AHN | $1,629.86 | ↑ +214% |
| Regence | Blue High Performance | $1,629.86 | ↑ +214% |
| Ambetter | Coordinated Care Exchange | $1,632.61 | ↑ +215% |
| Regence | RealValue | $1,676.42 | ↑ +223% |
| Regence | Commercial | $1,862.69 | ↑ +259% |
| Uniform Medical | All Commercial Plans | $1,884.39 | ↑ +264% |
| Aetna | All Commercial Plans | $2,080.95 | ↑ +301% |
| Kaiser | HMO/PPO | $2,296.27 | ↑ +343% |
| United Healthcare | All Commercial Plans | $2,866.75 | ↑ +453% |
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Ins cerv dilator (sep proc) at other Washington hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| St. Joseph Medical Center | Tacoma | $314.82 | $684.39 – $794.39 |
| MultiCare Allenmore Hospital | Tacoma | $518.40 | $348.53 – $1,462.78 |
| Providence St Joseph Hospital | Chewelah | $437.50 | not published |
| Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus | Seattle | $989.28 | $352.87 – $1,272.38 |
| Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital | Spokane | $700.00 | $339.57 – $864.22 |
| Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill | Seattle | $989.28 | $352.87 – $1,231.78 |
| Swedish Issaquah | Issaquah | $989.28 | $353.86 – $1,272.38 |
| Providence Centralia Hospital | Centralia | $674.44 | $352.87 – $1,583.71 |