Ins pm gen exist dual lead 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

$19,095.20

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.

$47,738.00

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.

$17,583.42 with Molina vs $209,255.26 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 $17,583.42 ↓ -8%
United Healthcare Apple Health $18,990.09 ↓ -1%
WellPoint Apple Health $18,990.09 ↓ -1%
Community Health Plan of Washington Apple Health $18,990.09 ↓ -1%
Coordinated Care Apple Health $18,990.09 ↓ -1%
SCAN MedAdvantage $25,440.44 ↑ +33%
Aetna MedAdvantage $26,203.65 ↑ +37%
Regence MedAdvantage $26,203.65 ↑ +37%
United Healthcare MedAdvantage HMO $26,458.06 ↑ +39%
WellCare MedAdvantage $26,712.46 ↑ +40%
Molina MedAdvantage $26,712.46 ↑ +40%
Community Health Plan of Washington MedAdvantage $27,984.48 ↑ +47%
First Choice MHS Employee MCC/PPO $30,833.97 ↑ +61%
First Choice MCC Wellfound Employee $35,851.24 ↑ +88%
First Choice First Choice PPO $35,851.24 ↑ +88%
First Health All Commercial Plans $37,713.02 ↑ +98%
Cigna All Commercial Plans $38,004.22 ↑ +99%
Multiplan/PHCS All Commercial Plans $38,190.40 ↑ +100%
Premera HMO $42,746.53 ↑ +124%
Community Health Plan of Washington Cascade Care $55,387.77 ↑ +190%
Ambetter Coordinated Care Exchange $62,421.14 ↑ +227%
Premera Signature $86,123.79 ↑ +351%
Premera Prime $88,061.70 ↑ +361%
Premera Other Commercial Plans $108,229.82 ↑ +467%
Regence MCC/AHN $119,755.14 ↑ +527%
Regence Blue High Performance $119,755.14 ↑ +527%
Regence RealValue $123,176.71 ↑ +545%
Regence Commercial $136,863.01 ↑ +617%
Uniform Medical All Commercial Plans $138,457.58 ↑ +625%
Aetna All Commercial Plans $153,553.10 ↑ +704%
Kaiser HMO/PPO $179,466.09 ↑ +840%
United Healthcare All Commercial Plans $209,255.26 ↑ +996%

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Ins pm gen exist dual lead at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. Joseph Medical Center Tacoma $6,425.80 $13,969.22 – $62,086.37
MultiCare Allenmore Hospital Tacoma $19,095.20 $17,671.45 – $106,774.25
Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus Seattle $18,775.68 $7,277.00 – $110,611.77
Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital Spokane $54,116.30 $5,419.00 – $70,409.96
Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill Seattle $18,775.68 $7,277.00 – $106,523.45
Swedish Issaquah Issaquah $18,775.68 $7,277.00 – $110,611.77
Providence Regional Medical Center Everett - Colby Campus Everett $24,159.72 $7,246.00 – $86,081.85
MultiCare Valley Hospital Spokane Valley $20,062.80 $16,879.37 – $101,541.52

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