Ins tun cv cath wo subq prt/pm 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

$3,868.40

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.

$9,671.00

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.

$1,552.19 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 $1,552.19 ↓ -60%
United Healthcare Apple Health $1,676.36 ↓ -57%
WellPoint Apple Health $1,676.36 ↓ -57%
Community Health Plan of Washington Apple Health $1,676.36 ↓ -57%
Coordinated Care Apple Health $1,676.36 ↓ -57%
Community Health Plan of Washington Cascade Care $4,889.39 ↑ +26%
Ambetter Coordinated Care Exchange $5,510.26 ↑ +42%
First Choice MHS Employee MCC/PPO $6,246.50 ↑ +61%
SCAN MedAdvantage $6,364.22 ↑ +65%
Aetna MedAdvantage $6,555.15 ↑ +69%
Regence MedAdvantage $6,555.15 ↑ +69%
United Healthcare MedAdvantage HMO $6,618.79 ↑ +71%
Molina MedAdvantage $6,682.43 ↑ +73%
WellCare MedAdvantage $6,682.43 ↑ +73%
Community Health Plan of Washington MedAdvantage $7,000.64 ↑ +81%
First Choice First Choice PPO $7,262.92 ↑ +88%
First Choice MCC Wellfound Employee $7,262.92 ↑ +88%
First Health All Commercial Plans $7,640.09 ↑ +98%
Cigna All Commercial Plans $7,699.08 ↑ +99%
Multiplan/PHCS All Commercial Plans $7,736.80 ↑ +100%
Premera HMO $9,628.52 ↑ +149%
Premera Signature $20,078.56 ↑ +419%
Premera Prime $20,530.36 ↑ +431%
Premera Other Commercial Plans $25,232.27 ↑ +552%
Regence Blue High Performance $27,919.23 ↑ +622%
Regence MCC/AHN $27,919.23 ↑ +622%
Regence RealValue $28,716.93 ↑ +642%
Regence Commercial $31,907.70 ↑ +725%
Uniform Medical All Commercial Plans $32,279.45 ↑ +734%
Aetna All Commercial Plans $36,980.09 ↑ +856%
Kaiser HMO/PPO $40,424.21 ↑ +945%
United Healthcare All Commercial Plans $52,347.59 ↑ +1253%

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Ins tun cv cath wo subq prt/pm at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. Joseph Medical Center Tacoma $2,908.86 $6,323.64 – $13,984.77
MultiCare Allenmore Hospital Tacoma $3,868.40 $1,559.96 – $26,710.80
Providence St Joseph Hospital Chewelah $7,690.20 not published
Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus Seattle $13,760.64 $6,443.62 – $22,383.45
Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital Spokane $6,245.40 $6,200.75 – $15,780.92
Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill Seattle $13,760.64 $6,443.62 – $21,556.13
Swedish Issaquah Issaquah $13,760.64 $6,461.70 – $22,383.45
Providence Centralia Hospital Centralia $11,873.16 $6,443.62 – $26,887.71

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