Insert drug delivery implant at MultiCare Mary Bridge Children's Hospital
317 Martin Luther King Jr Way, Tacoma, WA · Multicare · · NPI 1306952726
$1,396.80
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.
$3,492.00
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.
$115.55 with Molina vs $2,793.60 with Multiplan/PHCS — 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 | $115.55 | ↓ -92% |
| United Healthcare | Apple Health | $124.79 | ↓ -91% |
| WellPoint | Apple Health | $124.79 | ↓ -91% |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | Apple Health | $124.79 | ↓ -91% |
| Coordinated Care | Apple Health | $124.79 | ↓ -91% |
| SCAN | MedAdvantage | $152.17 | ↓ -89% |
| Aetna | MedAdvantage | $156.74 | ↓ -89% |
| Regence | MedAdvantage | $156.74 | ↓ -89% |
| United Healthcare | MedAdvantage HMO | $158.26 | ↓ -89% |
| WellCare | MedAdvantage | $159.78 | ↓ -89% |
| Molina | MedAdvantage | $159.78 | ↓ -89% |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | MedAdvantage | $167.39 | ↓ -88% |
| Premera | HMO | $217.52 | ↓ -84% |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | Cascade Care | $363.98 | ↓ -74% |
| Ambetter | Coordinated Care Exchange | $410.20 | ↓ -71% |
| Premera | Signature | $466.71 | ↓ -67% |
| Premera | Prime | $477.22 | ↓ -66% |
| Premera | Other Commercial Plans | $586.51 | ↓ -58% |
| Regence | MCC/AHN | $648.99 | ↓ -54% |
| Regence | Blue High Performance | $648.99 | ↓ -54% |
| Regence | RealValue | $667.53 | ↓ -52% |
| Regence | Commercial | $741.70 | ↓ -47% |
| Uniform Medical | All Commercial Plans | $750.34 | ↓ -46% |
| Aetna | All Commercial Plans | $881.82 | ↓ -37% |
| Kaiser | HMO/PPO | $913.21 | ↓ -35% |
| United Healthcare | All Commercial Plans | $1,251.68 | ↓ -10% |
| First Choice | MHS Employee MCC/PPO | $2,255.48 | ↑ +61% |
| First Choice | First Choice PPO | $2,622.49 | ↑ +88% |
| First Choice | MCC Wellfound Employee | $2,622.49 | ↑ +88% |
| First Health | All Commercial Plans | $2,758.68 | ↑ +98% |
| Cigna | All Commercial Plans | $2,779.98 | ↑ +99% |
| Multiplan/PHCS | All Commercial Plans | $2,793.60 | ↑ +100% |
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Insert drug delivery implant at other Washington hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| St. Joseph Medical Center | Tacoma | $106.00 | $157.92 – $315.92 |
| MultiCare Allenmore Hospital | Tacoma | $1,396.80 | $116.13 – $638.68 |
| Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus | Seattle | $949.92 | $154.07 – $512.44 |
| Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital | Spokane | $259.00 | $148.26 – $392.51 |
| Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill | Seattle | $949.92 | $154.07 – $496.09 |
| Swedish Issaquah | Issaquah | $949.92 | $154.50 – $512.44 |
| MultiCare Valley Hospital | Spokane Valley | $1,425.60 | $110.92 – $516.69 |
| MultiCare Yakima Memorial Hospital | Yakima | $66.00 | $158.72 – $397.56 |