Insert/repl sq defib w/eltrd 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

$22,530.80

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.

$56,327.00

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 $295,289.10 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 ↓ -22%
United Healthcare Apple Health $18,990.09 ↓ -16%
WellPoint Apple Health $18,990.09 ↓ -16%
Community Health Plan of Washington Apple Health $18,990.09 ↓ -16%
Coordinated Care Apple Health $18,990.09 ↓ -16%
SCAN MedAdvantage $35,900.10 ↑ +59%
First Choice MHS Employee MCC/PPO $36,381.61 ↑ +61%
Aetna MedAdvantage $36,977.10 ↑ +64%
Regence MedAdvantage $36,977.10 ↑ +64%
United Healthcare MedAdvantage HMO $37,336.10 ↑ +66%
Molina MedAdvantage $37,695.10 ↑ +67%
WellCare MedAdvantage $37,695.10 ↑ +67%
Community Health Plan of Washington MedAdvantage $39,490.11 ↑ +75%
First Choice MCC Wellfound Employee $42,301.58 ↑ +88%
First Choice First Choice PPO $42,301.58 ↑ +88%
First Health All Commercial Plans $44,498.33 ↑ +98%
Cigna All Commercial Plans $44,841.92 ↑ +99%
Multiplan/PHCS All Commercial Plans $45,061.60 ↑ +100%
Community Health Plan of Washington Cascade Care $55,387.77 ↑ +146%
Premera HMO $56,334.32 ↑ +150%
Ambetter Coordinated Care Exchange $62,421.14 ↑ +177%
Premera Signature $120,204.66 ↑ +434%
Premera Prime $122,909.43 ↑ +446%
Premera Other Commercial Plans $151,058.47 ↑ +570%
Regence MCC/AHN $167,144.60 ↑ +642%
Regence Blue High Performance $167,144.60 ↑ +642%
Regence RealValue $171,920.16 ↑ +663%
Regence Commercial $191,022.40 ↑ +748%
Uniform Medical All Commercial Plans $193,247.97 ↑ +758%
Aetna All Commercial Plans $219,331.42 ↑ +873%
Kaiser HMO/PPO $252,280.34 ↑ +1020%
United Healthcare All Commercial Plans $295,289.10 ↑ +1211%

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Insert/repl sq defib w/eltrd at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. Joseph Medical Center Tacoma $5,843.69 $12,703.76 – $87,276.49
MultiCare Allenmore Hospital Tacoma $22,530.80 $17,671.45 – $150,673.74
Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus Seattle $25,167.84 $7,277.00 – $157,216.46
Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital Spokane $92,789.90 $5,419.00 – $100,076.18
Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill Seattle $25,167.84 $7,277.00 – $151,405.58
Swedish Issaquah Issaquah $25,167.84 $7,277.00 – $157,216.46
Kadlec Regional Medical Center Richland $57,387.40 $956.96 – $119,768.59
Providence Regional Medical Center Everett - Colby Campus Everett $34,932.56 $7,246.00 – $122,351.21

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