Insertion of new/replacement ppm w/transvenous electrode(s) ventricular at MultiCare Mary Bridge Children's Hospital
317 Martin Luther King Jr Way, Tacoma, WA · Multicare · · NPI 1306952726
$8,716.40
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.
$21,791.00
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.
$5,864.48 with Molina vs $98,326.59 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.
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 | $5,864.48 | ↓ -33% |
| United Healthcare | Apple Health | $6,333.64 | ↓ -27% |
| WellPoint | Apple Health | $6,333.64 | ↓ -27% |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | Apple Health | $6,333.64 | ↓ -27% |
| Coordinated Care | Apple Health | $6,333.64 | ↓ -27% |
| SCAN | MedAdvantage | $11,954.16 | ↑ +37% |
| Aetna | MedAdvantage | $12,312.79 | ↑ +41% |
| Regence | MedAdvantage | $12,312.79 | ↑ +41% |
| United Healthcare | MedAdvantage HMO | $12,432.33 | ↑ +43% |
| WellCare | MedAdvantage | $12,551.87 | ↑ +44% |
| Molina | MedAdvantage | $12,551.87 | ↑ +44% |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | MedAdvantage | $13,149.58 | ↑ +51% |
| First Choice | MHS Employee MCC/PPO | $14,074.81 | ↑ +61% |
| First Choice | MCC Wellfound Employee | $16,365.04 | ↑ +88% |
| First Choice | First Choice PPO | $16,365.04 | ↑ +88% |
| First Health | All Commercial Plans | $17,214.89 | ↑ +98% |
| Cigna | All Commercial Plans | $17,347.82 | ↑ +99% |
| Multiplan/PHCS | All Commercial Plans | $17,432.80 | ↑ +100% |
| Premera | HMO | $18,139.99 | ↑ +108% |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | Cascade Care | $18,473.11 | ↑ +112% |
| Ambetter | Coordinated Care Exchange | $20,818.90 | ↑ +139% |
| Premera | Signature | $39,015.57 | ↑ +348% |
| Premera | Prime | $39,893.47 | ↑ +358% |
| Premera | Other Commercial Plans | $49,029.98 | ↑ +463% |
| Regence | MCC/AHN | $54,251.16 | ↑ +522% |
| Regence | Blue High Performance | $54,251.16 | ↑ +522% |
| Regence | RealValue | $55,801.20 | ↑ +540% |
| Regence | Commercial | $62,001.33 | ↑ +611% |
| Uniform Medical | All Commercial Plans | $62,723.70 | ↑ +620% |
| Aetna | All Commercial Plans | $71,592.71 | ↑ +721% |
| Kaiser | HMO/PPO | $81,235.78 | ↑ +832% |
| United Healthcare | All Commercial Plans | $98,326.59 | ↑ +1028% |
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Insertion of new/replacement ppm w/transvenous electrode(s) ventricular at other Washington hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| St. Joseph Medical Center | Tacoma | $7,521.31 | $16,350.79 – $28,103.55 |
| MultiCare Allenmore Hospital | Tacoma | $8,716.40 | $5,893.84 – $50,171.97 |
| Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus | Seattle | $13,648.80 | $7,277.00 – $49,926.95 |
| Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital | Spokane | $33,380.20 | $5,419.00 – $31,781.01 |
| Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill | Seattle | $13,648.80 | $7,277.00 – $48,081.60 |
| Swedish Issaquah | Issaquah | $13,648.80 | $7,277.00 – $49,926.95 |
| Central Medical Center | Seattle | $25,429.60 | not published |
| Providence St Mary Medical Center | Walla Walla | $9,590.70 | $9,461.97 – $21,547.18 |