Insertion single tranvenous electrode/ppm/implantable defibrillator at MultiCare Mary Bridge Children's Hospital
317 Martin Luther King Jr Way, Tacoma, WA · Multicare · · NPI 1306952726
$4,875.60
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.
$12,189.00
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.
$1,200.74 with Molina vs $77,850.26 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.
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 | $1,200.74 | ↓ -75% |
| United Healthcare | Apple Health | $1,296.80 | ↓ -73% |
| WellPoint | Apple Health | $1,296.80 | ↓ -73% |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | Apple Health | $1,296.80 | ↓ -73% |
| Coordinated Care | Apple Health | $1,296.80 | ↓ -73% |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | Cascade Care | $3,782.32 | ↓ -22% |
| Ambetter | Coordinated Care Exchange | $4,262.61 | ↓ -13% |
| First Choice | MHS Employee MCC/PPO | $7,872.88 | ↑ +61% |
| First Choice | MCC Wellfound Employee | $9,153.94 | ↑ +88% |
| First Choice | First Choice PPO | $9,153.94 | ↑ +88% |
| SCAN | MedAdvantage | $9,464.74 | ↑ +94% |
| First Health | All Commercial Plans | $9,629.31 | ↑ +98% |
| Cigna | All Commercial Plans | $9,703.66 | ↑ +99% |
| Aetna | MedAdvantage | $9,748.68 | ↑ +100% |
| Regence | MedAdvantage | $9,748.68 | ↑ +100% |
| Multiplan/PHCS | All Commercial Plans | $9,751.20 | ↑ +100% |
| United Healthcare | MedAdvantage HMO | $9,843.32 | ↑ +102% |
| Molina | MedAdvantage | $9,937.97 | ↑ +104% |
| WellCare | MedAdvantage | $9,937.97 | ↑ +104% |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | MedAdvantage | $10,411.21 | ↑ +114% |
| Premera | HMO | $15,291.67 | ↑ +214% |
| Premera | Signature | $31,040.96 | ↑ +537% |
| Premera | Prime | $31,739.43 | ↑ +551% |
| Premera | Other Commercial Plans | $39,008.47 | ↑ +700% |
| Regence | MCC/AHN | $43,162.48 | ↑ +785% |
| Regence | Blue High Performance | $43,162.48 | ↑ +785% |
| Regence | RealValue | $44,395.70 | ↑ +811% |
| Regence | Commercial | $49,328.55 | ↑ +912% |
| Uniform Medical | All Commercial Plans | $49,903.27 | ↑ +924% |
| Aetna | All Commercial Plans | $56,615.50 | ↑ +1061% |
| Kaiser | HMO/PPO | $64,200.19 | ↑ +1217% |
| United Healthcare | All Commercial Plans | $77,850.26 | ↑ +1497% |
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Insertion single tranvenous electrode/ppm/implantable defibrillator at other Washington hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| St. Joseph Medical Center | Tacoma | $2,538.90 | $5,519.39 – $22,210.08 |
| MultiCare Allenmore Hospital | Tacoma | $4,875.60 | $1,206.75 – $39,723.75 |
| Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus | Seattle | $14,680.32 | $7,277.00 – $37,215.81 |
| Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital | Spokane | $6,503.00 | $5,419.00 – $23,689.74 |
| Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill | Seattle | $14,680.32 | $7,277.00 – $35,840.28 |
| Swedish Issaquah | Issaquah | $14,680.32 | $7,277.00 – $37,215.81 |
| Central Medical Center | Seattle | $20,231.20 | not published |
| Providence St Mary Medical Center | Walla Walla | $5,121.20 | $7,527.99 – $17,060.02 |