Intracranial limited study at MultiCare Mary Bridge Children's Hospital
317 Martin Luther King Jr Way, Tacoma, WA · Multicare · · NPI 1306952726
$380.40
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.
$951.00
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.
$78.16 with Molina vs $983.50 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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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 | $78.16 | ↓ -79% |
| United Healthcare | Apple Health | $84.41 | ↓ -78% |
| WellPoint | Apple Health | $84.41 | ↓ -78% |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | Apple Health | $84.41 | ↓ -78% |
| Coordinated Care | Apple Health | $84.41 | ↓ -78% |
| SCAN | MedAdvantage | $119.57 | ↓ -69% |
| Aetna | MedAdvantage | $123.16 | ↓ -68% |
| Regence | MedAdvantage | $123.16 | ↓ -68% |
| United Healthcare | MedAdvantage HMO | $124.35 | ↓ -67% |
| WellCare | MedAdvantage | $125.55 | ↓ -67% |
| Molina | MedAdvantage | $125.55 | ↓ -67% |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | MedAdvantage | $131.53 | ↓ -65% |
| Premera | HMO | $200.22 | ↓ -47% |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | Cascade Care | $246.20 | ↓ -35% |
| Ambetter | Coordinated Care Exchange | $277.47 | ↓ -27% |
| Premera | Signature | $401.71 | ↑ +6% |
| Premera | Prime | $410.74 | ↑ +8% |
| First Choice | MHS Employee MCC/PPO | $491.53 | ↑ +29% |
| Premera | Other Commercial Plans | $504.81 | ↑ +33% |
| Regence | MCC/AHN | $558.55 | ↑ +47% |
| Regence | Blue High Performance | $558.55 | ↑ +47% |
| First Choice | MCC Wellfound Employee | $571.51 | ↑ +50% |
| First Choice | First Choice PPO | $571.51 | ↑ +50% |
| Regence | RealValue | $574.51 | ↑ +51% |
| First Health | All Commercial Plans | $601.19 | ↑ +58% |
| Cigna | All Commercial Plans | $605.83 | ↑ +59% |
| Multiplan/PHCS | All Commercial Plans | $608.80 | ↑ +60% |
| Regence | Commercial | $638.35 | ↑ +68% |
| Uniform Medical | All Commercial Plans | $645.78 | ↑ +70% |
| Aetna | All Commercial Plans | $727.49 | ↑ +91% |
| Kaiser | HMO/PPO | $840.61 | ↑ +121% |
| United Healthcare | All Commercial Plans | $983.50 | ↑ +159% |
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Intracranial limited study at other Washington hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| St. Joseph Medical Center | Tacoma | $435.84 | $234.44 – $986.95 |
| MultiCare Allenmore Hospital | Tacoma | $380.40 | $78.55 – $501.84 |
| Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus | Seattle | $600.48 | $121.06 – $526.78 |
| Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital | Spokane | $1,557.50 | $116.50 – $403.49 |
| Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill | Seattle | $600.48 | $121.06 – $509.96 |
| Swedish Issaquah | Issaquah | $600.48 | $121.40 – $526.78 |
| Central Medical Center | Seattle | $431.20 | not published |
| Providence Holy Family Hospital | Spokane | $1,305.50 | $116.50 – $376.53 |