Laryngoscopy direct w/wo tracheoscopy dx exc newborn at MultiCare Mary Bridge Children's Hospital
317 Martin Luther King Jr Way, Tacoma, WA · Multicare · · NPI 1306952726
$4,343.60
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.
$10,859.00
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.
$537.16 with Molina vs $16,744.26 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.
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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 | $537.16 | ↓ -88% |
| Coordinated Care | Apple Health | $580.13 | ↓ -87% |
| United Healthcare | Apple Health | $580.13 | ↓ -87% |
| WellPoint | Apple Health | $580.13 | ↓ -87% |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | Apple Health | $580.13 | ↓ -87% |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | Cascade Care | $1,692.06 | ↓ -61% |
| Ambetter | Coordinated Care Exchange | $1,906.92 | ↓ -56% |
| SCAN | MedAdvantage | $2,035.71 | ↓ -53% |
| Aetna | MedAdvantage | $2,096.78 | ↓ -52% |
| Regence | MedAdvantage | $2,096.78 | ↓ -52% |
| United Healthcare | MedAdvantage HMO | $2,117.14 | ↓ -51% |
| Molina | MedAdvantage | $2,137.49 | ↓ -51% |
| WellCare | MedAdvantage | $2,137.49 | ↓ -51% |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | MedAdvantage | $2,239.28 | ↓ -48% |
| Premera | HMO | $2,807.47 | ↓ -35% |
| Premera | Signature | $6,201.38 | ↑ +43% |
| Premera | Prime | $6,340.92 | ↑ +46% |
| First Choice | MHS Employee MCC/PPO | $7,013.83 | ↑ +61% |
| Premera | Other Commercial Plans | $7,793.13 | ↑ +79% |
| First Choice | MCC Wellfound Employee | $8,155.11 | ↑ +88% |
| First Choice | First Choice PPO | $8,155.11 | ↑ +88% |
| First Health | All Commercial Plans | $8,578.61 | ↑ +98% |
| Regence | Blue High Performance | $8,622.99 | ↑ +99% |
| Regence | MCC/AHN | $8,622.99 | ↑ +99% |
| Cigna | All Commercial Plans | $8,644.85 | ↑ +99% |
| Multiplan/PHCS | All Commercial Plans | $8,687.20 | ↑ +100% |
| Regence | RealValue | $8,869.37 | ↑ +104% |
| Regence | Commercial | $9,854.85 | ↑ +127% |
| Uniform Medical | All Commercial Plans | $9,969.67 | ↑ +130% |
| Aetna | All Commercial Plans | $11,797.03 | ↑ +172% |
| Kaiser | HMO/PPO | $12,572.67 | ↑ +189% |
| United Healthcare | All Commercial Plans | $16,744.26 | ↑ +285% |
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Laryngoscopy direct w/wo tracheoscopy dx exc newborn at other Washington hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| St. Joseph Medical Center | Tacoma | $1,078.65 | $2,344.91 – $4,349.52 |
| MultiCare Allenmore Hospital | Tacoma | $4,343.60 | $539.85 – $8,543.90 |
| Providence St Joseph Hospital | Chewelah | $2,527.70 | not published |
| Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus | Seattle | $3,692.64 | $2,061.10 – $6,967.07 |
| Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital | Spokane | $2,356.20 | $1,983.42 – $5,047.80 |
| Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill | Seattle | $3,692.64 | $2,061.10 – $6,709.56 |
| Swedish Issaquah | Issaquah | $3,692.64 | $2,066.89 – $6,967.07 |
| Providence Centralia Hospital | Centralia | $3,158.48 | $2,061.10 – $8,369.07 |