Lig/band angioaccess av fistula 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

$5,440.80

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.

$13,602.00

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.

$1,534.00 with Molina vs $29,703.84 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 $1,534.00 ↓ -72%
United Healthcare Apple Health $1,656.72 ↓ -70%
WellPoint Apple Health $1,656.72 ↓ -70%
Community Health Plan of Washington Apple Health $1,656.72 ↓ -70%
Coordinated Care Apple Health $1,656.72 ↓ -70%
SCAN MedAdvantage $3,611.28 ↓ -34%
Aetna MedAdvantage $3,719.61 ↓ -32%
Regence MedAdvantage $3,719.61 ↓ -32%
United Healthcare MedAdvantage HMO $3,755.73 ↓ -31%
WellCare MedAdvantage $3,791.84 ↓ -30%
Molina MedAdvantage $3,791.84 ↓ -30%
Community Health Plan of Washington MedAdvantage $3,972.40 ↓ -27%
Community Health Plan of Washington Cascade Care $4,832.10 ↓ -11%
Premera HMO $5,231.86 ↓ -4%
Ambetter Coordinated Care Exchange $5,445.70 ↑ +0%
First Choice MHS Employee MCC/PPO $8,785.53 ↑ +61%
First Choice First Choice PPO $10,215.10 ↑ +88%
First Choice MCC Wellfound Employee $10,215.10 ↑ +88%
First Health All Commercial Plans $10,745.58 ↑ +98%
Cigna All Commercial Plans $10,828.55 ↑ +99%
Multiplan/PHCS All Commercial Plans $10,881.60 ↑ +100%
Premera Signature $11,646.25 ↑ +114%
Premera Prime $11,908.31 ↑ +119%
Premera Other Commercial Plans $14,635.58 ↑ +169%
Regence MCC/AHN $16,194.10 ↑ +198%
Regence Blue High Performance $16,194.10 ↑ +198%
Regence RealValue $16,656.79 ↑ +206%
Regence Commercial $18,507.54 ↑ +240%
Uniform Medical All Commercial Plans $18,723.17 ↑ +244%
Aetna All Commercial Plans $21,531.84 ↑ +296%
Kaiser HMO/PPO $23,429.60 ↑ +331%
United Healthcare All Commercial Plans $29,703.84 ↑ +446%

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Lig/band angioaccess av fistula at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. Joseph Medical Center Tacoma $2,386.55 $5,188.18 – $8,105.48
MultiCare Allenmore Hospital Tacoma $5,440.80 $1,541.68 – $15,156.63
Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital Spokane $9,460.50 $3,518.52 – $8,954.64
Kadlec Regional Medical Center Richland $7,769.30 $632.23 – $10,281.45
Providence St Peter Hospital Olympia $6,546.80 $3,086.66 – $13,025.02
St. Michael Medical Center Silverdale $3,180.27 $4,539.66 – $14,039.89
St. Anne Hospital Burien $2,200.34 $3,098.50 – $6,485.22
St. Anthony Hospital Gig Harbor $2,191.64 $5,188.18 – $8,105.48

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