MRI chest w IV cont at MultiCare Mary Bridge Children's Hospital
317 Martin Luther King Jr Way, Tacoma, WA · Multicare · · NPI 1306952726
$2,117.60
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.
$5,294.00
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.
$315.30 with Molina vs $7,374.66 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 | $315.30 | ↓ -85% |
| United Healthcare | Apple Health | $340.53 | ↓ -84% |
| WellPoint | Apple Health | $340.53 | ↓ -84% |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | Apple Health | $340.53 | ↓ -84% |
| Coordinated Care | Apple Health | $340.53 | ↓ -84% |
| SCAN | MedAdvantage | $896.59 | ↓ -58% |
| Aetna | MedAdvantage | $923.48 | ↓ -56% |
| Regence | MedAdvantage | $923.48 | ↓ -56% |
| United Healthcare | MedAdvantage HMO | $932.45 | ↓ -56% |
| WellCare | MedAdvantage | $941.42 | ↓ -56% |
| Molina | MedAdvantage | $941.42 | ↓ -56% |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | MedAdvantage | $986.25 | ↓ -53% |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | Cascade Care | $993.20 | ↓ -53% |
| Ambetter | Coordinated Care Exchange | $1,119.32 | ↓ -47% |
| Premera | HMO | $1,387.67 | ↓ -34% |
| First Choice | MHS Employee MCC/PPO | $2,735.39 | ↑ +29% |
| Premera | Signature | $2,925.47 | ↑ +38% |
| Premera | Prime | $2,991.30 | ↑ +41% |
| First Choice | MCC Wellfound Employee | $3,180.49 | ↑ +50% |
| First Choice | First Choice PPO | $3,180.49 | ↑ +50% |
| First Health | All Commercial Plans | $3,345.65 | ↑ +58% |
| Multiplan/PHCS | All Commercial Plans | $3,388.00 | ↑ +60% |
| Cigna | All Commercial Plans | $3,447.29 | ↑ +63% |
| Premera | Other Commercial Plans | $3,676.37 | ↑ +74% |
| Regence | MCC/AHN | $4,067.87 | ↑ +92% |
| Regence | Blue High Performance | $4,067.87 | ↑ +92% |
| Regence | RealValue | $4,184.09 | ↑ +98% |
| Regence | Commercial | $4,648.99 | ↑ +120% |
| Uniform Medical | All Commercial Plans | $4,703.16 | ↑ +122% |
| Aetna | All Commercial Plans | $5,404.72 | ↑ +155% |
| Kaiser | HMO/PPO | $5,826.00 | ↑ +175% |
| United Healthcare | All Commercial Plans | $7,374.66 | ↑ +248% |
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MRI chest w IV cont at other Washington hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| St. Joseph Medical Center | Tacoma | $2,090.73 | $1,522.91 – $4,734.47 |
| MultiCare Allenmore Hospital | Tacoma | $2,117.60 | $316.88 – $3,762.98 |
| Providence St Joseph Hospital | Chewelah | $2,328.20 | not published |
| Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus | Seattle | $2,169.60 | $907.77 – $3,199.85 |
| Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital | Spokane | $3,435.60 | $873.56 – $2,450.95 |
| Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill | Seattle | $2,169.60 | $907.77 – $3,097.73 |
| Swedish Issaquah | Issaquah | $2,169.60 | $910.32 – $3,199.85 |
| Central Medical Center | Seattle | $2,400.00 | $791.00 – $791.00 |