Myelogphy 2/> spine regions at MultiCare Mary Bridge Children's Hospital
317 Martin Luther King Jr Way, Tacoma, WA · Multicare · · NPI 1306952726
$2,362.00
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.
$5,905.00
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.
$414.30 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 | $414.30 | ↓ -82% |
| United Healthcare | Apple Health | $447.44 | ↓ -81% |
| WellPoint | Apple Health | $447.44 | ↓ -81% |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | Apple Health | $447.44 | ↓ -81% |
| Coordinated Care | Apple Health | $447.44 | ↓ -81% |
| SCAN | MedAdvantage | $896.59 | ↓ -62% |
| Aetna | MedAdvantage | $923.48 | ↓ -61% |
| Regence | MedAdvantage | $923.48 | ↓ -61% |
| United Healthcare | MedAdvantage HMO | $932.45 | ↓ -61% |
| WellCare | MedAdvantage | $941.42 | ↓ -60% |
| Molina | MedAdvantage | $941.42 | ↓ -60% |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | MedAdvantage | $986.25 | ↓ -58% |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | Cascade Care | $1,305.04 | ↓ -45% |
| Premera | HMO | $1,387.67 | ↓ -41% |
| Ambetter | Coordinated Care Exchange | $1,470.76 | ↓ -38% |
| Premera | Signature | $2,925.47 | ↑ +24% |
| Premera | Prime | $2,991.30 | ↑ +27% |
| First Choice | MHS Employee MCC/PPO | $3,051.23 | ↑ +29% |
| First Choice | MCC Wellfound Employee | $3,547.72 | ↑ +50% |
| First Choice | First Choice PPO | $3,547.72 | ↑ +50% |
| Premera | Other Commercial Plans | $3,676.37 | ↑ +56% |
| First Health | All Commercial Plans | $3,731.96 | ↑ +58% |
| Multiplan/PHCS | All Commercial Plans | $3,779.20 | ↑ +60% |
| Cigna | All Commercial Plans | $3,845.34 | ↑ +63% |
| Regence | Blue High Performance | $4,067.87 | ↑ +72% |
| Regence | MCC/AHN | $4,067.87 | ↑ +72% |
| Regence | RealValue | $4,184.09 | ↑ +77% |
| Regence | Commercial | $4,648.99 | ↑ +97% |
| Uniform Medical | All Commercial Plans | $4,703.16 | ↑ +99% |
| Aetna | All Commercial Plans | $5,404.72 | ↑ +129% |
| Kaiser | HMO/PPO | $5,826.00 | ↑ +147% |
| United Healthcare | All Commercial Plans | $7,374.66 | ↑ +212% |
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Myelogphy 2/> spine regions at other Washington hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| St. Joseph Medical Center | Tacoma | $1,318.77 | $1,396.62 – $2,986.37 |
| MultiCare Allenmore Hospital | Tacoma | $2,362.00 | $416.37 – $3,762.98 |
| Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus | Seattle | $1,490.40 | $907.77 – $3,199.85 |
| Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital | Spokane | $1,649.90 | $873.56 – $2,450.95 |
| Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill | Seattle | $1,490.40 | $907.77 – $3,097.73 |
| Swedish Issaquah | Issaquah | $1,490.40 | $359.36 – $3,199.85 |
| Central Medical Center | Seattle | $2,720.00 | $791.00 – $791.00 |
| Providence St Mary Medical Center | Walla Walla | $3,929.80 | $478.48 – $1,616.08 |