Nerve conduction studies 1-2 at MultiCare Mary Bridge Children's Hospital
317 Martin Luther King Jr Way, Tacoma, WA · Multicare · · NPI 1306952726
$217.20
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.
$543.00
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.
$96.39 with Molina vs $2,031.31 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 | $96.39 | ↓ -56% |
| United Healthcare | Apple Health | $104.10 | ↓ -52% |
| WellPoint | Apple Health | $104.10 | ↓ -52% |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | Apple Health | $104.10 | ↓ -52% |
| Coordinated Care | Apple Health | $104.10 | ↓ -52% |
| SCAN | MedAdvantage | $246.96 | ↑ +14% |
| Aetna | MedAdvantage | $254.36 | ↑ +17% |
| Regence | MedAdvantage | $254.36 | ↑ +17% |
| United Healthcare | MedAdvantage HMO | $256.83 | ↑ +18% |
| WellCare | MedAdvantage | $259.30 | ↑ +19% |
| Molina | MedAdvantage | $259.30 | ↑ +19% |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | MedAdvantage | $271.65 | ↑ +25% |
| Premera | HMO | $272.43 | ↑ +25% |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | Cascade Care | $303.63 | ↑ +40% |
| Ambetter | Coordinated Care Exchange | $342.19 | ↑ +58% |
| First Choice | MHS Employee MCC/PPO | $350.72 | ↑ +61% |
| First Choice | First Choice PPO | $407.79 | ↑ +88% |
| First Choice | MCC Wellfound Employee | $407.79 | ↑ +88% |
| First Health | All Commercial Plans | $428.97 | ↑ +98% |
| Cigna | All Commercial Plans | $432.28 | ↑ +99% |
| Multiplan/PHCS | All Commercial Plans | $434.40 | ↑ +100% |
| Premera | Signature | $570.73 | ↑ +163% |
| Premera | Prime | $583.57 | ↑ +169% |
| Premera | Other Commercial Plans | $717.22 | ↑ +230% |
| Regence | MCC/AHN | $793.60 | ↑ +265% |
| Regence | Blue High Performance | $793.60 | ↑ +265% |
| Regence | RealValue | $816.27 | ↑ +276% |
| Regence | Commercial | $906.97 | ↑ +318% |
| Uniform Medical | All Commercial Plans | $917.54 | ↑ +322% |
| Aetna | All Commercial Plans | $1,070.31 | ↑ +393% |
| Kaiser | HMO/PPO | $1,143.81 | ↑ +427% |
| United Healthcare | All Commercial Plans | $2,031.31 | ↑ +835% |
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Nerve conduction studies 1-2 at other Washington hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| MultiCare Allenmore Hospital | Tacoma | $217.20 | $96.87 – $1,036.49 |
| Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus | Seattle | $467.52 | $250.04 – $759.61 |
| Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital | Spokane | $514.50 | $240.61 – $612.36 |
| Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill | Seattle | $467.52 | $250.04 – $629.49 |
| Swedish Issaquah | Issaquah | $467.52 | $250.74 – $650.25 |
| Central Medical Center | Seattle | $340.80 | not published |
| Providence St Peter Hospital | Olympia | $486.20 | $211.08 – $810.80 |
| MultiCare Valley Hospital | Spokane Valley | $198.80 | $92.53 – $678.18 |