Open bx/exc inguinofem nodes 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

$8,245.20

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.

$20,613.00

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.

$2,042.49 with Molina vs $36,834.22 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 $2,042.49 ↓ -75%
United Healthcare Apple Health $2,205.89 ↓ -73%
WellPoint Apple Health $2,205.89 ↓ -73%
Community Health Plan of Washington Apple Health $2,205.89 ↓ -73%
Coordinated Care Apple Health $2,205.89 ↓ -73%
SCAN MedAdvantage $4,478.16 ↓ -46%
Aetna MedAdvantage $4,612.51 ↓ -44%
Regence MedAdvantage $4,612.51 ↓ -44%
United Healthcare MedAdvantage HMO $4,657.29 ↓ -44%
WellCare MedAdvantage $4,702.07 ↓ -43%
Molina MedAdvantage $4,702.07 ↓ -43%
Community Health Plan of Washington MedAdvantage $4,925.98 ↓ -40%
Premera HMO $6,037.66 ↓ -27%
Community Health Plan of Washington Cascade Care $6,433.86 ↓ -22%
Ambetter Coordinated Care Exchange $7,250.86 ↓ -12%
First Choice MHS Employee MCC/PPO $13,313.94 ↑ +61%
Premera Signature $13,927.08 ↑ +69%
Premera Prime $14,240.46 ↑ +73%
First Choice MCC Wellfound Employee $15,480.36 ↑ +88%
First Choice First Choice PPO $15,480.36 ↑ +88%
First Health All Commercial Plans $16,284.27 ↑ +98%
Cigna All Commercial Plans $16,410.01 ↑ +99%
Multiplan/PHCS All Commercial Plans $16,490.40 ↑ +100%
Premera Other Commercial Plans $17,501.84 ↑ +112%
Regence MCC/AHN $19,365.61 ↑ +135%
Regence Blue High Performance $19,365.61 ↑ +135%
Regence RealValue $19,918.92 ↑ +142%
Regence Commercial $22,132.13 ↑ +168%
Uniform Medical All Commercial Plans $22,389.99 ↑ +172%
Aetna All Commercial Plans $26,195.90 ↑ +218%
Kaiser HMO/PPO $27,038.30 ↑ +228%
United Healthcare All Commercial Plans $36,834.22 ↑ +347%

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Open bx/exc inguinofem nodes at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
MultiCare Allenmore Hospital Tacoma $8,245.20 $2,052.72 – $18,794.97
St. Joseph Medical Center Tacoma not published $9,353.91 – $9,353.91
Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus Seattle $11,040.48 $4,534.03 – $14,753.91
Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital Spokane $9,422.70 $4,363.14 – $11,104.20
Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill Seattle $11,040.48 $4,534.03 – $14,208.59
Swedish Issaquah Issaquah $11,040.48 $4,546.75 – $14,753.91
Providence Regional Medical Center Everett - Colby Campus Everett $4,442.36 $4,458.91 – $11,481.99
MultiCare Valley Hospital Spokane Valley $6,811.20 $1,960.71 – $15,298.21

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