Pericardiocentesis wwo imaging at MultiCare Mary Bridge Children's Hospital
317 Martin Luther King Jr Way, Tacoma, WA · Multicare · · NPI 1306952726
$1,120.40
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.
$2,801.00
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.
$673.13 with Molina vs $14,808.74 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 | $673.13 | ↓ -40% |
| United Healthcare | Apple Health | $726.98 | ↓ -35% |
| WellPoint | Apple Health | $726.98 | ↓ -35% |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | Apple Health | $726.98 | ↓ -35% |
| Coordinated Care | Apple Health | $726.98 | ↓ -35% |
| SCAN | MedAdvantage | $1,800.39 | ↑ +61% |
| First Choice | MHS Employee MCC/PPO | $1,809.17 | ↑ +61% |
| Aetna | MedAdvantage | $1,854.41 | ↑ +66% |
| Regence | MedAdvantage | $1,854.41 | ↑ +66% |
| United Healthcare | MedAdvantage HMO | $1,872.41 | ↑ +67% |
| Molina | MedAdvantage | $1,890.41 | ↑ +69% |
| WellCare | MedAdvantage | $1,890.41 | ↑ +69% |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | MedAdvantage | $1,980.43 | ↑ +77% |
| First Choice | MCC Wellfound Employee | $2,103.55 | ↑ +88% |
| First Choice | First Choice PPO | $2,103.55 | ↑ +88% |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | Cascade Care | $2,120.36 | ↑ +89% |
| First Health | All Commercial Plans | $2,212.79 | ↑ +98% |
| Cigna | All Commercial Plans | $2,229.88 | ↑ +99% |
| Multiplan/PHCS | All Commercial Plans | $2,240.80 | ↑ +100% |
| Ambetter | Coordinated Care Exchange | $2,389.62 | ↑ +113% |
| Premera | HMO | $2,613.06 | ↑ +133% |
| Premera | Signature | $5,851.61 | ↑ +422% |
| Premera | Prime | $5,983.28 | ↑ +434% |
| Premera | Other Commercial Plans | $7,353.59 | ↑ +556% |
| Regence | Blue High Performance | $8,136.64 | ↑ +626% |
| Regence | MCC/AHN | $8,136.64 | ↑ +626% |
| Regence | RealValue | $8,369.12 | ↑ +647% |
| Regence | Commercial | $9,299.02 | ↑ +730% |
| Uniform Medical | All Commercial Plans | $9,407.36 | ↑ +740% |
| Aetna | All Commercial Plans | $10,626.99 | ↑ +848% |
| Kaiser | HMO/PPO | $11,701.94 | ↑ +944% |
| United Healthcare | All Commercial Plans | $14,808.74 | ↑ +1222% |
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Pericardiocentesis wwo imaging at other Washington hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| St. Joseph Medical Center | Tacoma | $903.66 | $1,964.48 – $4,048.29 |
| MultiCare Allenmore Hospital | Tacoma | $1,120.40 | $676.50 – $7,556.28 |
| Providence St Joseph Hospital | Chewelah | $3,889.90 | not published |
| Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus | Seattle | $3,133.44 | $1,822.85 – $7,943.60 |
| Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital | Spokane | $5,061.70 | $1,754.15 – $5,056.50 |
| Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill | Seattle | $3,133.44 | $1,822.85 – $7,650.00 |
| Swedish Issaquah | Issaquah | $3,133.44 | $1,827.97 – $7,943.60 |
| Central Medical Center | Seattle | $3,760.00 | not published |