Perq plmt bile duct stent at MultiCare Mary Bridge Children's Hospital
317 Martin Luther King Jr Way, Tacoma, WA · Multicare · · NPI 1306952726
$2,550.80
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.
$6,377.00
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.
$1,780.01 with Molina vs $56,873.01 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 | $1,780.01 | ↓ -30% |
| United Healthcare | Apple Health | $1,922.41 | ↓ -25% |
| WellPoint | Apple Health | $1,922.41 | ↓ -25% |
| Coordinated Care | Apple Health | $1,922.41 | ↓ -25% |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | Apple Health | $1,922.41 | ↓ -25% |
| First Choice | MHS Employee MCC/PPO | $4,118.90 | ↑ +61% |
| First Choice | MCC Wellfound Employee | $4,789.13 | ↑ +88% |
| First Choice | First Choice PPO | $4,789.13 | ↑ +88% |
| First Health | All Commercial Plans | $5,037.83 | ↑ +98% |
| Cigna | All Commercial Plans | $5,076.73 | ↑ +99% |
| Multiplan/PHCS | All Commercial Plans | $5,101.60 | ↑ +100% |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | Cascade Care | $5,607.04 | ↑ +120% |
| Ambetter | Coordinated Care Exchange | $6,319.04 | ↑ +148% |
| SCAN | MedAdvantage | $6,914.40 | ↑ +171% |
| Aetna | MedAdvantage | $7,121.83 | ↑ +179% |
| Regence | MedAdvantage | $7,121.83 | ↑ +179% |
| United Healthcare | MedAdvantage HMO | $7,190.97 | ↑ +182% |
| WellCare | MedAdvantage | $7,260.11 | ↑ +185% |
| Molina | MedAdvantage | $7,260.11 | ↑ +185% |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | MedAdvantage | $7,605.83 | ↑ +198% |
| Premera | HMO | $9,764.15 | ↑ +283% |
| Premera | Signature | $21,081.99 | ↑ +726% |
| Premera | Prime | $21,556.36 | ↑ +745% |
| Premera | Other Commercial Plans | $26,493.25 | ↑ +939% |
| Regence | Blue High Performance | $29,314.52 | ↑ +1049% |
| Regence | MCC/AHN | $29,314.52 | ↑ +1049% |
| Regence | RealValue | $30,152.08 | ↑ +1082% |
| Regence | Commercial | $33,502.31 | ↑ +1213% |
| Uniform Medical | All Commercial Plans | $33,892.64 | ↑ +1229% |
| Aetna | All Commercial Plans | $39,912.54 | ↑ +1465% |
| Kaiser | HMO/PPO | $40,993.56 | ↑ +1507% |
| United Healthcare | All Commercial Plans | $56,873.01 | ↑ +2130% |
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Perq plmt bile duct stent at other Washington hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| St. Joseph Medical Center | Tacoma | $3,159.24 | $6,867.96 – $14,181.74 |
| MultiCare Allenmore Hospital | Tacoma | $2,550.80 | $1,788.92 – $29,019.93 |
| Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus | Seattle | $15,537.60 | $7,000.66 – $23,540.17 |
| Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital | Spokane | $2,573.90 | $6,736.80 – $17,145.15 |
| Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill | Seattle | $15,537.60 | $7,000.66 – $22,670.10 |
| Swedish Issaquah | Issaquah | $15,537.60 | $7,020.30 – $23,540.17 |
| Providence Mount Carmel Hospital | Colville | $6,458.90 | not published |
| Providence Holy Family Hospital | Spokane | $15,064.00 | $6,736.80 – $17,684.10 |