Place ndl musc/tis for right at MultiCare Mary Bridge Children's Hospital
317 Martin Luther King Jr Way, Tacoma, WA · Multicare · · NPI 1306952726
$7,110.40
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.
$17,776.00
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.
$1,237.30 with Molina vs $30,781.20 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 | $1,237.30 | ↓ -83% |
| United Healthcare | Apple Health | $1,336.28 | ↓ -81% |
| WellPoint | Apple Health | $1,336.28 | ↓ -81% |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | Apple Health | $1,336.28 | ↓ -81% |
| Coordinated Care | Apple Health | $1,336.28 | ↓ -81% |
| SCAN | MedAdvantage | $3,742.25 | ↓ -47% |
| Aetna | MedAdvantage | $3,854.52 | ↓ -46% |
| Regence | MedAdvantage | $3,854.52 | ↓ -46% |
| United Healthcare | MedAdvantage HMO | $3,891.94 | ↓ -45% |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | Cascade Care | $3,897.48 | ↓ -45% |
| WellCare | MedAdvantage | $3,929.37 | ↓ -45% |
| Molina | MedAdvantage | $3,929.37 | ↓ -45% |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | MedAdvantage | $4,116.48 | ↓ -42% |
| Ambetter | Coordinated Care Exchange | $4,392.40 | ↓ -38% |
| Premera | HMO | $5,227.78 | ↓ -26% |
| First Choice | MHS Employee MCC/PPO | $11,481.52 | ↑ +61% |
| Premera | Signature | $11,826.57 | ↑ +66% |
| Premera | Prime | $12,092.68 | ↑ +70% |
| First Choice | First Choice PPO | $13,349.78 | ↑ +88% |
| First Choice | MCC Wellfound Employee | $13,349.78 | ↑ +88% |
| First Health | All Commercial Plans | $14,043.04 | ↑ +98% |
| Cigna | All Commercial Plans | $14,151.47 | ↑ +99% |
| Multiplan/PHCS | All Commercial Plans | $14,220.80 | ↑ +100% |
| Premera | Other Commercial Plans | $14,862.18 | ↑ +109% |
| Regence | MCC/AHN | $16,444.82 | ↑ +131% |
| Regence | Blue High Performance | $16,444.82 | ↑ +131% |
| Regence | RealValue | $16,914.67 | ↑ +138% |
| Regence | Commercial | $18,794.08 | ↑ +164% |
| Uniform Medical | All Commercial Plans | $19,013.04 | ↑ +167% |
| Aetna | All Commercial Plans | $22,196.19 | ↑ +212% |
| Kaiser | HMO/PPO | $23,411.43 | ↑ +229% |
| United Healthcare | All Commercial Plans | $30,781.20 | ↑ +333% |
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| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| MultiCare Allenmore Hospital | Tacoma | $7,110.40 | $1,243.49 – $15,706.36 |
| St. Joseph Medical Center | Tacoma | not published | $8,099.19 – $8,099.19 |
| MultiCare Auburn Medical Center | Auburn | $7,110.40 | $1,214.91 – $15,706.36 |
| MultiCare Good Samaritan Hospital | Puyallup | $7,110.40 | $1,243.00 – $15,706.36 |
| MultiCare Capital Medical Center | Olympia | $7,110.40 | $1,307.44 – $16,928.47 |
| MultiCare Covington Medical Center | Covington | $7,110.40 | $1,214.91 – $15,706.36 |
| Providence St Luke's Rehabilitation Medical Center | Spokane | not published | $3,646.14 – $4,010.75 |
| Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus | Seattle | not published | $3,788.94 – $13,331.38 |