Place po breast cath for rad at MultiCare Mary Bridge Children's Hospital
317 Martin Luther King Jr Way, Tacoma, WA · Multicare · · NPI 1306952726
$5,206.80
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.
$13,017.00
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.
$3,163.39 with Molina vs $76,890.75 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 | $3,163.39 | ↓ -39% |
| United Healthcare | Apple Health | $3,416.46 | ↓ -34% |
| WellPoint | Apple Health | $3,416.46 | ↓ -34% |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | Apple Health | $3,416.46 | ↓ -34% |
| Coordinated Care | Apple Health | $3,416.46 | ↓ -34% |
| First Choice | MHS Employee MCC/PPO | $8,407.68 | ↑ +61% |
| SCAN | MedAdvantage | $9,348.07 | ↑ +80% |
| Aetna | MedAdvantage | $9,628.52 | ↑ +85% |
| Regence | MedAdvantage | $9,628.52 | ↑ +85% |
| United Healthcare | MedAdvantage HMO | $9,722.00 | ↑ +87% |
| First Choice | MCC Wellfound Employee | $9,775.77 | ↑ +88% |
| First Choice | First Choice PPO | $9,775.77 | ↑ +88% |
| WellCare | MedAdvantage | $9,815.48 | ↑ +89% |
| Molina | MedAdvantage | $9,815.48 | ↑ +89% |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | Cascade Care | $9,964.67 | ↑ +91% |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | MedAdvantage | $10,282.88 | ↑ +97% |
| First Health | All Commercial Plans | $10,283.43 | ↑ +98% |
| Cigna | All Commercial Plans | $10,362.83 | ↑ +99% |
| Multiplan/PHCS | All Commercial Plans | $10,413.60 | ↑ +100% |
| Ambetter | Coordinated Care Exchange | $11,230.02 | ↑ +116% |
| Premera | HMO | $16,496.16 | ↑ +217% |
| Premera | Signature | $34,442.46 | ↑ +561% |
| Premera | Prime | $35,217.46 | ↑ +576% |
| Premera | Other Commercial Plans | $43,283.06 | ↑ +731% |
| Regence | MCC/AHN | $47,892.24 | ↑ +820% |
| Regence | Blue High Performance | $47,892.24 | ↑ +820% |
| Regence | RealValue | $49,260.59 | ↑ +846% |
| Regence | Commercial | $54,733.99 | ↑ +951% |
| Uniform Medical | All Commercial Plans | $55,371.69 | ↑ +963% |
| Aetna | All Commercial Plans | $65,461.30 | ↑ +1157% |
| Kaiser | HMO/PPO | $69,257.15 | ↑ +1230% |
| United Healthcare | All Commercial Plans | $76,890.75 | ↑ +1377% |
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Place po breast cath for rad at other Washington hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| MultiCare Allenmore Hospital | Tacoma | $5,206.80 | $3,179.22 – $40,770.58 |
| St. Joseph Medical Center | Tacoma | not published | $23,959.54 – $23,959.54 |
| Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus | Seattle | $12,513.60 | $7,277.00 – $39,620.18 |
| Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill | Seattle | $12,513.60 | $7,277.00 – $38,155.78 |
| Swedish Issaquah | Issaquah | $12,513.60 | $7,277.00 – $39,620.18 |
| Providence St Mary Medical Center | Walla Walla | $5,674.20 | $8,352.91 – $16,849.74 |
| MultiCare Auburn Medical Center | Auburn | $5,206.80 | $3,106.15 – $40,770.58 |
| MultiCare Good Samaritan Hospital | Puyallup | $5,206.80 | $3,177.97 – $40,770.58 |