Plastic mod low ext pad/line at MultiCare Mary Bridge Children's Hospital
317 Martin Luther King Jr Way, Tacoma, WA · Multicare · · NPI 1306952726
$91.60
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.
$229.00
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.
$147.91 with First Choice vs $1,319.04 with Kaiser — 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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| First Choice | MHS Employee MCC/PPO | $147.91 | ↑ +61% |
| Regence | Blue High Performance | $150.56 | ↑ +64% |
| Regence | MCC/AHN | $150.56 | ↑ +64% |
| Regence | RealValue | $154.86 | ↑ +69% |
| First Choice | MCC Wellfound Employee | $171.98 | ↑ +88% |
| First Choice | First Choice PPO | $171.98 | ↑ +88% |
| Regence | Commercial | $172.07 | ↑ +88% |
| Uniform Medical | All Commercial Plans | $172.07 | ↑ +88% |
| SCAN | MedAdvantage | $176.13 | ↑ +92% |
| First Health | All Commercial Plans | $180.91 | ↑ +98% |
| Aetna | MedAdvantage | $181.41 | ↑ +98% |
| Regence | MedAdvantage | $181.41 | ↑ +98% |
| Cigna | All Commercial Plans | $182.31 | ↑ +99% |
| United Healthcare | MedAdvantage HMO | $183.17 | ↑ +100% |
| Multiplan/PHCS | All Commercial Plans | $183.20 | ↑ +100% |
| Molina | MedAdvantage | $184.93 | ↑ +102% |
| WellCare | MedAdvantage | $184.93 | ↑ +102% |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | MedAdvantage | $193.74 | ↑ +112% |
| United Healthcare | All Commercial Plans | $215.66 | ↑ +135% |
| Premera | HMO | $268.34 | ↑ +193% |
| Premera | Signature | $309.73 | ↑ +238% |
| Premera | Prime | $309.73 | ↑ +238% |
| Premera | Other Commercial Plans | $378.55 | ↑ +313% |
| Aetna | All Commercial Plans | $544.46 | ↑ +494% |
| Kaiser | HMO/PPO | $1,319.04 | ↑ +1340% |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | Cascade Care | not published by hospital | — |
| WellPoint | Apple Health | not published by hospital | — |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | Apple Health | not published by hospital | — |
| Coordinated Care | Apple Health | not published by hospital | — |
| Ambetter | Coordinated Care Exchange | not published by hospital | — |
| Molina | Apple Health | not published by hospital | — |
| United Healthcare | Apple Health | not published by hospital | — |
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Plastic mod low ext pad/line at other Washington hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| MultiCare Allenmore Hospital | Tacoma | $91.60 | $150.56 – $776.50 |
| Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus | Seattle | $238.56 | $179.72 – $545.99 |
| Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill | Seattle | $238.56 | $179.72 – $439.53 |
| Swedish Issaquah | Issaquah | $238.56 | $179.72 – $398.98 |
| MultiCare Valley Hospital | Spokane Valley | $91.60 | $172.07 – $746.31 |
| MultiCare Auburn Medical Center | Auburn | $91.60 | $150.56 – $776.50 |
| MultiCare Good Samaritan Hospital | Puyallup | $91.60 | $150.56 – $776.50 |
| MultiCare Capital Medical Center | Olympia | $91.60 | $154.86 – $325.83 |