Plcmt sft tiss loc pq w/img 1st lsn at MultiCare Mary Bridge Children's Hospital
317 Martin Luther King Jr Way, Tacoma, WA · Multicare · · NPI 1306952726
$2,071.60
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.
?
What you pay up front if you don't use insurance.
$5,179.00
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.
?
The hospital's undiscounted list price — almost no one pays this.
$580.50 with Molina vs $6,661.69 with United Healthcare — same scan, same building. Share
Negotiated rates by payer
?
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 →
?
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Molina | Apple Health | $580.50 | ↓ -72% |
| United Healthcare | Apple Health | $626.94 | ↓ -70% |
| WellPoint | Apple Health | $626.94 | ↓ -70% |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | Apple Health | $626.94 | ↓ -70% |
| Coordinated Care | Apple Health | $626.94 | ↓ -70% |
| SCAN | MedAdvantage | $809.91 | ↓ -61% |
| Aetna | MedAdvantage | $834.20 | ↓ -60% |
| Regence | MedAdvantage | $834.20 | ↓ -60% |
| United Healthcare | MedAdvantage HMO | $842.30 | ↓ -59% |
| WellCare | MedAdvantage | $850.40 | ↓ -59% |
| Molina | MedAdvantage | $850.40 | ↓ -59% |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | MedAdvantage | $890.90 | ↓ -57% |
| Premera | HMO | $1,215.75 | ↓ -41% |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | Cascade Care | $1,828.57 | ↓ -12% |
| Ambetter | Coordinated Care Exchange | $2,060.77 | ↓ -1% |
| Premera | Signature | $2,570.68 | ↑ +24% |
| Premera | Prime | $2,628.52 | ↑ +27% |
| Premera | Other Commercial Plans | $3,230.51 | ↑ +56% |
| First Choice | MHS Employee MCC/PPO | $3,345.12 | ↑ +61% |
| Regence | MCC/AHN | $3,574.53 | ↑ +73% |
| Regence | Blue High Performance | $3,574.53 | ↑ +73% |
| Regence | RealValue | $3,676.66 | ↑ +77% |
| First Choice | MCC Wellfound Employee | $3,889.43 | ↑ +88% |
| First Choice | First Choice PPO | $3,889.43 | ↑ +88% |
| Regence | Commercial | $4,085.17 | ↑ +97% |
| First Health | All Commercial Plans | $4,091.41 | ↑ +98% |
| Cigna | All Commercial Plans | $4,123.00 | ↑ +99% |
| Uniform Medical | All Commercial Plans | $4,132.77 | ↑ +99% |
| Multiplan/PHCS | All Commercial Plans | $4,143.20 | ↑ +100% |
| Aetna | All Commercial Plans | $4,813.20 | ↑ +132% |
| Kaiser | HMO/PPO | $5,104.15 | ↑ +146% |
| United Healthcare | All Commercial Plans | $6,661.69 | ↑ +222% |
Visitor-reported prices
Comments
Plcmt sft tiss loc pq w/img 1st lsn at other Washington hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| St. Joseph Medical Center | Tacoma | $647.21 | $1,406.99 – $1,765.78 |
| MultiCare Allenmore Hospital | Tacoma | $2,071.60 | $583.40 – $3,399.19 |
| Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus | Seattle | $1,796.16 | $820.01 – $2,867.05 |
| Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital | Spokane | $2,099.30 | $789.10 – $2,008.27 |
| Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill | Seattle | $1,796.16 | $820.01 – $2,775.55 |
| Swedish Issaquah | Issaquah | $1,796.16 | $822.31 – $2,867.05 |
| Central Medical Center | Seattle | $1,680.00 | not published |
| Providence Mount Carmel Hospital | Colville | $1,406.30 | not published |