Plmt biliary drainage cath at MultiCare Mary Bridge Children's Hospital
317 Martin Luther King Jr Way, Tacoma, WA · Multicare · · NPI 1306952726
$2,779.20
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.
$6,948.00
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 $33,682.46 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 | ↓ -36% |
| United Healthcare | Apple Health | $1,922.41 | ↓ -31% |
| WellPoint | Apple Health | $1,922.41 | ↓ -31% |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | Apple Health | $1,922.41 | ↓ -31% |
| Coordinated Care | Apple Health | $1,922.41 | ↓ -31% |
| SCAN | MedAdvantage | $4,094.98 | ↑ +47% |
| Aetna | MedAdvantage | $4,217.83 | ↑ +52% |
| Regence | MedAdvantage | $4,217.83 | ↑ +52% |
| United Healthcare | MedAdvantage HMO | $4,258.78 | ↑ +53% |
| Molina | MedAdvantage | $4,299.73 | ↑ +55% |
| WellCare | MedAdvantage | $4,299.73 | ↑ +55% |
| First Choice | MHS Employee MCC/PPO | $4,487.71 | ↑ +61% |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | MedAdvantage | $4,504.48 | ↑ +62% |
| First Choice | MCC Wellfound Employee | $5,217.95 | ↑ +88% |
| First Choice | First Choice PPO | $5,217.95 | ↑ +88% |
| First Health | All Commercial Plans | $5,488.92 | ↑ +98% |
| Cigna | All Commercial Plans | $5,531.30 | ↑ +99% |
| Multiplan/PHCS | All Commercial Plans | $5,558.40 | ↑ +100% |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | Cascade Care | $5,607.04 | ↑ +102% |
| Premera | HMO | $6,220.53 | ↑ +124% |
| Ambetter | Coordinated Care Exchange | $6,319.04 | ↑ +127% |
| Premera | Signature | $12,640.70 | ↑ +355% |
| Premera | Prime | $12,925.13 | ↑ +365% |
| Premera | Other Commercial Plans | $15,885.28 | ↑ +472% |
| Regence | MCC/AHN | $17,576.91 | ↑ +532% |
| Regence | Blue High Performance | $17,576.91 | ↑ +532% |
| Regence | RealValue | $18,079.11 | ↑ +551% |
| Regence | Commercial | $20,087.90 | ↑ +623% |
| Uniform Medical | All Commercial Plans | $20,321.94 | ↑ +631% |
| Aetna | All Commercial Plans | $24,142.09 | ↑ +769% |
| Kaiser | HMO/PPO | $27,857.28 | ↑ +902% |
| United Healthcare | All Commercial Plans | $33,682.46 | ↑ +1112% |
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Plmt biliary drainage cath at other Washington hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| St. Joseph Medical Center | Tacoma | $2,152.36 | $4,679.07 – $9,637.24 |
| MultiCare Allenmore Hospital | Tacoma | $2,779.20 | $1,788.92 – $17,186.76 |
| Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus | Seattle | $11,706.72 | $4,146.07 – $15,142.49 |
| Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital | Spokane | $9,943.50 | $3,989.80 – $10,154.04 |
| Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill | Seattle | $11,706.72 | $4,146.07 – $14,582.80 |
| Swedish Issaquah | Issaquah | $11,706.72 | $4,157.70 – $15,142.49 |
| Providence St Mary Medical Center | Walla Walla | $6,447.70 | $3,065.60 – $7,381.13 |
| Kadlec Regional Medical Center | Richland | $5,476.10 | $708.88 – $11,535.65 |