Proctosigmoidoscopy dx 45300 at MultiCare Mary Bridge Children's Hospital
317 Martin Luther King Jr Way, Tacoma, WA · Multicare · · NPI 1306952726
$2,137.60
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.
$5,344.00
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.
$686.01 with Molina vs $8,748.56 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 | $686.01 | ↓ -68% |
| United Healthcare | Apple Health | $740.89 | ↓ -65% |
| WellPoint | Apple Health | $740.89 | ↓ -65% |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | Apple Health | $740.89 | ↓ -65% |
| Coordinated Care | Apple Health | $740.89 | ↓ -65% |
| SCAN | MedAdvantage | $1,063.61 | ↓ -50% |
| Aetna | MedAdvantage | $1,095.52 | ↓ -49% |
| Regence | MedAdvantage | $1,095.52 | ↓ -49% |
| United Healthcare | MedAdvantage HMO | $1,106.16 | ↓ -48% |
| WellCare | MedAdvantage | $1,116.79 | ↓ -48% |
| Molina | MedAdvantage | $1,116.79 | ↓ -48% |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | MedAdvantage | $1,169.97 | ↓ -45% |
| Premera | HMO | $1,459.52 | ↓ -32% |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | Cascade Care | $2,160.93 | ↑ +1% |
| Ambetter | Coordinated Care Exchange | $2,435.34 | ↑ +14% |
| Premera | Signature | $3,339.37 | ↑ +56% |
| Premera | Prime | $3,414.51 | ↑ +60% |
| First Choice | MHS Employee MCC/PPO | $3,451.69 | ↑ +61% |
| First Choice | MCC Wellfound Employee | $4,013.34 | ↑ +88% |
| First Choice | First Choice PPO | $4,013.34 | ↑ +88% |
| Premera | Other Commercial Plans | $4,196.51 | ↑ +96% |
| First Health | All Commercial Plans | $4,221.76 | ↑ +98% |
| Cigna | All Commercial Plans | $4,254.36 | ↑ +99% |
| Multiplan/PHCS | All Commercial Plans | $4,275.20 | ↑ +100% |
| Regence | Blue High Performance | $4,643.38 | ↑ +117% |
| Regence | MCC/AHN | $4,643.38 | ↑ +117% |
| Regence | RealValue | $4,776.04 | ↑ +123% |
| Regence | Commercial | $5,306.72 | ↑ +148% |
| Uniform Medical | All Commercial Plans | $5,368.54 | ↑ +151% |
| Aetna | All Commercial Plans | $6,236.95 | ↑ +192% |
| Kaiser | HMO/PPO | $6,536.13 | ↑ +206% |
| United Healthcare | All Commercial Plans | $8,748.56 | ↑ +309% |
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Proctosigmoidoscopy dx 45300 at other Washington hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| St. Joseph Medical Center | Tacoma | $371.60 | $807.82 – $912.48 |
| MultiCare Allenmore Hospital | Tacoma | $2,137.60 | $689.44 – $4,464.03 |
| Providence St Joseph Hospital | Chewelah | $737.80 | not published |
| Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus | Seattle | $848.64 | $1,076.88 – $3,590.24 |
| Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital | Spokane | $742.00 | $1,036.29 – $2,637.37 |
| Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill | Seattle | $848.64 | $1,076.88 – $3,475.65 |
| Swedish Issaquah | Issaquah | $848.64 | $1,079.90 – $3,590.24 |
| Providence Centralia Hospital | Centralia | $1,642.16 | $1,076.88 – $4,468.70 |