Pt application of modality >=1 area iontophoresis each 15 minutes at MultiCare Mary Bridge Children's Hospital

317 Martin Luther King Jr Way, Tacoma, WA · Multicare · · NPI 1306952726

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Aug 27, 2026 · Ingested Sep 17, 2026

$44.80

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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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$112.00

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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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$11.38 with Molina vs $157.30 with Kaiser — same scan, same building. Share

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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.

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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.

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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.

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Negotiated rate vs. cash
Molina Apple Health $11.38 ↓ -75%
United Healthcare Apple Health $12.29 ↓ -73%
WellPoint Apple Health $12.29 ↓ -73%
Community Health Plan of Washington Apple Health $12.29 ↓ -73%
Coordinated Care Apple Health $12.29 ↓ -73%
United Healthcare All Commercial Plans $16.68 ↓ -63%
SCAN MedAdvantage $19.21 ↓ -57%
Aetna MedAdvantage $19.78 ↓ -56%
Regence MedAdvantage $19.78 ↓ -56%
United Healthcare MedAdvantage HMO $19.98 ↓ -55%
Molina MedAdvantage $20.17 ↓ -55%
WellCare MedAdvantage $20.17 ↓ -55%
Community Health Plan of Washington MedAdvantage $21.13 ↓ -53%
Premera HMO $32.38 ↓ -28%
Premera Prime $34.90 ↓ -22%
Premera Signature $34.90 ↓ -22%
Community Health Plan of Washington Cascade Care $35.85 ↓ -20%
Ambetter Coordinated Care Exchange $40.40 ↓ -10%
Premera Other Commercial Plans $42.66 ↓ -5%
Regence Blue High Performance $55.76 ↑ +24%
Regence MCC/AHN $55.76 ↑ +24%
Regence RealValue $57.35 ↑ +28%
Uniform Medical All Commercial Plans $62.76 ↑ +40%
Regence Commercial $63.72 ↑ +42%
First Choice MHS Employee MCC/PPO $72.34 ↑ +61%
Aetna All Commercial Plans $80.98 ↑ +81%
First Choice MCC Wellfound Employee $84.11 ↑ +88%
First Choice First Choice PPO $84.11 ↑ +88%
First Health All Commercial Plans $88.48 ↑ +98%
Cigna All Commercial Plans $89.16 ↑ +99%
Multiplan/PHCS All Commercial Plans $89.60 ↑ +100%
Kaiser HMO/PPO $157.30 ↑ +251%

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Pt application of modality >=1 area iontophoresis each 15 minutes at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
MultiCare Allenmore Hospital Tacoma $44.80 $11.38 – $92.60
Providence St Luke's Rehabilitation Medical Center Spokane $66.00 $21.69 – $23.86
Providence St Joseph Hospital Chewelah $54.60 not published
Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus Seattle $79.68 $17.35 – $65.89
Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital Spokane $72.10 $21.69 – $55.20
Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill Seattle $79.68 $17.35 – $63.88
Swedish Issaquah Issaquah $79.68 $17.35 – $48.15
Providence Mount Carmel Hospital Colville $59.50 not published

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