Radiation treatment delivery at MultiCare Mary Bridge Children's Hospital
317 Martin Luther King Jr Way, Tacoma, WA · Multicare · · NPI 1306952726
$1,719.60
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.
$4,299.00
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.
$129.32 with Molina vs $5,197.97 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 | $129.32 | ↓ -92% |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | Apple Health | $139.67 | ↓ -92% |
| United Healthcare | Apple Health | $139.67 | ↓ -92% |
| WellPoint | Apple Health | $139.67 | ↓ -92% |
| Coordinated Care | Apple Health | $139.67 | ↓ -92% |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | Cascade Care | $407.36 | ↓ -76% |
| Ambetter | Coordinated Care Exchange | $459.09 | ↓ -73% |
| Premera | HMO | $492.57 | ↓ -71% |
| SCAN | MedAdvantage | $631.95 | ↓ -63% |
| Aetna | MedAdvantage | $650.91 | ↓ -62% |
| Regence | MedAdvantage | $650.91 | ↓ -62% |
| United Healthcare | MedAdvantage HMO | $657.23 | ↓ -62% |
| Molina | MedAdvantage | $663.55 | ↓ -61% |
| WellCare | MedAdvantage | $663.55 | ↓ -61% |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | MedAdvantage | $695.15 | ↓ -60% |
| Premera | Signature | $981.95 | ↓ -43% |
| Premera | Prime | $1,004.04 | ↓ -42% |
| Premera | Other Commercial Plans | $1,233.99 | ↓ -28% |
| Regence | Blue High Performance | $1,365.38 | ↓ -21% |
| Regence | MCC/AHN | $1,365.38 | ↓ -21% |
| Regence | RealValue | $1,404.39 | ↓ -18% |
| Regence | Commercial | $1,560.43 | ↓ -9% |
| Uniform Medical | All Commercial Plans | $1,578.61 | ↓ -8% |
| Aetna | All Commercial Plans | $1,799.01 | ↑ +5% |
| Kaiser | HMO/PPO | $2,067.94 | ↑ +20% |
| First Choice | MHS Employee MCC/PPO | $2,776.72 | ↑ +61% |
| First Choice | First Choice PPO | $3,228.55 | ↑ +88% |
| First Choice | MCC Wellfound Employee | $3,228.55 | ↑ +88% |
| First Health | All Commercial Plans | $3,396.21 | ↑ +98% |
| Cigna | All Commercial Plans | $3,422.43 | ↑ +99% |
| Multiplan/PHCS | All Commercial Plans | $3,439.20 | ↑ +100% |
| United Healthcare | All Commercial Plans | $5,197.97 | ↑ +202% |
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Radiation treatment delivery at other Washington hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| St. Joseph Medical Center | Tacoma | $693.51 | $450.25 – $1,570.44 |
| MultiCare Allenmore Hospital | Tacoma | $1,719.60 | $129.97 – $2,652.31 |
| Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus | Seattle | $911.04 | $639.84 – $1,943.83 |
| Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital | Spokane | $394.10 | $539.84 – $1,567.01 |
| Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill | Seattle | $911.04 | $639.84 – $1,497.22 |
| Swedish Issaquah | Issaquah | $911.04 | $594.29 – $1,424.43 |
| Central Medical Center | Seattle | $960.00 | $263.00 – $263.00 |
| Providence Centralia Hospital | Centralia | $863.20 | $639.84 – $1,472.52 |