Refill maint impl spine pump 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

$417.20

Cash price

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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.

$1,043.00

Gross charge

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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.

$31.22 with Molina vs $2,887.62 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.

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Payer
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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
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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 $31.22 ↓ -93%
Coordinated Care Apple Health $33.72 ↓ -92%
United Healthcare Apple Health $33.72 ↓ -92%
WellPoint Apple Health $33.72 ↓ -92%
Community Health Plan of Washington Apple Health $33.72 ↓ -92%
Community Health Plan of Washington Cascade Care $98.35 ↓ -76%
Ambetter Coordinated Care Exchange $110.83 ↓ -73%
SCAN MedAdvantage $351.07 ↓ -16%
Aetna MedAdvantage $361.60 ↓ -13%
Regence MedAdvantage $361.60 ↓ -13%
United Healthcare MedAdvantage HMO $365.11 ↓ -12%
Molina MedAdvantage $368.62 ↓ -12%
WellCare MedAdvantage $368.62 ↓ -12%
Community Health Plan of Washington MedAdvantage $386.17 ↓ -7%
Premera HMO $509.35 ↑ +22%
First Choice MHS Employee MCC/PPO $673.67 ↑ +61%
First Choice MCC Wellfound Employee $783.29 ↑ +88%
First Choice First Choice PPO $783.29 ↑ +88%
First Health All Commercial Plans $823.97 ↑ +98%
Cigna All Commercial Plans $830.33 ↑ +99%
Multiplan/PHCS All Commercial Plans $834.40 ↑ +100%
Premera Signature $1,082.17 ↑ +159%
Premera Prime $1,106.52 ↑ +165%
Premera Other Commercial Plans $1,359.94 ↑ +226%
Regence MCC/AHN $1,504.76 ↑ +261%
Regence Blue High Performance $1,504.76 ↑ +261%
Regence RealValue $1,547.75 ↑ +271%
Regence Commercial $1,719.73 ↑ +312%
Uniform Medical All Commercial Plans $1,739.76 ↑ +317%
Aetna All Commercial Plans $2,019.41 ↑ +384%
Kaiser HMO/PPO $2,138.41 ↑ +413%
United Healthcare All Commercial Plans $2,887.62 ↑ +592%

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Refill maint impl spine pump at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. Joseph Medical Center Tacoma $283.21 $615.66 – $739.79
MultiCare Allenmore Hospital Tacoma $417.20 $31.38 – $1,473.43
Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital Spokane $863.80 $342.05 – $870.52
Providence Holy Family Hospital Spokane $929.60 $342.05 – $897.88
MultiCare Yakima Memorial Hospital Yakima $331.60 $366.19 – $921.83
St. Michael Medical Center Silverdale $377.39 $538.71 – $1,281.42
St. Anne Hospital Burien $261.11 $367.69 – $769.58
St. Anthony Hospital Gig Harbor $260.08 $615.66 – $739.79

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