Relocation skin pocket pm 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

$1,964.40

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.

$4,911.00

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.

$1,200.74 with Molina vs $19,410.17 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 $1,200.74 ↓ -39%
United Healthcare Apple Health $1,296.80 ↓ -34%
WellPoint Apple Health $1,296.80 ↓ -34%
Community Health Plan of Washington Apple Health $1,296.80 ↓ -34%
Coordinated Care Apple Health $1,296.80 ↓ -34%
SCAN MedAdvantage $2,359.82 ↑ +20%
Aetna MedAdvantage $2,430.61 ↑ +24%
Regence MedAdvantage $2,430.61 ↑ +24%
United Healthcare MedAdvantage HMO $2,454.21 ↑ +25%
WellCare MedAdvantage $2,477.81 ↑ +26%
Molina MedAdvantage $2,477.81 ↑ +26%
Community Health Plan of Washington MedAdvantage $2,595.80 ↑ +32%
First Choice MHS Employee MCC/PPO $3,172.01 ↑ +61%
Premera HMO $3,233.13 ↑ +65%
First Choice First Choice PPO $3,688.16 ↑ +88%
First Choice MCC Wellfound Employee $3,688.16 ↑ +88%
Community Health Plan of Washington Cascade Care $3,782.32 ↑ +93%
First Health All Commercial Plans $3,879.69 ↑ +98%
Cigna All Commercial Plans $3,909.65 ↑ +99%
Multiplan/PHCS All Commercial Plans $3,928.80 ↑ +100%
Ambetter Coordinated Care Exchange $4,262.61 ↑ +117%
Premera Signature $6,663.03 ↑ +239%
Premera Prime $6,812.96 ↑ +247%
Premera Other Commercial Plans $8,373.28 ↑ +326%
Regence MCC/AHN $9,264.94 ↑ +372%
Regence Blue High Performance $9,264.94 ↑ +372%
Regence RealValue $9,529.66 ↑ +385%
Regence Commercial $10,588.51 ↑ +439%
Uniform Medical All Commercial Plans $10,711.87 ↑ +445%
Aetna All Commercial Plans $12,513.66 ↑ +537%
Kaiser HMO/PPO $13,573.89 ↑ +591%
United Healthcare All Commercial Plans $19,410.17 ↑ +888%

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Relocation skin pocket pm at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. Joseph Medical Center Tacoma $1,525.41 $3,316.12 – $4,695.89
MultiCare Allenmore Hospital Tacoma $1,964.40 $1,206.75 – $9,904.20
Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus Seattle $5,099.04 $2,389.26 – $7,626.88
Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital Spokane $4,893.00 $2,299.21 – $5,851.48
Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill Seattle $5,099.04 $2,389.26 – $7,383.47
Swedish Issaquah Issaquah $5,099.04 $2,395.96 – $7,626.88
Central Medical Center Seattle $4,343.20 not published
Providence St Mary Medical Center Walla Walla $2,688.70 $1,615.90 – $7,367.24

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