Removal of implant deep at MultiCare Mary Bridge Children's Hospital
317 Martin Luther King Jr Way, Tacoma, WA · Multicare · · NPI 1306952726
$4,484.80
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.
$11,212.00
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.
$1,700.97 with Molina vs $27,325.98 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 | $1,700.97 | ↓ -62% |
| United Healthcare | Apple Health | $1,837.05 | ↓ -59% |
| WellPoint | Apple Health | $1,837.05 | ↓ -59% |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | Apple Health | $1,837.05 | ↓ -59% |
| Coordinated Care | Apple Health | $1,837.05 | ↓ -59% |
| SCAN | MedAdvantage | $3,322.18 | ↓ -26% |
| Aetna | MedAdvantage | $3,421.85 | ↓ -24% |
| Regence | MedAdvantage | $3,421.85 | ↓ -24% |
| United Healthcare | MedAdvantage HMO | $3,455.07 | ↓ -23% |
| WellCare | MedAdvantage | $3,488.29 | ↓ -22% |
| Molina | MedAdvantage | $3,488.29 | ↓ -22% |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | MedAdvantage | $3,654.40 | ↓ -19% |
| Premera | HMO | $4,536.86 | ↑ +1% |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | Cascade Care | $5,358.05 | ↑ +19% |
| Ambetter | Coordinated Care Exchange | $6,038.44 | ↑ +35% |
| First Choice | MHS Employee MCC/PPO | $7,241.83 | ↑ +61% |
| First Choice | First Choice PPO | $8,420.21 | ↑ +88% |
| First Choice | MCC Wellfound Employee | $8,420.21 | ↑ +88% |
| First Health | All Commercial Plans | $8,857.48 | ↑ +98% |
| Cigna | All Commercial Plans | $8,925.87 | ↑ +99% |
| Multiplan/PHCS | All Commercial Plans | $8,969.60 | ↑ +100% |
| Premera | Signature | $10,382.06 | ↑ +131% |
| Premera | Prime | $10,615.67 | ↑ +137% |
| Premera | Other Commercial Plans | $13,046.90 | ↑ +191% |
| Regence | MCC/AHN | $14,436.27 | ↑ +222% |
| Regence | Blue High Performance | $14,436.27 | ↑ +222% |
| Regence | RealValue | $14,848.73 | ↑ +231% |
| Regence | Commercial | $16,498.59 | ↑ +268% |
| Uniform Medical | All Commercial Plans | $16,690.81 | ↑ +272% |
| Aetna | All Commercial Plans | $19,579.11 | ↑ +337% |
| Kaiser | HMO/PPO | $20,317.26 | ↑ +353% |
| United Healthcare | All Commercial Plans | $27,325.98 | ↑ +509% |
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Removal of implant deep at other Washington hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| MultiCare Allenmore Hospital | Tacoma | $4,484.80 | $1,709.48 – $13,943.31 |
| St. Joseph Medical Center | Tacoma | not published | $7,028.76 – $7,028.76 |
| Providence St Joseph Hospital | Chewelah | $3,865.40 | not published |
| Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus | Seattle | $8,066.88 | $3,363.63 – $11,292.99 |
| Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital | Spokane | $5,837.30 | $3,236.85 – $8,237.79 |
| Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill | Seattle | $8,066.88 | $3,363.63 – $10,875.59 |
| Swedish Issaquah | Issaquah | $8,066.88 | $3,373.07 – $11,292.99 |
| Central Medical Center | Seattle | $7,946.40 | not published |