Removal/replacement ppm generator dual lead system 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

$21,422.00

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.

$53,555.00

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.

$5,864.48 with Molina vs $98,326.59 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 $5,864.48 ↓ -73%
United Healthcare Apple Health $6,333.64 ↓ -70%
WellPoint Apple Health $6,333.64 ↓ -70%
Community Health Plan of Washington Apple Health $6,333.64 ↓ -70%
Coordinated Care Apple Health $6,333.64 ↓ -70%
SCAN MedAdvantage $11,954.16 ↓ -44%
Aetna MedAdvantage $12,312.79 ↓ -43%
Regence MedAdvantage $12,312.79 ↓ -43%
United Healthcare MedAdvantage HMO $12,432.33 ↓ -42%
WellCare MedAdvantage $12,551.87 ↓ -41%
Molina MedAdvantage $12,551.87 ↓ -41%
Community Health Plan of Washington MedAdvantage $13,149.58 ↓ -39%
Premera HMO $18,139.99 ↓ -15%
Community Health Plan of Washington Cascade Care $18,473.11 ↓ -14%
Ambetter Coordinated Care Exchange $20,818.90 ↓ -3%
First Choice MHS Employee MCC/PPO $34,591.17 ↑ +61%
Premera Signature $39,015.57 ↑ +82%
Premera Prime $39,893.47 ↑ +86%
First Choice MCC Wellfound Employee $40,219.81 ↑ +88%
First Choice First Choice PPO $40,219.81 ↑ +88%
First Health All Commercial Plans $42,308.45 ↑ +98%
Cigna All Commercial Plans $42,635.14 ↑ +99%
Multiplan/PHCS All Commercial Plans $42,844.00 ↑ +100%
Premera Other Commercial Plans $49,029.98 ↑ +129%
Regence MCC/AHN $54,251.16 ↑ +153%
Regence Blue High Performance $54,251.16 ↑ +153%
Regence RealValue $55,801.20 ↑ +160%
Regence Commercial $62,001.33 ↑ +189%
Uniform Medical All Commercial Plans $62,723.70 ↑ +193%
Aetna All Commercial Plans $71,592.71 ↑ +234%
Kaiser HMO/PPO $81,235.78 ↑ +279%
United Healthcare All Commercial Plans $98,326.59 ↑ +359%

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Removal/replacement ppm generator dual lead system at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. Joseph Medical Center Tacoma $7,737.61 $16,821.00 – $28,103.55
MultiCare Allenmore Hospital Tacoma $21,422.00 $5,893.84 – $50,171.97
Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus Seattle $12,355.68 $7,277.00 – $49,926.95
Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital Spokane $28,089.60 $5,419.00 – $31,781.01
Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill Seattle $12,355.68 $7,277.00 – $48,081.60
Swedish Issaquah Issaquah $12,355.68 $7,277.00 – $49,926.95
Providence St Mary Medical Center Walla Walla $9,388.40 $9,461.97 – $21,547.18
Kadlec Regional Medical Center Richland $25,641.70 $604.12 – $38,034.70

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