Removal w/reinsrt nonbiogrdble at MultiCare Mary Bridge Children's Hospital
317 Martin Luther King Jr Way, Tacoma, WA · Multicare · · NPI 1306952726
$1,621.20
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.
$4,053.00
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.
$115.55 with Molina vs $4,202.52 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 | $115.55 | ↓ -93% |
| Coordinated Care | Apple Health | $124.79 | ↓ -92% |
| United Healthcare | Apple Health | $124.79 | ↓ -92% |
| WellPoint | Apple Health | $124.79 | ↓ -92% |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | Apple Health | $124.79 | ↓ -92% |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | Cascade Care | $363.98 | ↓ -78% |
| Ambetter | Coordinated Care Exchange | $410.20 | ↓ -75% |
| SCAN | MedAdvantage | $510.93 | ↓ -68% |
| Aetna | MedAdvantage | $526.26 | ↓ -68% |
| Regence | MedAdvantage | $526.26 | ↓ -68% |
| United Healthcare | MedAdvantage HMO | $531.36 | ↓ -67% |
| Molina | MedAdvantage | $536.47 | ↓ -67% |
| WellCare | MedAdvantage | $536.47 | ↓ -67% |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | MedAdvantage | $562.02 | ↓ -65% |
| Premera | HMO | $707.31 | ↓ -56% |
| Premera | Signature | $1,455.80 | ↓ -10% |
| Premera | Prime | $1,488.56 | ↓ -8% |
| Premera | Other Commercial Plans | $1,829.47 | ↑ +13% |
| Regence | MCC/AHN | $2,024.28 | ↑ +25% |
| Regence | Blue High Performance | $2,024.28 | ↑ +25% |
| Regence | RealValue | $2,082.12 | ↑ +28% |
| Regence | Commercial | $2,313.47 | ↑ +43% |
| Uniform Medical | All Commercial Plans | $2,340.42 | ↑ +44% |
| First Choice | MHS Employee MCC/PPO | $2,617.83 | ↑ +61% |
| Aetna | All Commercial Plans | $2,729.81 | ↑ +68% |
| Kaiser | HMO/PPO | $2,969.59 | ↑ +83% |
| First Choice | First Choice PPO | $3,043.80 | ↑ +88% |
| First Choice | MCC Wellfound Employee | $3,043.80 | ↑ +88% |
| First Health | All Commercial Plans | $3,201.87 | ↑ +98% |
| Cigna | All Commercial Plans | $3,226.59 | ↑ +99% |
| Multiplan/PHCS | All Commercial Plans | $3,242.40 | ↑ +100% |
| United Healthcare | All Commercial Plans | $4,202.52 | ↑ +159% |
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Removal w/reinsrt nonbiogrdble at other Washington hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| MultiCare Allenmore Hospital | Tacoma | $1,621.20 | $116.13 – $2,144.37 |
| St. Joseph Medical Center | Tacoma | not published | $157.92 – $1,027.33 |
| Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus | Seattle | $949.92 | $517.30 – $1,708.87 |
| Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital | Spokane | $1,015.00 | $497.80 – $1,308.92 |
| Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill | Seattle | $949.92 | $517.30 – $1,654.33 |
| Swedish Issaquah | Issaquah | $949.92 | $518.75 – $1,708.87 |
| MultiCare Auburn Medical Center | Auburn | $1,621.20 | $113.46 – $2,144.37 |
| MultiCare Good Samaritan Hospital | Puyallup | $1,621.20 | $116.08 – $2,144.37 |