Remove brain canal fluid at MultiCare Mary Bridge Children's Hospital
317 Martin Luther King Jr Way, Tacoma, WA · Multicare · · NPI 1306952726
$1,791.60
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.
$4,479.00
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.
$307.61 with Molina vs $3,583.20 with Multiplan/PHCS — 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 | $307.61 | ↓ -83% |
| United Healthcare | Apple Health | $332.22 | ↓ -81% |
| WellPoint | Apple Health | $332.22 | ↓ -81% |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | Apple Health | $332.22 | ↓ -81% |
| Coordinated Care | Apple Health | $332.22 | ↓ -81% |
| SCAN | MedAdvantage | $351.07 | ↓ -80% |
| Aetna | MedAdvantage | $361.60 | ↓ -80% |
| Regence | MedAdvantage | $361.60 | ↓ -80% |
| United Healthcare | MedAdvantage HMO | $365.11 | ↓ -80% |
| WellCare | MedAdvantage | $368.62 | ↓ -79% |
| Molina | MedAdvantage | $368.62 | ↓ -79% |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | MedAdvantage | $386.17 | ↓ -78% |
| Premera | HMO | $509.35 | ↓ -72% |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | Cascade Care | $968.97 | ↓ -46% |
| Premera | Signature | $1,082.17 | ↓ -40% |
| Ambetter | Coordinated Care Exchange | $1,092.02 | ↓ -39% |
| Premera | Prime | $1,106.52 | ↓ -38% |
| Premera | Other Commercial Plans | $1,359.94 | ↓ -24% |
| Regence | MCC/AHN | $1,504.76 | ↓ -16% |
| Regence | Blue High Performance | $1,504.76 | ↓ -16% |
| Regence | RealValue | $1,547.75 | ↓ -14% |
| Regence | Commercial | $1,719.73 | ↓ -4% |
| Uniform Medical | All Commercial Plans | $1,739.76 | ↓ -3% |
| Aetna | All Commercial Plans | $2,019.41 | ↑ +13% |
| Kaiser | HMO/PPO | $2,138.41 | ↑ +19% |
| United Healthcare | All Commercial Plans | $2,887.62 | ↑ +61% |
| First Choice | MHS Employee MCC/PPO | $2,892.99 | ↑ +61% |
| First Choice | MCC Wellfound Employee | $3,363.73 | ↑ +88% |
| First Choice | First Choice PPO | $3,363.73 | ↑ +88% |
| First Health | All Commercial Plans | $3,538.41 | ↑ +98% |
| Cigna | All Commercial Plans | $3,565.73 | ↑ +99% |
| Multiplan/PHCS | All Commercial Plans | $3,583.20 | ↑ +100% |
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Remove brain canal fluid at other Washington hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| St. Joseph Medical Center | Tacoma | $303.30 | $659.34 – $739.79 |
| MultiCare Allenmore Hospital | Tacoma | $1,791.60 | $309.15 – $1,473.43 |
| Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus | Seattle | $825.60 | $355.45 – $1,230.32 |
| Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital | Spokane | $1,900.50 | $342.05 – $870.52 |
| Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill | Seattle | $825.60 | $355.45 – $1,191.05 |
| Swedish Issaquah | Issaquah | $825.60 | $356.44 – $1,230.32 |
| St. Michael Medical Center | Silverdale | $404.17 | $576.93 – $1,281.42 |
| St. Anne Hospital | Burien | $279.63 | $393.78 – $824.18 |