Rmvl sq defib electrode at MultiCare Mary Bridge Children's Hospital
317 Martin Luther King Jr Way, Tacoma, WA · Multicare · · NPI 1306952726
$3,366.00
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.
$8,415.00
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.
$1,200.74 with Molina vs $35,155.27 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 | $1,200.74 | ↓ -64% |
| Coordinated Care | Apple Health | $1,296.80 | ↓ -61% |
| United Healthcare | Apple Health | $1,296.80 | ↓ -61% |
| WellPoint | Apple Health | $1,296.80 | ↓ -61% |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | Apple Health | $1,296.80 | ↓ -61% |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | Cascade Care | $3,782.32 | ↑ +12% |
| Ambetter | Coordinated Care Exchange | $4,262.61 | ↑ +27% |
| SCAN | MedAdvantage | $4,274.04 | ↑ +27% |
| Aetna | MedAdvantage | $4,402.26 | ↑ +31% |
| Regence | MedAdvantage | $4,402.26 | ↑ +31% |
| United Healthcare | MedAdvantage HMO | $4,445.00 | ↑ +32% |
| Molina | MedAdvantage | $4,487.74 | ↑ +33% |
| WellCare | MedAdvantage | $4,487.74 | ↑ +33% |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | MedAdvantage | $4,701.44 | ↑ +40% |
| First Choice | MHS Employee MCC/PPO | $5,435.25 | ↑ +61% |
| Premera | HMO | $6,277.43 | ↑ +86% |
| First Choice | MCC Wellfound Employee | $6,319.67 | ↑ +88% |
| First Choice | First Choice PPO | $6,319.67 | ↑ +88% |
| First Health | All Commercial Plans | $6,647.85 | ↑ +98% |
| Cigna | All Commercial Plans | $6,699.18 | ↑ +99% |
| Multiplan/PHCS | All Commercial Plans | $6,732.00 | ↑ +100% |
| Premera | Signature | $14,348.25 | ↑ +326% |
| Premera | Prime | $14,671.11 | ↑ +336% |
| Premera | Other Commercial Plans | $18,031.12 | ↑ +436% |
| Regence | MCC/AHN | $19,951.25 | ↑ +493% |
| Regence | Blue High Performance | $19,951.25 | ↑ +493% |
| Regence | RealValue | $20,521.29 | ↑ +510% |
| Regence | Commercial | $22,801.43 | ↑ +577% |
| Uniform Medical | All Commercial Plans | $23,067.09 | ↑ +585% |
| Aetna | All Commercial Plans | $24,896.23 | ↑ +640% |
| Kaiser | HMO/PPO | $26,355.06 | ↑ +683% |
| United Healthcare | All Commercial Plans | $35,155.27 | ↑ +944% |
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Rmvl sq defib electrode at other Washington hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| St. Joseph Medical Center | Tacoma | $1,707.47 | $3,711.92 – $9,117.55 |
| MultiCare Allenmore Hospital | Tacoma | $3,366.00 | $1,206.75 – $17,938.27 |
| Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus | Seattle | $8,626.56 | $4,327.36 – $14,024.85 |
| Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital | Spokane | $7,067.90 | $4,164.26 – $10,598.04 |
| Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill | Seattle | $8,626.56 | $4,327.36 – $13,577.25 |
| Swedish Issaquah | Issaquah | $8,626.56 | $4,339.50 – $14,024.85 |
| Kadlec Regional Medical Center | Richland | $5,310.90 | $590.35 – $11,070.68 |
| St. Michael Medical Center | Silverdale | $2,275.35 | $3,247.93 – $15,792.93 |