Rpl tun-cvad w subq port 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

$2,779.60

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.

$6,949.00

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.

$1,552.19 with Molina vs $29,703.84 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 $1,552.19 ↓ -44%
United Healthcare Apple Health $1,676.36 ↓ -40%
WellPoint Apple Health $1,676.36 ↓ -40%
Community Health Plan of Washington Apple Health $1,676.36 ↓ -40%
Coordinated Care Apple Health $1,676.36 ↓ -40%
SCAN MedAdvantage $3,611.28 ↑ +30%
Aetna MedAdvantage $3,719.61 ↑ +34%
Regence MedAdvantage $3,719.61 ↑ +34%
United Healthcare MedAdvantage HMO $3,755.73 ↑ +35%
WellCare MedAdvantage $3,791.84 ↑ +36%
Molina MedAdvantage $3,791.84 ↑ +36%
Community Health Plan of Washington MedAdvantage $3,972.40 ↑ +43%
First Choice MHS Employee MCC/PPO $4,488.36 ↑ +61%
Community Health Plan of Washington Cascade Care $4,889.39 ↑ +76%
First Choice MCC Wellfound Employee $5,218.70 ↑ +88%
First Choice First Choice PPO $5,218.70 ↑ +88%
Premera HMO $5,231.86 ↑ +88%
First Health All Commercial Plans $5,489.71 ↑ +98%
Ambetter Coordinated Care Exchange $5,510.26 ↑ +98%
Cigna All Commercial Plans $5,532.10 ↑ +99%
Multiplan/PHCS All Commercial Plans $5,559.20 ↑ +100%
Premera Signature $11,646.25 ↑ +319%
Premera Prime $11,908.31 ↑ +328%
Premera Other Commercial Plans $14,635.58 ↑ +427%
Regence MCC/AHN $16,194.10 ↑ +483%
Regence Blue High Performance $16,194.10 ↑ +483%
Regence RealValue $16,656.79 ↑ +499%
Regence Commercial $18,507.54 ↑ +566%
Uniform Medical All Commercial Plans $18,723.17 ↑ +574%
Aetna All Commercial Plans $21,531.84 ↑ +675%
Kaiser HMO/PPO $23,429.60 ↑ +743%
United Healthcare All Commercial Plans $29,703.84 ↑ +969%

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Rpl tun-cvad w subq port at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. Joseph Medical Center Tacoma $2,271.64 $4,938.38 – $8,105.48
MultiCare Allenmore Hospital Tacoma $2,779.60 $1,559.96 – $15,156.63
Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus Seattle $8,367.36 $3,656.33 – $13,496.13
Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital Spokane $7,357.70 $3,518.52 – $8,954.64
Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill Seattle $8,367.36 $3,656.33 – $12,997.30
Swedish Issaquah Issaquah $8,367.36 $3,666.59 – $13,496.13
Central Medical Center Seattle $7,280.00 not published
Kadlec Regional Medical Center Richland $5,653.90 $485.93 – $10,281.45

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