Scan duplex abd/pelvis/retroperitoneal limited 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

$559.20

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.

$1,398.00

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.

$118.65 with Molina vs $983.50 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 $118.65 ↓ -79%
SCAN MedAdvantage $119.57 ↓ -79%
Aetna MedAdvantage $123.16 ↓ -78%
Regence MedAdvantage $123.16 ↓ -78%
United Healthcare MedAdvantage HMO $124.35 ↓ -78%
WellCare MedAdvantage $125.55 ↓ -78%
Molina MedAdvantage $125.55 ↓ -78%
WellPoint Apple Health $128.15 ↓ -77%
United Healthcare Apple Health $128.15 ↓ -77%
Coordinated Care Apple Health $128.15 ↓ -77%
Community Health Plan of Washington Apple Health $128.15 ↓ -77%
Community Health Plan of Washington MedAdvantage $131.53 ↓ -76%
Premera HMO $200.22 ↓ -64%
Community Health Plan of Washington Cascade Care $373.76 ↓ -33%
Premera Signature $401.71 ↓ -28%
Premera Prime $410.74 ↓ -27%
Ambetter Coordinated Care Exchange $421.22 ↓ -25%
Premera Other Commercial Plans $504.81 ↓ -10%
Regence Blue High Performance $558.55 ↓ -0%
Regence MCC/AHN $558.55 ↓ -0%
Regence RealValue $574.51 ↑ +3%
Regence Commercial $638.35 ↑ +14%
Uniform Medical All Commercial Plans $645.78 ↑ +15%
First Choice MHS Employee MCC/PPO $722.12 ↑ +29%
Aetna All Commercial Plans $727.49 ↑ +30%
First Choice MCC Wellfound Employee $839.62 ↑ +50%
First Choice First Choice PPO $839.62 ↑ +50%
Kaiser HMO/PPO $840.61 ↑ +50%
First Health All Commercial Plans $883.22 ↑ +58%
Cigna All Commercial Plans $890.04 ↑ +59%
Multiplan/PHCS All Commercial Plans $894.40 ↑ +60%
United Healthcare All Commercial Plans $983.50 ↑ +76%

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Scan duplex abd/pelvis/retroperitoneal limited at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. Joseph Medical Center Tacoma $560.67 $234.44 – $1,249.49
MultiCare Allenmore Hospital Tacoma $559.20 $119.25 – $501.84
Providence St Joseph Hospital Chewelah $621.60 not published
Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus Seattle $1,147.20 $121.06 – $526.78
Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital Spokane $2,117.50 $116.50 – $403.49
Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill Seattle $1,147.20 $121.06 – $509.96
Swedish Issaquah Issaquah $1,147.20 $121.40 – $526.78
Central Medical Center Seattle $821.60 not published

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