Scr c/v cyto,thinlayer,rescr at MultiCare Mary Bridge Children's Hospital
317 Martin Luther King Jr Way, Tacoma, WA · Multicare · · NPI 1306952726
$53.20
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.
$133.00
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.
$12.21 with Molina vs $86.28 with Cigna — 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 | $12.21 | ↓ -77% |
| United Healthcare | Apple Health | $13.19 | ↓ -75% |
| WellPoint | Apple Health | $13.19 | ↓ -75% |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | Apple Health | $13.19 | ↓ -75% |
| Coordinated Care | Apple Health | $13.19 | ↓ -75% |
| SCAN | MedAdvantage | $25.96 | ↓ -51% |
| Premera | HMO | $26.49 | ↓ -50% |
| Premera | Signature | $26.49 | ↓ -50% |
| Premera | Prime | $26.49 | ↓ -50% |
| Regence | Blue High Performance | $26.66 | ↓ -50% |
| Regence | MCC/AHN | $26.66 | ↓ -50% |
| Regence | MedAdvantage | $26.74 | ↓ -50% |
| Aetna | MedAdvantage | $26.74 | ↓ -50% |
| United Healthcare | MedAdvantage HMO | $27.00 | ↓ -49% |
| WellCare | MedAdvantage | $27.26 | ↓ -49% |
| Molina | MedAdvantage | $27.26 | ↓ -49% |
| Regence | RealValue | $27.42 | ↓ -48% |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | MedAdvantage | $28.56 | ↓ -46% |
| Uniform Medical | All Commercial Plans | $30.46 | ↓ -43% |
| Regence | Commercial | $30.46 | ↓ -43% |
| United Healthcare | All Commercial Plans | $31.79 | ↓ -40% |
| Premera | Other Commercial Plans | $33.11 | ↓ -38% |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | Cascade Care | $38.46 | ↓ -28% |
| Ambetter | Coordinated Care Exchange | $43.34 | ↓ -19% |
| First Choice | MHS Employee MCC/PPO | $68.47 | ↑ +29% |
| First Choice | First Choice PPO | $79.61 | ↑ +50% |
| First Choice | MCC Wellfound Employee | $79.61 | ↑ +50% |
| Aetna | All Commercial Plans | $81.85 | ↑ +54% |
| First Health | All Commercial Plans | $83.74 | ↑ +57% |
| Multiplan/PHCS | All Commercial Plans | $84.80 | ↑ +59% |
| Cigna | All Commercial Plans | $86.28 | ↑ +62% |
| Kaiser | HMO/PPO | not published by hospital | — |
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Scr c/v cyto,thinlayer,rescr at other Washington hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| MultiCare Allenmore Hospital | Tacoma | $53.20 | $12.27 – $51.92 |
| Providence St Joseph Hospital | Chewelah | $68.60 | not published |
| Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital | Spokane | $147.00 | $26.49 – $67.42 |
| Providence Holy Family Hospital | Spokane | $119.00 | $26.49 – $113.04 |
| Providence Regional Medical Center Everett - Colby Campus | Everett | $83.20 | $26.49 – $61.46 |
| MultiCare Valley Hospital | Spokane Valley | $42.40 | $11.72 – $48.03 |
| MultiCare Yakima Memorial Hospital | Yakima | $42.40 | $26.48 – $48.48 |
| MultiCare Auburn Medical Center | Auburn | $53.20 | $11.99 – $51.92 |