Special radiation treatment at MultiCare Mary Bridge Children's Hospital
317 Martin Luther King Jr Way, Tacoma, WA · Multicare · · NPI 1306952726
$1,454.40
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.
$3,636.00
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.
$344.06 with Molina vs $5,197.97 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 | $344.06 | ↓ -76% |
| United Healthcare | Apple Health | $371.58 | ↓ -74% |
| WellPoint | Apple Health | $371.58 | ↓ -74% |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | Apple Health | $371.58 | ↓ -74% |
| Coordinated Care | Apple Health | $371.58 | ↓ -74% |
| SCAN | MedAdvantage | $631.95 | ↓ -57% |
| Aetna | MedAdvantage | $650.91 | ↓ -55% |
| Regence | MedAdvantage | $650.91 | ↓ -55% |
| United Healthcare | MedAdvantage HMO | $657.23 | ↓ -55% |
| WellCare | MedAdvantage | $663.55 | ↓ -54% |
| Molina | MedAdvantage | $663.55 | ↓ -54% |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | MedAdvantage | $695.15 | ↓ -52% |
| Premera | HMO | $1,072.43 | ↓ -26% |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | Cascade Care | $1,083.78 | ↓ -25% |
| Ambetter | Coordinated Care Exchange | $1,221.40 | ↓ -16% |
| Premera | Signature | $2,150.81 | ↑ +48% |
| Premera | Prime | $2,199.20 | ↑ +51% |
| First Choice | MHS Employee MCC/PPO | $2,348.49 | ↑ +61% |
| Premera | Other Commercial Plans | $2,702.87 | ↑ +86% |
| First Choice | MCC Wellfound Employee | $2,730.64 | ↑ +88% |
| First Choice | First Choice PPO | $2,730.64 | ↑ +88% |
| First Health | All Commercial Plans | $2,872.44 | ↑ +98% |
| Cigna | All Commercial Plans | $2,894.62 | ↑ +99% |
| Multiplan/PHCS | All Commercial Plans | $2,908.80 | ↑ +100% |
| Regence | Blue High Performance | $2,990.70 | ↑ +106% |
| Regence | MCC/AHN | $2,990.70 | ↑ +106% |
| Regence | RealValue | $3,076.15 | ↑ +112% |
| Regence | Commercial | $3,417.94 | ↑ +135% |
| Uniform Medical | All Commercial Plans | $3,457.76 | ↑ +138% |
| Aetna | All Commercial Plans | $3,957.31 | ↑ +172% |
| Kaiser | HMO/PPO | $4,502.48 | ↑ +210% |
| United Healthcare | All Commercial Plans | $5,197.97 | ↑ +257% |
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Special radiation treatment at other Washington hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| St. Joseph Medical Center | Tacoma | $2,532.66 | $1,069.79 – $5,735.22 |
| MultiCare Allenmore Hospital | Tacoma | $1,454.40 | $345.78 – $2,652.31 |
| Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus | Seattle | $2,364.96 | $639.84 – $2,532.50 |
| Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital | Spokane | $781.90 | $247.67 – $1,939.79 |
| Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill | Seattle | $2,364.96 | $639.84 – $2,451.68 |
| Swedish Issaquah | Issaquah | $2,364.96 | $161.67 – $2,532.50 |
| Central Medical Center | Seattle | $2,480.00 | $579.00 – $579.00 |
| Providence Centralia Hospital | Centralia | $2,371.20 | $283.42 – $3,356.91 |