St evaluation swallow function at MultiCare Mary Bridge Children's Hospital
317 Martin Luther King Jr Way, Tacoma, WA · Multicare · · NPI 1306952726
$158.40
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.
$396.00
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.
$49.61 with Molina vs $554.40 with Kaiser — 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 | $49.61 | ↓ -69% |
| United Healthcare | Apple Health | $53.58 | ↓ -66% |
| WellPoint | Apple Health | $53.58 | ↓ -66% |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | Apple Health | $53.58 | ↓ -66% |
| Coordinated Care | Apple Health | $53.58 | ↓ -66% |
| SCAN | MedAdvantage | $57.83 | ↓ -63% |
| United Healthcare | All Commercial Plans | $57.83 | ↓ -63% |
| Regence | MedAdvantage | $59.56 | ↓ -62% |
| Aetna | MedAdvantage | $59.56 | ↓ -62% |
| United Healthcare | MedAdvantage HMO | $60.14 | ↓ -62% |
| Molina | MedAdvantage | $60.72 | ↓ -62% |
| WellCare | MedAdvantage | $60.72 | ↓ -62% |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | MedAdvantage | $63.61 | ↓ -60% |
| Premera | HMO | $138.64 | ↓ -12% |
| Premera | Prime | $153.83 | ↓ -3% |
| Premera | Signature | $153.83 | ↓ -3% |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | Cascade Care | $156.27 | ↓ -1% |
| Ambetter | Coordinated Care Exchange | $176.12 | ↑ +11% |
| Premera | Other Commercial Plans | $188.01 | ↑ +19% |
| Regence | MCC/AHN | $246.07 | ↑ +55% |
| Regence | Blue High Performance | $246.07 | ↑ +55% |
| Regence | RealValue | $253.10 | ↑ +60% |
| First Choice | MHS Employee MCC/PPO | $255.78 | ↑ +61% |
| Uniform Medical | All Commercial Plans | $276.96 | ↑ +75% |
| Regence | Commercial | $281.23 | ↑ +78% |
| Aetna | All Commercial Plans | $286.31 | ↑ +81% |
| First Choice | MCC Wellfound Employee | $297.40 | ↑ +88% |
| First Choice | First Choice PPO | $297.40 | ↑ +88% |
| First Health | All Commercial Plans | $312.84 | ↑ +98% |
| Cigna | All Commercial Plans | $315.26 | ↑ +99% |
| Multiplan/PHCS | All Commercial Plans | $316.80 | ↑ +100% |
| Kaiser | HMO/PPO | $554.40 | ↑ +250% |
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St evaluation swallow function at other Washington hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| St. Joseph Medical Center | Tacoma | $271.78 | $49.61 – $615.45 |
| MultiCare Allenmore Hospital | Tacoma | $158.40 | $49.61 – $326.37 |
| Providence St Luke's Rehabilitation Medical Center | Spokane | $217.98 | $59.01 – $64.91 |
| Providence St Joseph Hospital | Chewelah | $194.60 | not published |
| Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus | Seattle | $217.92 | $47.21 – $179.27 |
| Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital | Spokane | $683.90 | $59.01 – $150.18 |
| Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill | Seattle | $217.92 | $47.21 – $224.12 |
| Swedish Issaquah | Issaquah | $217.92 | $47.21 – $141.94 |