Surg dx exam anorectal 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

$5,546.80

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.

$13,867.00

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.

$1,040.91 with Molina vs $26,111.84 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 $1,040.91 ↓ -81%
United Healthcare Apple Health $1,124.18 ↓ -80%
WellPoint Apple Health $1,124.18 ↓ -80%
Community Health Plan of Washington Apple Health $1,124.18 ↓ -80%
Coordinated Care Apple Health $1,124.18 ↓ -80%
SCAN MedAdvantage $3,174.58 ↓ -43%
Aetna MedAdvantage $3,269.82 ↓ -41%
Regence MedAdvantage $3,269.82 ↓ -41%
Community Health Plan of Washington Cascade Care $3,278.86 ↓ -41%
United Healthcare MedAdvantage HMO $3,301.56 ↓ -40%
WellCare MedAdvantage $3,333.31 ↓ -40%
Molina MedAdvantage $3,333.31 ↓ -40%
Community Health Plan of Washington MedAdvantage $3,492.04 ↓ -37%
Ambetter Coordinated Care Exchange $3,695.23 ↓ -33%
Premera HMO $4,512.65 ↓ -19%
First Choice MHS Employee MCC/PPO $8,956.70 ↑ +61%
Premera Signature $10,258.95 ↑ +85%
First Choice MCC Wellfound Employee $10,414.12 ↑ +88%
First Choice First Choice PPO $10,414.12 ↑ +88%
Premera Prime $10,489.79 ↑ +89%
First Health All Commercial Plans $10,954.93 ↑ +98%
Cigna All Commercial Plans $11,039.52 ↑ +99%
Multiplan/PHCS All Commercial Plans $11,093.60 ↑ +100%
Premera Other Commercial Plans $12,892.19 ↑ +132%
Regence Blue High Performance $14,265.05 ↑ +157%
Regence MCC/AHN $14,265.05 ↑ +157%
Regence RealValue $14,672.62 ↑ +165%
Regence Commercial $16,302.91 ↑ +194%
Uniform Medical All Commercial Plans $16,492.85 ↑ +197%
Aetna All Commercial Plans $18,760.55 ↑ +238%
Kaiser HMO/PPO $20,208.88 ↑ +264%
United Healthcare All Commercial Plans $26,111.84 ↑ +371%

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Surg dx exam anorectal at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
MultiCare Allenmore Hospital Tacoma $5,546.80 $1,046.12 – $13,323.79
St. Joseph Medical Center Tacoma not published $6,991.27 – $6,991.27
MultiCare Valley Hospital Spokane Valley $3,818.40 $999.23 – $11,434.14
MultiCare Auburn Medical Center Auburn $5,546.80 $1,022.08 – $13,323.79
MultiCare Good Samaritan Hospital Puyallup $5,546.80 $1,045.71 – $13,323.79
Virginia Mason Medical Center Seattle $3,481.77 $3.08 – $501.58
MultiCare Capital Medical Center Olympia $5,546.80 $1,099.92 – $14,360.51
MultiCare Covington Medical Center Covington $5,546.80 $1,022.08 – $13,323.79

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