Tilt table study at MultiCare Mary Bridge Children's Hospital
317 Martin Luther King Jr Way, Tacoma, WA · Multicare · · NPI 1306952726
$1,256.00
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.
$3,140.00
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.
$118.43 with Molina vs $3,802.18 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 | $118.43 | ↓ -91% |
| Coordinated Care | Apple Health | $127.90 | ↓ -90% |
| United Healthcare | Apple Health | $127.90 | ↓ -90% |
| WellPoint | Apple Health | $127.90 | ↓ -90% |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | Apple Health | $127.90 | ↓ -90% |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | Cascade Care | $373.04 | ↓ -70% |
| Ambetter | Coordinated Care Exchange | $420.41 | ↓ -67% |
| SCAN | MedAdvantage | $426.79 | ↓ -66% |
| Aetna | MedAdvantage | $439.59 | ↓ -65% |
| Regence | MedAdvantage | $439.59 | ↓ -65% |
| United Healthcare | MedAdvantage HMO | $443.86 | ↓ -65% |
| Molina | MedAdvantage | $448.13 | ↓ -64% |
| WellCare | MedAdvantage | $448.13 | ↓ -64% |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | MedAdvantage | $469.47 | ↓ -63% |
| Premera | HMO | $905.62 | ↓ -28% |
| Premera | Signature | $1,958.33 | ↑ +56% |
| Premera | Prime | $2,002.40 | ↑ +59% |
| First Choice | MHS Employee MCC/PPO | $2,028.13 | ↑ +61% |
| First Choice | MCC Wellfound Employee | $2,358.14 | ↑ +88% |
| First Choice | First Choice PPO | $2,358.14 | ↑ +88% |
| Premera | Other Commercial Plans | $2,460.99 | ↑ +96% |
| First Health | All Commercial Plans | $2,480.60 | ↑ +98% |
| Cigna | All Commercial Plans | $2,499.75 | ↑ +99% |
| Multiplan/PHCS | All Commercial Plans | $2,512.00 | ↑ +100% |
| Regence | Blue High Performance | $2,723.07 | ↑ +117% |
| Regence | MCC/AHN | $2,723.07 | ↑ +117% |
| Regence | RealValue | $2,800.88 | ↑ +123% |
| Regence | Commercial | $3,112.08 | ↑ +148% |
| Uniform Medical | All Commercial Plans | $3,148.34 | ↑ +151% |
| United Healthcare | All Commercial Plans | $3,510.43 | ↑ +179% |
| Aetna | All Commercial Plans | $3,629.80 | ↑ +189% |
| Kaiser | HMO/PPO | $3,802.18 | ↑ +203% |
Visitor-reported prices
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Tilt table study at other Washington hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| St. Joseph Medical Center | Tacoma | $813.65 | $1,315.36 – $1,842.51 |
| MultiCare Allenmore Hospital | Tacoma | $1,256.00 | $119.02 – $2,238.28 |
| Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus | Seattle | $1,240.80 | $432.11 – $2,282.37 |
| Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital | Spokane | $1,569.40 | $415.83 – $1,748.20 |
| Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill | Seattle | $1,240.80 | $432.11 – $2,209.53 |
| Swedish Issaquah | Issaquah | $1,240.80 | $433.33 – $2,282.37 |
| Providence Mount Carmel Hospital | Colville | $1,425.20 | not published |
| Providence St Mary Medical Center | Walla Walla | $991.90 | $415.83 – $769.28 |