Tomosynthesis breast screen bilateral 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

$46.00

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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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$115.00

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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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$23.74 with United Healthcare vs $229.26 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.

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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

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
United Healthcare All Commercial Plans $23.74 ↓ -48%
SCAN MedAdvantage $23.74 ↓ -48%
Aetna MedAdvantage $24.45 ↓ -47%
Regence MedAdvantage $24.45 ↓ -47%
United Healthcare MedAdvantage HMO $24.69 ↓ -46%
Molina MedAdvantage $24.92 ↓ -46%
WellCare MedAdvantage $24.92 ↓ -46%
Community Health Plan of Washington MedAdvantage $26.11 ↓ -43%
Molina Apple Health $35.79 ↓ -22%
United Healthcare Apple Health $38.65 ↓ -16%
Coordinated Care Apple Health $38.65 ↓ -16%
WellPoint Apple Health $38.65 ↓ -16%
Community Health Plan of Washington Apple Health $38.65 ↓ -16%
Premera HMO $40.10 ↓ -13%
Premera Signature $44.14 ↓ -4%
Premera Prime $44.14 ↓ -4%
Premera Other Commercial Plans $53.94 ↑ +17%
First Choice MHS Employee MCC/PPO $59.42 ↑ +29%
Aetna All Commercial Plans $66.52 ↑ +45%
First Choice MCC Wellfound Employee $69.09 ↑ +50%
First Choice First Choice PPO $69.09 ↑ +50%
Regence Blue High Performance $69.21 ↑ +50%
Regence MCC/AHN $69.21 ↑ +50%
Regence RealValue $71.19 ↑ +55%
First Health All Commercial Plans $72.68 ↑ +58%
Multiplan/PHCS All Commercial Plans $73.60 ↑ +60%
Cigna All Commercial Plans $74.89 ↑ +63%
Uniform Medical All Commercial Plans $77.90 ↑ +69%
Regence Commercial $79.10 ↑ +72%
Community Health Plan of Washington Cascade Care $112.72 ↑ +145%
Ambetter Coordinated Care Exchange $127.04 ↑ +176%
Kaiser HMO/PPO $229.26 ↑ +398%

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Tomosynthesis breast screen bilateral at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. Joseph Medical Center Tacoma $94.53 $29.96 – $214.05
MultiCare Allenmore Hospital Tacoma $46.00 $23.74 – $134.96
Providence St Joseph Hospital Chewelah $46.20 not published
Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus Seattle $136.80 $22.95 – $87.16
Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill Seattle $136.80 $22.95 – $75.79
Swedish Issaquah Issaquah $136.80 $22.95 – $63.69
Central Medical Center Seattle $120.00 $24.00 – $24.00
Providence Centralia Hospital Centralia $156.52 $28.69 – $131.58

All Washington hospitals for this procedure →