Transcath closure of vsd at MultiCare Mary Bridge Children's Hospital
317 Martin Luther King Jr Way, Tacoma, WA · Multicare · · NPI 1306952726
$36,396.80
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.
$90,992.00
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.
$7,141.83 with Molina vs $172,453.95 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 | $7,141.83 | ↓ -80% |
| United Healthcare | Apple Health | $7,713.18 | ↓ -79% |
| WellPoint | Apple Health | $7,713.18 | ↓ -79% |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | Apple Health | $7,713.18 | ↓ -79% |
| Coordinated Care | Apple Health | $7,713.18 | ↓ -79% |
| SCAN | MedAdvantage | $20,966.27 | ↓ -42% |
| Aetna | MedAdvantage | $21,595.26 | ↓ -41% |
| Regence | MedAdvantage | $21,595.26 | ↓ -41% |
| United Healthcare | MedAdvantage HMO | $21,804.92 | ↓ -40% |
| WellCare | MedAdvantage | $22,014.59 | ↓ -40% |
| Molina | MedAdvantage | $22,014.59 | ↓ -40% |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | Cascade Care | $22,496.77 | ↓ -38% |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | MedAdvantage | $23,062.90 | ↓ -37% |
| Ambetter | Coordinated Care Exchange | $25,353.51 | ↓ -30% |
| Premera | HMO | $32,179.53 | ↓ -12% |
| First Choice | MHS Employee MCC/PPO | $58,771.73 | ↑ +61% |
| Premera | Signature | $64,068.71 | ↑ +76% |
| Premera | Prime | $65,510.34 | ↑ +80% |
| First Choice | First Choice PPO | $68,334.99 | ↑ +88% |
| First Choice | MCC Wellfound Employee | $68,334.99 | ↑ +88% |
| First Health | All Commercial Plans | $71,883.68 | ↑ +98% |
| Cigna | All Commercial Plans | $72,438.73 | ↑ +99% |
| Multiplan/PHCS | All Commercial Plans | $72,793.60 | ↑ +100% |
| Premera | Other Commercial Plans | $80,513.69 | ↑ +121% |
| Regence | MCC/AHN | $89,087.55 | ↑ +145% |
| Regence | Blue High Performance | $89,087.55 | ↑ +145% |
| Regence | RealValue | $91,632.91 | ↑ +152% |
| Regence | Commercial | $101,814.35 | ↑ +180% |
| Uniform Medical | All Commercial Plans | $103,000.57 | ↑ +183% |
| Aetna | All Commercial Plans | $122,840.88 | ↑ +238% |
| Kaiser | HMO/PPO | $135,101.82 | ↑ +271% |
| United Healthcare | All Commercial Plans | $172,453.95 | ↑ +374% |
Visitor-reported prices
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Transcath closure of vsd at other Washington hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| St. Joseph Medical Center | Tacoma | $6,879.88 | $14,956.37 – $46,738.53 |
| MultiCare Allenmore Hospital | Tacoma | $36,396.80 | $7,177.59 – $87,996.08 |
| Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus | Seattle | $23,036.64 | $21,227.85 – $77,627.65 |
| Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital | Spokane | $24,689.00 | $20,427.76 – $51,988.64 |
| Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill | Seattle | $23,036.64 | $21,227.85 – $74,758.46 |
| Swedish Issaquah | Issaquah | $23,036.64 | $16,968.00 – $77,627.65 |
| MultiCare Valley Hospital | Spokane Valley | $24,746.40 | $6,855.87 – $76,440.32 |
| St. Michael Medical Center | Silverdale | $9,168.01 | $13,086.82 – $80,958.03 |