Transperi needle place pros at MultiCare Mary Bridge Children's Hospital
317 Martin Luther King Jr Way, Tacoma, WA · Multicare · · NPI 1306952726
$8,209.60
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.
$20,524.00
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.
$3,163.39 with Molina vs $50,440.77 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 | $3,163.39 | ↓ -61% |
| United Healthcare | Apple Health | $3,416.46 | ↓ -58% |
| WellPoint | Apple Health | $3,416.46 | ↓ -58% |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | Apple Health | $3,416.46 | ↓ -58% |
| Coordinated Care | Apple Health | $3,416.46 | ↓ -58% |
| SCAN | MedAdvantage | $6,132.40 | ↓ -25% |
| Aetna | MedAdvantage | $6,316.37 | ↓ -23% |
| Regence | MedAdvantage | $6,316.37 | ↓ -23% |
| United Healthcare | MedAdvantage HMO | $6,377.69 | ↓ -22% |
| WellCare | MedAdvantage | $6,439.02 | ↓ -22% |
| Molina | MedAdvantage | $6,439.02 | ↓ -22% |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | MedAdvantage | $6,745.64 | ↓ -18% |
| Premera | HMO | $8,258.25 | ↑ +1% |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | Cascade Care | $9,964.67 | ↑ +21% |
| Ambetter | Coordinated Care Exchange | $11,230.02 | ↑ +37% |
| First Choice | MHS Employee MCC/PPO | $13,256.45 | ↑ +61% |
| First Choice | First Choice PPO | $15,413.52 | ↑ +88% |
| First Choice | MCC Wellfound Employee | $15,413.52 | ↑ +88% |
| First Health | All Commercial Plans | $16,213.96 | ↑ +98% |
| Cigna | All Commercial Plans | $16,339.16 | ↑ +99% |
| Multiplan/PHCS | All Commercial Plans | $16,419.20 | ↑ +100% |
| Premera | Signature | $18,905.74 | ↑ +130% |
| Premera | Prime | $19,331.15 | ↑ +135% |
| Premera | Other Commercial Plans | $23,758.42 | ↑ +189% |
| Regence | MCC/AHN | $26,288.42 | ↑ +220% |
| Regence | Blue High Performance | $26,288.42 | ↑ +220% |
| Regence | RealValue | $27,039.52 | ↑ +229% |
| Regence | Commercial | $30,043.91 | ↑ +266% |
| Uniform Medical | All Commercial Plans | $30,393.94 | ↑ +270% |
| Aetna | All Commercial Plans | $34,776.77 | ↑ +324% |
| Kaiser | HMO/PPO | $36,982.65 | ↑ +350% |
| United Healthcare | All Commercial Plans | $50,440.77 | ↑ +514% |
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Transperi needle place pros at other Washington hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| St. Joseph Medical Center | Tacoma | $4,165.43 | $9,055.35 – $12,794.16 |
| MultiCare Allenmore Hospital | Tacoma | $8,209.60 | $3,179.22 – $25,737.83 |
| Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus | Seattle | $8,951.04 | $6,208.90 – $20,607.99 |
| Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill | Seattle | $8,951.04 | $6,208.90 – $19,846.30 |
| Swedish Issaquah | Issaquah | $8,951.04 | $6,226.32 – $20,607.99 |
| Central Medical Center | Seattle | $11,200.00 | not published |
| Providence Regional Medical Center Everett - Colby Campus | Everett | $4,839.12 | $6,106.03 – $24,031.00 |
| St. Michael Medical Center | Silverdale | $5,550.78 | $7,923.43 – $22,161.37 |