Treatment radiation delivery level 2 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

$1,404.80

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.

$3,512.00

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.

$129.32 with Molina vs $3,628.45 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 $129.32 ↓ -91%
United Healthcare Apple Health $139.67 ↓ -90%
WellPoint Apple Health $139.67 ↓ -90%
Community Health Plan of Washington Apple Health $139.67 ↓ -90%
Coordinated Care Apple Health $139.67 ↓ -90%
Community Health Plan of Washington Cascade Care $407.36 ↓ -71%
SCAN MedAdvantage $441.13 ↓ -69%
Regence MedAdvantage $454.36 ↓ -68%
Aetna MedAdvantage $454.36 ↓ -68%
United Healthcare MedAdvantage HMO $458.77 ↓ -67%
Ambetter Coordinated Care Exchange $459.09 ↓ -67%
WellCare MedAdvantage $463.19 ↓ -67%
Molina MedAdvantage $463.19 ↓ -67%
Community Health Plan of Washington MedAdvantage $485.24 ↓ -65%
Premera HMO $492.57 ↓ -65%
Premera Signature $981.95 ↓ -30%
Premera Prime $1,004.04 ↓ -29%
Premera Other Commercial Plans $1,233.99 ↓ -12%
Regence MCC/AHN $1,365.38 ↓ -3%
Regence Blue High Performance $1,365.38 ↓ -3%
Regence RealValue $1,404.39 ↓ -0%
Regence Commercial $1,560.43 ↑ +11%
Uniform Medical All Commercial Plans $1,578.61 ↑ +12%
Aetna All Commercial Plans $1,799.01 ↑ +28%
Kaiser HMO/PPO $2,067.94 ↑ +47%
First Choice MHS Employee MCC/PPO $2,268.40 ↑ +61%
First Choice MCC Wellfound Employee $2,637.51 ↑ +88%
First Choice First Choice PPO $2,637.51 ↑ +88%
First Health All Commercial Plans $2,774.48 ↑ +98%
Cigna All Commercial Plans $2,795.90 ↑ +99%
Multiplan/PHCS All Commercial Plans $2,809.60 ↑ +100%
United Healthcare All Commercial Plans $3,628.45 ↑ +158%

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Treatment radiation delivery level 2 at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. Joseph Medical Center Tacoma $517.21 $255.47 – $1,171.23
MultiCare Allenmore Hospital Tacoma $1,404.80 $129.97 – $1,851.45
Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus Seattle $500.64 $446.63 – $1,356.87
Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital Spokane $193.20 $429.80 – $1,093.84
Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill Seattle $500.64 $446.63 – $1,075.44
Swedish Issaquah Issaquah $500.64 $447.89 – $1,110.89
Central Medical Center Seattle $960.00 $263.00 – $263.00
Providence Holy Family Hospital Spokane $179.90 $429.80 – $1,128.22

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