Valvuloplasty aortic at MultiCare Mary Bridge Children's Hospital
317 Martin Luther King Jr Way, Tacoma, WA · Multicare · · NPI 1306952726
$11,805.20
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.
$29,513.00
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.
$6,077.00 with Molina vs $53,543.04 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 | $6,077.00 | ↓ -49% |
| SCAN | MedAdvantage | $6,509.56 | ↓ -45% |
| WellPoint | Apple Health | $6,563.16 | ↓ -44% |
| United Healthcare | Apple Health | $6,563.16 | ↓ -44% |
| Coordinated Care | Apple Health | $6,563.16 | ↓ -44% |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | Apple Health | $6,563.16 | ↓ -44% |
| Aetna | MedAdvantage | $6,704.85 | ↓ -43% |
| Regence | MedAdvantage | $6,704.85 | ↓ -43% |
| United Healthcare | MedAdvantage HMO | $6,769.94 | ↓ -43% |
| WellCare | MedAdvantage | $6,835.04 | ↓ -42% |
| Molina | MedAdvantage | $6,835.04 | ↓ -42% |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | MedAdvantage | $7,160.52 | ↓ -39% |
| Premera | HMO | $9,159.60 | ↓ -22% |
| First Choice | MHS Employee MCC/PPO | $19,062.45 | ↑ +61% |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | Cascade Care | $19,142.55 | ↑ +62% |
| Premera | Signature | $20,883.55 | ↑ +77% |
| Premera | Prime | $21,353.46 | ↑ +81% |
| Ambetter | Coordinated Care Exchange | $21,573.35 | ↑ +83% |
| First Choice | MCC Wellfound Employee | $22,164.26 | ↑ +88% |
| First Choice | First Choice PPO | $22,164.26 | ↑ +88% |
| First Health | All Commercial Plans | $23,315.27 | ↑ +98% |
| Cigna | All Commercial Plans | $23,495.30 | ↑ +99% |
| Multiplan/PHCS | All Commercial Plans | $23,610.40 | ↑ +100% |
| Premera | Other Commercial Plans | $26,243.88 | ↑ +122% |
| Regence | Blue High Performance | $29,038.58 | ↑ +146% |
| Regence | MCC/AHN | $29,038.58 | ↑ +146% |
| Regence | RealValue | $29,868.25 | ↑ +153% |
| Regence | Commercial | $33,186.95 | ↑ +181% |
| Uniform Medical | All Commercial Plans | $33,573.60 | ↑ +184% |
| Aetna | All Commercial Plans | $39,003.77 | ↑ +230% |
| Kaiser | HMO/PPO | $41,019.12 | ↑ +247% |
| United Healthcare | All Commercial Plans | $53,543.04 | ↑ +354% |
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Valvuloplasty aortic at other Washington hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| St. Joseph Medical Center | Tacoma | $4,280.62 | $9,305.76 – $14,190.58 |
| MultiCare Allenmore Hospital | Tacoma | $11,805.20 | $6,107.42 – $27,320.79 |
| Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus | Seattle | $17,334.72 | $6,590.77 – $24,125.54 |
| Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital | Spokane | $12,660.90 | $6,342.36 – $16,141.31 |
| Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill | Seattle | $17,334.72 | $6,590.77 – $23,233.84 |
| Swedish Issaquah | Issaquah | $17,334.72 | $6,609.26 – $24,125.54 |
| Kadlec Regional Medical Center | Richland | $11,677.40 | $2,227.73 – $18,379.01 |
| Providence Regional Medical Center Everett - Colby Campus | Everett | $5,262.40 | $6,481.57 – $18,775.32 |