Valvuloplasty pulmonary at MultiCare Mary Bridge Children's Hospital
317 Martin Luther King Jr Way, Tacoma, WA · Multicare · · NPI 1306952726
$13,396.00
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.
$33,490.00
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 $108,601.32 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 | ↓ -55% |
| United Healthcare | Apple Health | $6,563.16 | ↓ -51% |
| WellPoint | Apple Health | $6,563.16 | ↓ -51% |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | Apple Health | $6,563.16 | ↓ -51% |
| Coordinated Care | Apple Health | $6,563.16 | ↓ -51% |
| SCAN | MedAdvantage | $13,203.33 | ↓ -1% |
| Aetna | MedAdvantage | $13,599.43 | ↑ +2% |
| Regence | MedAdvantage | $13,599.43 | ↑ +2% |
| United Healthcare | MedAdvantage HMO | $13,731.46 | ↑ +3% |
| WellCare | MedAdvantage | $13,863.50 | ↑ +3% |
| Molina | MedAdvantage | $13,863.50 | ↑ +3% |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | MedAdvantage | $14,523.66 | ↑ +8% |
| Premera | HMO | $18,643.24 | ↑ +39% |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | Cascade Care | $19,142.55 | ↑ +43% |
| Ambetter | Coordinated Care Exchange | $21,573.35 | ↑ +61% |
| First Choice | MHS Employee MCC/PPO | $21,631.19 | ↑ +61% |
| First Choice | First Choice PPO | $25,150.99 | ↑ +88% |
| First Choice | MCC Wellfound Employee | $25,150.99 | ↑ +88% |
| First Health | All Commercial Plans | $26,457.10 | ↑ +98% |
| Cigna | All Commercial Plans | $26,661.39 | ↑ +99% |
| Multiplan/PHCS | All Commercial Plans | $26,792.00 | ↑ +100% |
| Premera | Signature | $40,195.35 | ↑ +200% |
| Premera | Prime | $41,099.80 | ↑ +207% |
| Premera | Other Commercial Plans | $50,512.59 | ↑ +277% |
| Regence | MCC/AHN | $55,891.63 | ↑ +317% |
| Regence | Blue High Performance | $55,891.63 | ↑ +317% |
| Regence | RealValue | $57,488.54 | ↑ +329% |
| Regence | Commercial | $63,876.15 | ↑ +377% |
| Uniform Medical | All Commercial Plans | $64,620.36 | ↑ +382% |
| Aetna | All Commercial Plans | $77,580.17 | ↑ +479% |
| Kaiser | HMO/PPO | $83,489.41 | ↑ +523% |
| United Healthcare | All Commercial Plans | $108,601.32 | ↑ +711% |
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Valvuloplasty pulmonary at other Washington hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| MultiCare Allenmore Hospital | Tacoma | $13,396.00 | $6,107.42 – $55,414.74 |
| Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus | Seattle | $35,124.00 | $13,368.05 – $48,254.30 |
| Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital | Spokane | $12,660.90 | $12,864.20 – $32,739.40 |
| Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill | Seattle | $35,124.00 | $13,368.05 – $46,470.77 |
| Swedish Issaquah | Issaquah | $35,124.00 | $13,405.56 – $48,254.30 |
| Providence Regional Medical Center Everett - Colby Campus | Everett | $10,513.36 | $13,146.56 – $37,553.14 |
| MultiCare Valley Hospital | Spokane Valley | $16,235.60 | $5,833.67 – $47,238.13 |
| MultiCare Auburn Medical Center | Auburn | $13,396.00 | $5,967.06 – $55,414.74 |