CMS Price Transparency Data

CT scan, chest (no contrast)

Facility: Mary Bridge Children's Hospital

Billing Code: 71250 (CPT)

The BaseRate · fair price medium confidence
A fair price for this
$229
about 2.1× the $107 Medicare rate · typically $126–$396
modeled estimate · not a bill or quote
What this hospital charges insurers
$239
About the fair price
about $10 over the fair price · 2.2× Medicare
Medicare pays $107 Fair price $229 This hospital $239 Cash price $1,241 Hospital's list price $3,103

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How this hospital compares to other WA hospitals

Highest price of the 9 WA hospitals we have prices for — worth calling around.

Cheapest $57 Priciest $239

Black dot = this hospital, among the 9 WA hospitals with a price for this procedure. Full list below.

⚠ The cash price looks unusually high next to the insurance price — it may be the full list price, not a real cash discount. Call to confirm the self-pay rate.

A fair price for a CT scan, chest (no contrast) is about $229 (about 2.1× the $107 Medicare rate). Mary Bridge Children's Hospital charges insurers about $239, or about $1,241 in cash — about the fair price. Located in Tacoma, WA.

What each insurance company pays

Which insurers have negotiated a price with this hospital for this procedure — and which haven’t.

5 of 6 major insurers have a published price at this hospital

✓ UnitedHealthcare✓ Blue Cross Blue Shield✓ Aetna✓ Cigna✓ Kaiser Permanente Humana

Crossed out = this hospital hasn’t published a negotiated price for that insurer for this procedure. It doesn’t necessarily mean they aren’t accepted — ask your insurer.

Insurance company Price range vs. Medicare
UnitedHealthcaremajor $89 - $971 83%
Blue Cross Blue Shieldmajor $89 - $596 83%
Aetnamajor $122 - $727 114%
Cignamajor $2,245 - $2,879 2102%
Kaiser Permanentemajor $1,031 965%
Ambetter (Centene) $293 274%
Molina $82 - $219 77%
PacificSource $1,124 - $1,134 1052%
WellCare $124 116%
+ 4 smaller / regional plans $89 - $2,665
Excludes 2 rental-network / third-party entries (e.g. Multiplan, PHCS) — these are pricing networks, not insurers.

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Facility Profile & Credentials

  • Address: 317 Martin Luther King Jr W Box 5299, Tacoma, WA 98415
  • CMS Rating: No CMS Rating
  • Ownership Type: Voluntary non-profit - Other
  • Hospital Type: Childrens