Actigraphy testing 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

$254.40

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$636.00

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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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$48.26 with Molina vs $554.97 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

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

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 $48.26 ↓ -81%
United Healthcare Apple Health $52.12 ↓ -80%
WellPoint Apple Health $52.12 ↓ -80%
Community Health Plan of Washington Apple Health $52.12 ↓ -80%
Coordinated Care Apple Health $52.12 ↓ -80%
SCAN MedAdvantage $67.47 ↓ -73%
Aetna MedAdvantage $69.49 ↓ -73%
Regence MedAdvantage $69.49 ↓ -73%
United Healthcare MedAdvantage HMO $70.17 ↓ -72%
WellCare MedAdvantage $70.84 ↓ -72%
Molina MedAdvantage $70.84 ↓ -72%
Community Health Plan of Washington MedAdvantage $74.22 ↓ -71%
Premera HMO $107.68 ↓ -58%
Community Health Plan of Washington Cascade Care $152.01 ↓ -40%
Ambetter Coordinated Care Exchange $171.31 ↓ -33%
Premera Signature $223.47 ↓ -12%
Premera Prime $228.50 ↓ -10%
Premera Other Commercial Plans $280.83 ↑ +10%
Regence MCC/AHN $310.76 ↑ +22%
Regence Blue High Performance $310.76 ↑ +22%
Regence RealValue $319.64 ↑ +26%
Regence Commercial $355.16 ↑ +40%
Uniform Medical All Commercial Plans $359.30 ↑ +41%
Aetna All Commercial Plans $406.32 ↑ +60%
First Choice MHS Employee MCC/PPO $410.79 ↑ +61%
Kaiser HMO/PPO $452.08 ↑ +78%
First Choice MCC Wellfound Employee $477.64 ↑ +88%
First Choice First Choice PPO $477.64 ↑ +88%
First Health All Commercial Plans $502.44 ↑ +98%
Cigna All Commercial Plans $506.32 ↑ +99%
Multiplan/PHCS All Commercial Plans $508.80 ↑ +100%
United Healthcare All Commercial Plans $554.97 ↑ +118%

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Actigraphy testing at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
MultiCare Allenmore Hospital Tacoma $254.40 $48.50 – $283.18
Providence Mount Carmel Hospital Colville $203.00 not published
Providence St Mary Medical Center Walla Walla $210.70 $54.20 – $121.61
Providence Holy Family Hospital Spokane $129.50 $65.74 – $172.56
MultiCare Auburn Medical Center Auburn $254.40 $47.38 – $283.18
MultiCare Good Samaritan Hospital Puyallup $254.40 $48.48 – $283.18
Virginia Mason Medical Center Seattle $96.39 $4.50 – $517.59
MultiCare Capital Medical Center Olympia $254.40 $50.99 – $305.21

All Washington hospitals for this procedure →