Administration chemotherapy IV infusion each additional hour 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

$162.40

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What a hospital charges a self-pay patient who pays directly, without going through insurance — usually well below the gross charge.

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$406.00

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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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The hospital's undiscounted list price — almost no one pays this.

$82.35 with SCAN vs $1,286.44 with Ambetter — 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

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
SCAN MedAdvantage $82.35 ↓ -49%
Regence MedAdvantage $84.82 ↓ -48%
Aetna MedAdvantage $84.82 ↓ -48%
United Healthcare MedAdvantage HMO $85.64 ↓ -47%
Molina MedAdvantage $86.47 ↓ -47%
WellCare MedAdvantage $86.47 ↓ -47%
Community Health Plan of Washington MedAdvantage $90.58 ↓ -44%
Premera HMO $126.39 ↓ -22%
Premera Signature $257.38 ↑ +58%
First Choice MHS Employee MCC/PPO $262.24 ↑ +61%
Premera Prime $263.17 ↑ +62%
First Choice First Choice PPO $304.91 ↑ +88%
First Choice MCC Wellfound Employee $304.91 ↑ +88%
First Health All Commercial Plans $320.74 ↑ +98%
Cigna All Commercial Plans $323.22 ↑ +99%
Premera Other Commercial Plans $323.45 ↑ +99%
Multiplan/PHCS All Commercial Plans $324.80 ↑ +100%
Regence MCC/AHN $357.90 ↑ +120%
Regence Blue High Performance $357.90 ↑ +120%
Molina Apple Health $362.38 ↑ +123%
Regence RealValue $368.13 ↑ +127%
WellPoint Apple Health $391.37 ↑ +141%
United Healthcare Apple Health $391.37 ↑ +141%
Coordinated Care Apple Health $391.37 ↑ +141%
Community Health Plan of Washington Apple Health $391.37 ↑ +141%
Regence Commercial $409.03 ↑ +152%
Uniform Medical All Commercial Plans $413.79 ↑ +155%
Aetna All Commercial Plans $486.90 ↑ +200%
Kaiser HMO/PPO $530.65 ↑ +227%
United Healthcare All Commercial Plans $677.36 ↑ +317%
Community Health Plan of Washington Cascade Care $1,141.49 ↑ +603%
Ambetter Coordinated Care Exchange $1,286.44 ↑ +692%

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Administration chemotherapy IV infusion each additional hour at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. Joseph Medical Center Tacoma $188.44 $180.32 – $426.72
MultiCare Allenmore Hospital Tacoma $162.40 $82.35 – $393.33
Providence St Joseph Hospital Chewelah $204.40 not published
Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus Seattle $289.92 $83.38 – $284.21
Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital Spokane $393.40 $80.23 – $217.69
Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill Seattle $289.92 $83.38 – $275.14
Swedish Issaquah Issaquah $289.92 $83.61 – $284.21
Providence Centralia Hospital Centralia $222.56 $83.38 – $376.73

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