Administration chemotherapy IV push single/initial substance/drug at MultiCare Mary Bridge Children's Hospital
317 Martin Luther King Jr Way, Tacoma, WA · Multicare · · NPI 1306952726
$594.00
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.
$1,485.00
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.
$31.22 with Molina vs $3,107.32 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 | $31.22 | ↓ -95% |
| Coordinated Care | Apple Health | $33.72 | ↓ -94% |
| United Healthcare | Apple Health | $33.72 | ↓ -94% |
| WellPoint | Apple Health | $33.72 | ↓ -94% |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | Apple Health | $33.72 | ↓ -94% |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | Cascade Care | $98.35 | ↓ -83% |
| Ambetter | Coordinated Care Exchange | $110.83 | ↓ -81% |
| SCAN | MedAdvantage | $377.78 | ↓ -36% |
| Aetna | MedAdvantage | $389.11 | ↓ -34% |
| Regence | MedAdvantage | $389.11 | ↓ -34% |
| United Healthcare | MedAdvantage HMO | $392.89 | ↓ -34% |
| Molina | MedAdvantage | $396.67 | ↓ -33% |
| WellCare | MedAdvantage | $396.67 | ↓ -33% |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | MedAdvantage | $415.56 | ↓ -30% |
| Premera | HMO | $623.11 | ↑ +5% |
| First Choice | MHS Employee MCC/PPO | $959.16 | ↑ +61% |
| First Choice | MCC Wellfound Employee | $1,115.24 | ↑ +88% |
| First Choice | First Choice PPO | $1,115.24 | ↑ +88% |
| First Health | All Commercial Plans | $1,173.15 | ↑ +98% |
| Cigna | All Commercial Plans | $1,182.21 | ↑ +99% |
| Multiplan/PHCS | All Commercial Plans | $1,188.00 | ↑ +100% |
| Premera | Signature | $1,237.39 | ↑ +108% |
| Premera | Prime | $1,265.23 | ↑ +113% |
| Premera | Other Commercial Plans | $1,555.00 | ↑ +162% |
| Kaiser | HMO/PPO | $1,624.67 | ↑ +174% |
| Regence | MCC/AHN | $1,720.61 | ↑ +190% |
| Regence | Blue High Performance | $1,720.61 | ↑ +190% |
| Regence | RealValue | $1,769.77 | ↑ +198% |
| Regence | Commercial | $1,966.41 | ↑ +231% |
| Uniform Medical | All Commercial Plans | $1,989.32 | ↑ +235% |
| Aetna | All Commercial Plans | $2,269.08 | ↑ +282% |
| United Healthcare | All Commercial Plans | $3,107.32 | ↑ +423% |
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Administration chemotherapy IV push single/initial substance/drug at other Washington hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| St. Joseph Medical Center | Tacoma | $251.25 | $379.30 – $656.00 |
| MultiCare Allenmore Hospital | Tacoma | $594.00 | $31.38 – $1,585.54 |
| Providence St Joseph Hospital | Chewelah | $393.40 | not published |
| Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus | Seattle | $988.32 | $382.49 – $1,162.01 |
| Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital | Spokane | $651.70 | $368.07 – $936.75 |
| Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill | Seattle | $988.32 | $382.49 – $895.03 |
| Swedish Issaquah | Issaquah | $988.32 | $383.56 – $863.58 |
| Providence Centralia Hospital | Centralia | $731.12 | $382.49 – $1,144.70 |