Administration immunization 1 vaccine 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

$55.60

Cash price

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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.

$139.00

Gross charge

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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.

$27.17 with Molina vs $677.36 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
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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
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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 $27.17 ↓ -51%
United Healthcare Apple Health $29.34 ↓ -47%
WellPoint Apple Health $29.34 ↓ -47%
Community Health Plan of Washington Apple Health $29.34 ↓ -47%
Coordinated Care Apple Health $29.34 ↓ -47%
SCAN MedAdvantage $82.35 ↑ +48%
Regence MedAdvantage $84.82 ↑ +53%
Aetna MedAdvantage $84.82 ↑ +53%
Community Health Plan of Washington Cascade Care $85.58 ↑ +54%
United Healthcare MedAdvantage HMO $85.64 ↑ +54%
Molina MedAdvantage $86.47 ↑ +56%
WellCare MedAdvantage $86.47 ↑ +56%
First Choice MHS Employee MCC/PPO $89.78 ↑ +61%
Community Health Plan of Washington MedAdvantage $90.58 ↑ +63%
Ambetter Coordinated Care Exchange $96.45 ↑ +73%
First Choice First Choice PPO $104.39 ↑ +88%
First Choice MCC Wellfound Employee $104.39 ↑ +88%
First Health All Commercial Plans $109.81 ↑ +98%
Cigna All Commercial Plans $110.66 ↑ +99%
Multiplan/PHCS All Commercial Plans $111.20 ↑ +100%
Premera HMO $126.39 ↑ +127%
Premera Signature $257.38 ↑ +363%
Premera Prime $263.17 ↑ +373%
Premera Other Commercial Plans $323.45 ↑ +482%
Regence Blue High Performance $357.90 ↑ +544%
Regence MCC/AHN $357.90 ↑ +544%
Regence RealValue $368.13 ↑ +562%
Regence Commercial $409.03 ↑ +636%
Uniform Medical All Commercial Plans $413.79 ↑ +644%
Aetna All Commercial Plans $486.90 ↑ +776%
Kaiser HMO/PPO $530.65 ↑ +854%
United Healthcare All Commercial Plans $677.36 ↑ +1118%

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Administration immunization 1 vaccine at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. Joseph Medical Center Tacoma $44.39 $96.50 – $183.58
MultiCare Allenmore Hospital Tacoma $55.60 $27.30 – $345.63
Providence St Luke's Rehabilitation Medical Center Spokane $103.60 $80.23 – $88.26
Providence St Joseph Hospital Chewelah $76.30 not published
Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus Seattle $62.40 $83.38 – $284.21
Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital Spokane $103.60 $80.23 – $217.69
Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill Seattle $62.40 $83.38 – $275.14
Swedish Issaquah Issaquah $62.40 $46.74 – $284.21

All Washington hospitals for this procedure →