Administration vaccine influenza virus 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

$24.80

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.

$62.00

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 $440.49 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 ↑ +10%
United Healthcare Apple Health $29.34 ↑ +18%
WellPoint Apple Health $29.34 ↑ +18%
Community Health Plan of Washington Apple Health $29.34 ↑ +18%
Coordinated Care Apple Health $29.34 ↑ +18%
First Choice MHS Employee MCC/PPO $40.05 ↑ +61%
First Choice First Choice PPO $46.56 ↑ +88%
First Choice MCC Wellfound Employee $46.56 ↑ +88%
First Health All Commercial Plans $48.98 ↑ +98%
Cigna All Commercial Plans $49.36 ↑ +99%
Multiplan/PHCS All Commercial Plans $49.60 ↑ +100%
SCAN MedAdvantage $53.56 ↑ +116%
Aetna MedAdvantage $55.16 ↑ +122%
Regence MedAdvantage $55.16 ↑ +122%
United Healthcare MedAdvantage HMO $55.70 ↑ +125%
WellCare MedAdvantage $56.23 ↑ +127%
Molina MedAdvantage $56.23 ↑ +127%
Community Health Plan of Washington MedAdvantage $58.91 ↑ +138%
Premera HMO $79.38 ↑ +220%
Community Health Plan of Washington Cascade Care $85.58 ↑ +245%
Ambetter Coordinated Care Exchange $96.45 ↑ +289%
Premera Signature $173.54 ↑ +600%
Premera Prime $177.45 ↑ +616%
Premera Other Commercial Plans $218.09 ↑ +779%
Regence Blue High Performance $241.34 ↑ +873%
Regence MCC/AHN $241.34 ↑ +873%
Regence RealValue $248.23 ↑ +901%
Regence Commercial $275.81 ↑ +1012%
Uniform Medical All Commercial Plans $279.03 ↑ +1025%
Aetna All Commercial Plans $315.61 ↑ +1173%
Kaiser HMO/PPO $333.24 ↑ +1244%
United Healthcare All Commercial Plans $440.49 ↑ +1676%

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Administration vaccine influenza virus at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. Joseph Medical Center Tacoma $43.95 $95.53 – $128.52
MultiCare Allenmore Hospital Tacoma $24.80 $27.30 – $224.76
Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus Seattle $34.56 $54.22 – $179.12
Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill Seattle $34.56 $54.22 – $173.40
Swedish Issaquah Issaquah $34.56 $54.38 – $179.12
Swedish Edmonds Hospital Edmonds $15.36 $53.33 – $171.50
MultiCare Valley Hospital Spokane Valley $24.40 $26.08 – $188.55
MultiCare Yakima Memorial Hospital Yakima $22.00 $55.86 – $147.83

All Washington hospitals for this procedure →