Albumin (human), 25%, 50ml 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

$86.48

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.

$216.20

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.

$52.02 with SCAN vs $417.47 with Kaiser — 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
SCAN MedAdvantage $52.02 ↓ -40%
United Healthcare All Commercial Plans $53.08 ↓ -39%
Regence MedAdvantage $53.58 ↓ -38%
Aetna MedAdvantage $53.58 ↓ -38%
United Healthcare MedAdvantage HMO $54.10 ↓ -37%
First Choice MHS Employee MCC/PPO $54.42 ↓ -37%
WellCare MedAdvantage $54.62 ↓ -37%
Molina MedAdvantage $54.62 ↓ -37%
Community Health Plan of Washington MedAdvantage $57.22 ↓ -34%
First Choice First Choice PPO $63.27 ↓ -27%
First Choice MCC Wellfound Employee $63.27 ↓ -27%
First Health All Commercial Plans $66.56 ↓ -23%
Cigna All Commercial Plans $67.07 ↓ -22%
Multiplan/PHCS All Commercial Plans $67.40 ↓ -22%
Premera HMO $84.44 ↓ -2%
Molina Apple Health $105.11 ↑ +22%
WellPoint Apple Health $113.52 ↑ +31%
Coordinated Care Apple Health $113.52 ↑ +31%
United Healthcare Apple Health $113.52 ↑ +31%
Community Health Plan of Washington Apple Health $113.52 ↑ +31%
Regence MCC/AHN $148.62 ↑ +72%
Regence Blue High Performance $148.62 ↑ +72%
Regence RealValue $152.87 ↑ +77%
Regence Commercial $169.86 ↑ +96%
Uniform Medical All Commercial Plans $217.63 ↑ +152%
Community Health Plan of Washington Cascade Care $331.10 ↑ +283%
Ambetter Coordinated Care Exchange $373.14 ↑ +331%
Kaiser HMO/PPO $417.47 ↑ +383%
Premera Prime not published by hospital
Premera Other Commercial Plans not published by hospital
Premera Signature not published by hospital
Aetna All Commercial Plans not published by hospital

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Albumin (human), 25%, 50ml at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
MultiCare Allenmore Hospital Tacoma $85.76 $52.02 – $245.76
Providence St Luke's Rehabilitation Medical Center Spokane $383.99 $53.08 – $58.38
Providence St Joseph Hospital Chewelah $443.53 not published
Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus Seattle $140.63 $53.08 – $144.76
Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital Spokane $631.07 $41.40 – $120.64
Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill Seattle $140.63 $53.08 – $104.90
Swedish Issaquah Issaquah $140.63 $53.08 – $144.76
Central Medical Center Seattle $163.20 not published

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