Albumin (human), 5%, 250 ml at MultiCare Mary Bridge Children's Hospital
317 Martin Luther King Jr Way, Tacoma, WA · Multicare · · NPI 1306952726
$71.28
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.
$178.18
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.
$52.02 with SCAN vs $937.77 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.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| SCAN | MedAdvantage | $52.02 | ↓ -27% |
| Regence | MedAdvantage | $53.58 | ↓ -25% |
| Aetna | MedAdvantage | $53.58 | ↓ -25% |
| United Healthcare | MedAdvantage HMO | $54.10 | ↓ -24% |
| WellCare | MedAdvantage | $54.62 | ↓ -23% |
| Molina | MedAdvantage | $54.62 | ↓ -23% |
| First Choice | MHS Employee MCC/PPO | $55.93 | ↓ -22% |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | MedAdvantage | $57.22 | ↓ -20% |
| First Choice | First Choice PPO | $65.04 | ↓ -9% |
| First Choice | MCC Wellfound Employee | $65.04 | ↓ -9% |
| First Health | All Commercial Plans | $68.41 | ↓ -4% |
| Cigna | All Commercial Plans | $68.94 | ↓ -3% |
| Multiplan/PHCS | All Commercial Plans | $69.28 | ↓ -3% |
| Premera | HMO | $84.44 | ↑ +18% |
| Premera | Signature | $122.08 | ↑ +71% |
| Premera | Prime | $122.08 | ↑ +71% |
| Premera | Other Commercial Plans | $148.62 | ↑ +109% |
| Regence | MCC/AHN | $148.62 | ↑ +109% |
| Regence | Blue High Performance | $148.62 | ↑ +109% |
| Regence | RealValue | $152.87 | ↑ +114% |
| Regence | Commercial | $169.86 | ↑ +138% |
| Uniform Medical | All Commercial Plans | $217.63 | ↑ +205% |
| Molina | Apple Health | $264.16 | ↑ +271% |
| WellPoint | Apple Health | $285.29 | ↑ +300% |
| United Healthcare | Apple Health | $285.29 | ↑ +300% |
| Coordinated Care | Apple Health | $285.29 | ↑ +300% |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | Apple Health | $285.29 | ↑ +300% |
| Kaiser | HMO/PPO | $417.47 | ↑ +486% |
| Aetna | All Commercial Plans | $509.54 | ↑ +615% |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | Cascade Care | $832.11 | ↑ +1067% |
| Ambetter | Coordinated Care Exchange | $937.77 | ↑ +1216% |
| United Healthcare | All Commercial Plans | not published by hospital | — |
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Albumin (human), 5%, 250 ml at other Washington hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| St. Joseph Medical Center | Tacoma | $393.78 | $144.43 – $891.72 |
| MultiCare Allenmore Hospital | Tacoma | $60.12 | $52.02 – $286.72 |
| Providence St Luke's Rehabilitation Medical Center | Spokane | $350.60 | $53.08 – $58.38 |
| Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus | Seattle | $110.47 | $53.08 – $144.76 |
| Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital | Spokane | $1,081.59 | $41.40 – $120.64 |
| Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill | Seattle | $110.47 | $53.08 – $104.90 |
| Swedish Issaquah | Issaquah | $91.71 | $53.08 – $144.76 |
| Central Medical Center | Seattle | $95.50 | not published |