Albumin ischemia modified 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

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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.

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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.

$22.59 with Molina vs $262.02 with Aetna — 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 $22.59
WellPoint Apple Health $22.59
Community Health Plan of Washington Apple Health $24.40
Coordinated Care Apple Health $24.40
United Healthcare Apple Health $24.40
SCAN MedAdvantage $33.26
Premera Prime $33.94
Premera HMO $33.94
Premera Signature $33.94
Regence MedAdvantage $34.26
Aetna MedAdvantage $34.26
United Healthcare MedAdvantage HMO $34.59
WellCare MedAdvantage $34.92
Molina MedAdvantage $34.92
Regence RealValue $35.13
Community Health Plan of Washington MedAdvantage $36.59
Premera Other Commercial Plans $42.42
Community Health Plan of Washington Cascade Care $71.17
Ambetter Coordinated Care Exchange $80.21
Aetna All Commercial Plans $262.02

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Albumin ischemia modified at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
MultiCare Allenmore Hospital Tacoma not published $22.71 – $66.52
Central Medical Center Seattle $152.80 $26.00 – $26.00
Providence Holy Family Hospital Spokane $97.30 $33.94 – $144.82
Virginia Mason Medical Center Seattle $97.41 $23.76 – $106.09
Providence St Luke's Rehabilitation Medical Center Spokane not published $33.94 – $37.33
Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus Seattle not published $30.55 – $159.52
Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital Spokane not published $33.94 – $122.18
Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill Seattle not published $30.55 – $154.43

All Washington hospitals for this procedure →