All tstg perq&iq drugs/biol 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.

$30.07 with Molina vs $268.52 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 $30.07
United Healthcare Apple Health $32.48
Coordinated Care Apple Health $32.48
Community Health Plan of Washington Apple Health $32.48
WellPoint Apple Health $32.48
SCAN MedAdvantage $42.72
Regence MedAdvantage $44.00
Aetna MedAdvantage $44.00
United Healthcare MedAdvantage HMO $44.43
WellCare MedAdvantage $44.86
Molina MedAdvantage $44.86
Community Health Plan of Washington MedAdvantage $46.99
Premera HMO $63.62
Community Health Plan of Washington Cascade Care $94.72
Ambetter Coordinated Care Exchange $106.75
Premera Signature $146.53
Premera Prime $149.83
Premera Other Commercial Plans $184.15
Regence RealValue $209.57
Kaiser HMO/PPO $267.10
Aetna All Commercial Plans $268.52

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All tstg perq&iq drugs/biol at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
MultiCare Allenmore Hospital Tacoma not published $30.22 – $179.28
Central Medical Center Seattle $91.20 not published
Virginia Mason Medical Center Seattle $67.32 $0.62 – $1,330.73
Providence St Luke's Rehabilitation Medical Center Spokane not published $41.62 – $45.78
Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus Seattle not published $43.25 – $157.12
Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital Spokane not published $41.62 – $120.35
Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill Seattle not published $43.25 – $152.11
Swedish Issaquah Issaquah not published $43.37 – $157.12

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