Allergen alpha lactalbumin ige 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

$48.00

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.

$120.00

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.

$7.37 with Molina vs $138.42 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 $7.37 ↓ -85%
WellPoint Apple Health $7.37 ↓ -85%
United Healthcare Apple Health $7.96 ↓ -83%
Community Health Plan of Washington Apple Health $7.96 ↓ -83%
Coordinated Care Apple Health $7.96 ↓ -83%
SCAN MedAdvantage $17.57 ↓ -63%
Premera HMO $17.93 ↓ -63%
Premera Signature $17.93 ↓ -63%
Premera Prime $17.93 ↓ -63%
Regence Blue High Performance $18.04 ↓ -62%
Regence MCC/AHN $18.04 ↓ -62%
Regence MedAdvantage $18.10 ↓ -62%
Aetna MedAdvantage $18.10 ↓ -62%
United Healthcare MedAdvantage HMO $18.27 ↓ -62%
WellCare MedAdvantage $18.45 ↓ -62%
Molina MedAdvantage $18.45 ↓ -62%
Regence RealValue $18.56 ↓ -61%
Community Health Plan of Washington MedAdvantage $19.33 ↓ -60%
Uniform Medical All Commercial Plans $20.62 ↓ -57%
Regence Commercial $20.62 ↓ -57%
United Healthcare All Commercial Plans $21.52 ↓ -55%
Premera Other Commercial Plans $22.41 ↓ -53%
Community Health Plan of Washington Cascade Care $23.21 ↓ -52%
Ambetter Coordinated Care Exchange $26.16 ↓ -46%
First Choice MHS Employee MCC/PPO $62.01 ↑ +29%
First Choice First Choice PPO $72.10 ↑ +50%
First Choice MCC Wellfound Employee $72.10 ↑ +50%
First Health All Commercial Plans $75.84 ↑ +58%
Multiplan/PHCS All Commercial Plans $76.80 ↑ +60%
Cigna All Commercial Plans $78.14 ↑ +63%
Aetna All Commercial Plans $138.42 ↑ +188%
Kaiser HMO/PPO not published by hospital

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Allergen alpha lactalbumin ige at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. Joseph Medical Center Tacoma $31.71 $17.93 – $71.79
MultiCare Allenmore Hospital Tacoma $48.00 $7.41 – $35.14
Providence St Joseph Hospital Chewelah $44.10 not published
Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus Seattle $68.64 $16.14 – $84.27
Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital Spokane $45.50 $17.93 – $64.55
Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill Seattle $68.64 $16.14 – $81.58
Swedish Issaquah Issaquah $68.64 $16.14 – $84.27
Providence Mount Carmel Hospital Colville $166.60 not published

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