Alteplase 100 mg infusion from pyxis vial at MultiCare Mary Bridge Children's Hospital
317 Martin Luther King Jr Way, Tacoma, WA · Multicare · · NPI 1306952726
$230.28
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.
$575.70
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.
$59.15 with Molina vs $878.22 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.
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 |
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| Molina | Apple Health | $59.15 | ↓ -74% |
| United Healthcare | Apple Health | $63.88 | ↓ -72% |
| WellPoint | Apple Health | $63.88 | ↓ -72% |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | Apple Health | $63.88 | ↓ -72% |
| Coordinated Care | Apple Health | $63.88 | ↓ -72% |
| SCAN | MedAdvantage | $93.19 | ↓ -60% |
| United Healthcare | All Commercial Plans | $95.09 | ↓ -59% |
| Aetna | MedAdvantage | $95.98 | ↓ -58% |
| Regence | MedAdvantage | $95.98 | ↓ -58% |
| United Healthcare | MedAdvantage HMO | $96.92 | ↓ -58% |
| Molina | MedAdvantage | $97.85 | ↓ -58% |
| WellCare | MedAdvantage | $97.85 | ↓ -58% |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | MedAdvantage | $102.51 | ↓ -55% |
| First Choice | MHS Employee MCC/PPO | $132.99 | ↓ -42% |
| Premera | HMO | $140.85 | ↓ -39% |
| First Choice | MCC Wellfound Employee | $154.63 | ↓ -33% |
| First Choice | First Choice PPO | $154.63 | ↓ -33% |
| First Health | All Commercial Plans | $162.66 | ↓ -29% |
| Cigna | All Commercial Plans | $163.92 | ↓ -29% |
| Multiplan/PHCS | All Commercial Plans | $164.72 | ↓ -28% |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | Cascade Care | $186.31 | ↓ -19% |
| Premera | Signature | $204.64 | ↓ -11% |
| Premera | Prime | $204.64 | ↓ -11% |
| Ambetter | Coordinated Care Exchange | $209.97 | ↓ -9% |
| Premera | Other Commercial Plans | $249.13 | ↑ +8% |
| Regence | MCC/AHN | $255.75 | ↑ +11% |
| Regence | Blue High Performance | $255.75 | ↑ +11% |
| Regence | RealValue | $263.06 | ↑ +14% |
| Regence | Commercial | $292.29 | ↑ +27% |
| Uniform Medical | All Commercial Plans | $374.49 | ↑ +63% |
| Kaiser | HMO/PPO | $688.74 | ↑ +199% |
| Aetna | All Commercial Plans | $878.22 | ↑ +281% |
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Alteplase 100 mg infusion from pyxis vial at other Washington hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| St. Joseph Medical Center | Tacoma | $13,602.78 | $60.30 – $262.66 |
| Providence St Luke's Rehabilitation Medical Center | Spokane | $1,536.68 | $95.09 – $104.60 |
| Providence St Joseph Hospital | Chewelah | $23,045.20 | not published |
| Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus | Seattle | $12,548.99 | $91.34 – $240.55 |
| Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital | Spokane | $11,522.62 | $69.40 – $200.45 |
| Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill | Seattle | $12,548.99 | $91.34 – $175.92 |
| Swedish Issaquah | Issaquah | $12,548.99 | $91.34 – $240.55 |
| Central Medical Center | Seattle | $6,067.68 | $94.15 – $94.15 |