Amylase 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

$16.00

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.

$40.00

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.

$3.45 with Molina vs $50.03 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 $3.45 ↓ -78%
WellPoint Apple Health $3.45 ↓ -78%
United Healthcare Apple Health $3.73 ↓ -77%
Community Health Plan of Washington Apple Health $3.73 ↓ -77%
Coordinated Care Apple Health $3.73 ↓ -77%
SCAN MedAdvantage $6.35 ↓ -60%
Premera HMO $6.48 ↓ -60%
Premera Signature $6.48 ↓ -60%
Premera Prime $6.48 ↓ -60%
Regence Blue High Performance $6.52 ↓ -59%
Regence MCC/AHN $6.52 ↓ -59%
Regence MedAdvantage $6.54 ↓ -59%
Aetna MedAdvantage $6.54 ↓ -59%
United Healthcare MedAdvantage HMO $6.60 ↓ -59%
WellCare MedAdvantage $6.67 ↓ -58%
Molina MedAdvantage $6.67 ↓ -58%
Regence RealValue $6.71 ↓ -58%
Community Health Plan of Washington MedAdvantage $6.99 ↓ -56%
Uniform Medical All Commercial Plans $7.45 ↓ -53%
Regence Commercial $7.45 ↓ -53%
United Healthcare All Commercial Plans $7.78 ↓ -51%
Premera Other Commercial Plans $8.10 ↓ -49%
Community Health Plan of Washington Cascade Care $10.87 ↓ -32%
Ambetter Coordinated Care Exchange $12.25 ↓ -23%
First Choice MHS Employee MCC/PPO $20.67 ↑ +29%
First Choice First Choice PPO $24.03 ↑ +50%
First Choice MCC Wellfound Employee $24.03 ↑ +50%
First Health All Commercial Plans $25.28 ↑ +58%
Multiplan/PHCS All Commercial Plans $25.60 ↑ +60%
Cigna All Commercial Plans $26.05 ↑ +63%
Aetna All Commercial Plans $50.03 ↑ +213%
Kaiser HMO/PPO not published by hospital

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Amylase at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. Joseph Medical Center Tacoma $51.88 $6.48 – $112.77
MultiCare Allenmore Hospital Tacoma $16.00 $3.47 – $12.70
Providence St Luke's Rehabilitation Medical Center Spokane $211.40 $6.48 – $7.13
Providence St Joseph Hospital Chewelah $235.90 not published
Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus Seattle $48.00 $5.83 – $30.46
Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital Spokane $219.80 $6.48 – $23.33
Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill Seattle $48.00 $5.83 – $29.48
Swedish Issaquah Issaquah $48.00 $5.83 – $30.46

All Washington hospitals for this procedure →