Ana ds-dna 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

$31.60

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.

$79.00

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 $93.49 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 ↓ -77%
WellPoint Apple Health $7.37 ↓ -77%
United Healthcare Apple Health $7.96 ↓ -75%
Community Health Plan of Washington Apple Health $7.96 ↓ -75%
Coordinated Care Apple Health $7.96 ↓ -75%
SCAN MedAdvantage $11.87 ↓ -62%
Premera HMO $12.11 ↓ -62%
Premera Signature $12.11 ↓ -62%
Premera Prime $12.11 ↓ -62%
Regence Blue High Performance $12.19 ↓ -61%
Regence MCC/AHN $12.19 ↓ -61%
Regence MedAdvantage $12.22 ↓ -61%
Aetna MedAdvantage $12.22 ↓ -61%
United Healthcare MedAdvantage HMO $12.34 ↓ -61%
WellCare MedAdvantage $12.46 ↓ -61%
Molina MedAdvantage $12.46 ↓ -61%
Regence RealValue $12.53 ↓ -60%
Community Health Plan of Washington MedAdvantage $13.05 ↓ -59%
Uniform Medical All Commercial Plans $13.93 ↓ -56%
Regence Commercial $13.93 ↓ -56%
Premera Other Commercial Plans $15.14 ↓ -52%
Community Health Plan of Washington Cascade Care $23.21 ↓ -27%
Ambetter Coordinated Care Exchange $26.16 ↓ -17%
First Choice MHS Employee MCC/PPO $40.69 ↑ +29%
First Choice First Choice PPO $47.31 ↑ +50%
First Choice MCC Wellfound Employee $47.31 ↑ +50%
First Health All Commercial Plans $49.77 ↑ +58%
Multiplan/PHCS All Commercial Plans $50.40 ↑ +59%
Cigna All Commercial Plans $51.28 ↑ +62%
Aetna All Commercial Plans $93.49 ↑ +196%
United Healthcare All Commercial Plans not published by hospital
Kaiser HMO/PPO not published by hospital

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Ana ds-dna at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. Joseph Medical Center Tacoma $104.19 $12.11 – $235.93
MultiCare Allenmore Hospital Tacoma $31.60 $7.41 – $23.74
Providence St Joseph Hospital Chewelah $280.00 not published
Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital Spokane $102.20 $12.11 – $43.60
Central Medical Center Seattle $54.40 $10.00 – $10.00
Providence Mount Carmel Hospital Colville $381.50 not published
Providence St Mary Medical Center Walla Walla $38.50 $12.11 – $22.40
Kadlec Regional Medical Center Richland $95.90 $12.11 – $47.35

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