Antibody elution rbc reference 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

$170.40

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.

$426.00

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.

$18.51 with WellPoint vs $1,602.78 with United Healthcare — 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
WellPoint Apple Health $18.51 ↓ -89%
Molina Apple Health $18.51 ↓ -89%
Coordinated Care Apple Health $19.99 ↓ -88%
United Healthcare Apple Health $19.99 ↓ -88%
Community Health Plan of Washington Apple Health $19.99 ↓ -88%
Community Health Plan of Washington Cascade Care $58.31 ↓ -66%
Ambetter Coordinated Care Exchange $65.72 ↓ -61%
SCAN MedAdvantage $194.86 ↑ +14%
Aetna MedAdvantage $200.70 ↑ +18%
Regence MedAdvantage $200.70 ↑ +18%
United Healthcare MedAdvantage HMO $202.65 ↑ +19%
Molina MedAdvantage $204.60 ↑ +20%
WellCare MedAdvantage $204.60 ↑ +20%
Community Health Plan of Washington MedAdvantage $214.34 ↑ +26%
First Choice MHS Employee MCC/PPO $220.25 ↑ +29%
First Choice First Choice PPO $256.09 ↑ +50%
First Choice MCC Wellfound Employee $256.09 ↑ +50%
First Health All Commercial Plans $269.39 ↑ +58%
Multiplan/PHCS All Commercial Plans $272.80 ↑ +60%
Cigna All Commercial Plans $277.57 ↑ +63%
Premera HMO $294.59 ↑ +73%
Premera Signature $624.07 ↑ +266%
Premera Prime $638.11 ↑ +274%
Premera Other Commercial Plans $784.26 ↑ +360%
Regence MCC/AHN $867.77 ↑ +409%
Regence Blue High Performance $867.77 ↑ +409%
Regence RealValue $892.56 ↑ +424%
Regence Commercial $991.74 ↑ +482%
Uniform Medical All Commercial Plans $1,003.29 ↑ +489%
Aetna All Commercial Plans $1,172.30 ↑ +588%
Kaiser HMO/PPO $1,236.77 ↑ +626%
United Healthcare All Commercial Plans $1,602.78 ↑ +841%

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Antibody elution rbc reference at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. Joseph Medical Center Tacoma $112.30 $49.18 – $427.86
MultiCare Allenmore Hospital Tacoma $170.40 $18.60 – $817.83
Providence St Luke's Rehabilitation Medical Center Spokane $344.61 $189.85 – $208.84
Providence St Joseph Hospital Chewelah $214.90 not published
Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus Seattle $249.60 $1.77 – $674.45
Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital Spokane $440.30 $1.95 – $516.60
Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill Seattle $249.60 $1.77 – $652.93
Swedish Issaquah Issaquah $249.60 $1.77 – $674.45

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