Antibody screen rbc 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

$70.00

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.

$175.00

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.

$3.03 with WellPoint vs $490.24 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 $3.03 ↓ -96%
Molina Apple Health $3.03 ↓ -96%
Coordinated Care Apple Health $3.28 ↓ -95%
United Healthcare Apple Health $3.28 ↓ -95%
Community Health Plan of Washington Apple Health $3.28 ↓ -95%
Community Health Plan of Washington Cascade Care $9.56 ↓ -86%
Ambetter Coordinated Care Exchange $10.77 ↓ -85%
SCAN MedAdvantage $59.60 ↓ -15%
Aetna MedAdvantage $61.39 ↓ -12%
Regence MedAdvantage $61.39 ↓ -12%
United Healthcare MedAdvantage HMO $61.98 ↓ -11%
Molina MedAdvantage $62.58 ↓ -11%
WellCare MedAdvantage $62.58 ↓ -11%
Community Health Plan of Washington MedAdvantage $65.56 ↓ -6%
First Choice MHS Employee MCC/PPO $90.43 ↑ +29%
Premera HMO $93.92 ↑ +34%
First Choice MCC Wellfound Employee $105.14 ↑ +50%
First Choice First Choice PPO $105.14 ↑ +50%
First Health All Commercial Plans $110.60 ↑ +58%
Multiplan/PHCS All Commercial Plans $112.00 ↑ +60%
Cigna All Commercial Plans $113.96 ↑ +63%
Premera Signature $197.97 ↑ +183%
Premera Prime $202.43 ↑ +189%
Premera Other Commercial Plans $248.79 ↑ +255%
Regence MCC/AHN $275.30 ↑ +293%
Regence Blue High Performance $275.30 ↑ +293%
Regence RealValue $283.17 ↑ +305%
Regence Commercial $314.63 ↑ +349%
Uniform Medical All Commercial Plans $318.30 ↑ +355%
Aetna All Commercial Plans $365.51 ↑ +422%
United Healthcare All Commercial Plans $490.24 ↑ +600%
Kaiser HMO/PPO not published by hospital

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Antibody screen rbc at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. Joseph Medical Center Tacoma $54.88 $14.35 – $136.43
MultiCare Allenmore Hospital Tacoma $70.00 $3.05 – $250.15
Providence St Luke's Rehabilitation Medical Center Spokane $87.57 $15.36 – $63.88
Providence St Joseph Hospital Chewelah $76.30 not published
Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus Seattle $51.36 $19.05 – $232.51
Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital Spokane $241.50 $20.96 – $178.09
Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill Seattle $51.36 $19.05 – $225.09
Swedish Issaquah Issaquah $51.36 $19.05 – $232.51

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