Apheresis wbc at MultiCare Mary Bridge Children's Hospital
317 Martin Luther King Jr Way, Tacoma, WA · Multicare · · NPI 1306952726
$3,109.60
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.
$7,774.00
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.
$1,209.23 with Molina vs $14,651.42 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.
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 | $1,209.23 | ↓ -61% |
| United Healthcare | Apple Health | $1,305.97 | ↓ -58% |
| WellPoint | Apple Health | $1,305.97 | ↓ -58% |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | Apple Health | $1,305.97 | ↓ -58% |
| Coordinated Care | Apple Health | $1,305.97 | ↓ -58% |
| SCAN | MedAdvantage | $1,781.26 | ↓ -43% |
| Aetna | MedAdvantage | $1,834.70 | ↓ -41% |
| Regence | MedAdvantage | $1,834.70 | ↓ -41% |
| United Healthcare | MedAdvantage HMO | $1,852.51 | ↓ -40% |
| WellCare | MedAdvantage | $1,870.32 | ↓ -40% |
| Molina | MedAdvantage | $1,870.32 | ↓ -40% |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | MedAdvantage | $1,959.39 | ↓ -37% |
| Premera | HMO | $2,547.45 | ↓ -18% |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | Cascade Care | $3,809.08 | ↑ +22% |
| Ambetter | Coordinated Care Exchange | $4,292.77 | ↑ +38% |
| First Choice | MHS Employee MCC/PPO | $5,021.23 | ↑ +61% |
| Premera | Signature | $5,606.02 | ↑ +80% |
| Premera | Prime | $5,732.17 | ↑ +84% |
| First Choice | MCC Wellfound Employee | $5,838.27 | ↑ +88% |
| First Choice | First Choice PPO | $5,838.27 | ↑ +88% |
| First Health | All Commercial Plans | $6,141.46 | ↑ +98% |
| Cigna | All Commercial Plans | $6,188.88 | ↑ +99% |
| Multiplan/PHCS | All Commercial Plans | $6,219.20 | ↑ +100% |
| Premera | Other Commercial Plans | $7,044.96 | ↑ +127% |
| Regence | MCC/AHN | $7,795.16 | ↑ +151% |
| Regence | Blue High Performance | $7,795.16 | ↑ +151% |
| Regence | RealValue | $8,017.88 | ↑ +158% |
| Regence | Commercial | $8,908.76 | ↑ +186% |
| Uniform Medical | All Commercial Plans | $9,012.55 | ↑ +190% |
| Kaiser | HMO/PPO | $10,695.14 | ↑ +244% |
| Aetna | All Commercial Plans | $11,214.24 | ↑ +261% |
| United Healthcare | All Commercial Plans | $14,651.42 | ↑ +371% |
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Apheresis wbc at other Washington hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| MultiCare Allenmore Hospital | Tacoma | $3,109.60 | $1,215.28 – $7,476.01 |
| St. Joseph Medical Center | Tacoma | not published | $3,699.99 – $4,223.52 |
| Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus | Seattle | $3,853.44 | $1,803.48 – $6,221.01 |
| Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital | Spokane | $3,498.60 | $1,735.51 – $4,765.03 |
| Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill | Seattle | $3,853.44 | $1,803.48 – $6,022.47 |
| Swedish Issaquah | Issaquah | $3,853.44 | $1,808.54 – $6,221.01 |
| Central Medical Center | Seattle | $3,520.00 | not published |
| Providence Holy Family Hospital | Spokane | $4,846.80 | $1,735.51 – $6,462.00 |