Apl(pml-rara) quant - sendout 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

$361.20

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.

$903.00

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.

$83.94 with Molina vs $640.59 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 $83.94 ↓ -77%
WellPoint Apple Health $83.94 ↓ -77%
United Healthcare Apple Health $90.66 ↓ -75%
Community Health Plan of Washington Apple Health $90.66 ↓ -75%
Coordinated Care Apple Health $90.66 ↓ -75%
SCAN MedAdvantage $203.16 ↓ -44%
Premera HMO $207.31 ↓ -43%
Premera Signature $207.31 ↓ -43%
Premera Prime $207.31 ↓ -43%
Regence Blue High Performance $208.61 ↓ -42%
Regence MCC/AHN $208.61 ↓ -42%
Regence MedAdvantage $209.26 ↓ -42%
Aetna MedAdvantage $209.26 ↓ -42%
United Healthcare MedAdvantage HMO $211.29 ↓ -42%
WellCare MedAdvantage $213.32 ↓ -41%
Molina MedAdvantage $213.32 ↓ -41%
Regence RealValue $214.57 ↓ -41%
Community Health Plan of Washington MedAdvantage $223.48 ↓ -38%
Uniform Medical All Commercial Plans $238.41 ↓ -34%
Regence Commercial $238.41 ↓ -34%
United Healthcare All Commercial Plans $248.77 ↓ -31%
Premera Other Commercial Plans $259.14 ↓ -28%
Community Health Plan of Washington Cascade Care $264.41 ↓ -27%
Ambetter Coordinated Care Exchange $297.99 ↓ -18%
First Choice MHS Employee MCC/PPO $466.34 ↑ +29%
First Choice First Choice PPO $542.22 ↑ +50%
First Choice MCC Wellfound Employee $542.22 ↑ +50%
First Health All Commercial Plans $570.38 ↑ +58%
Multiplan/PHCS All Commercial Plans $577.60 ↑ +60%
Cigna All Commercial Plans $587.71 ↑ +63%
Aetna All Commercial Plans $640.59 ↑ +77%
Kaiser HMO/PPO not published by hospital

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Apl(pml-rara) quant - sendout at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. Joseph Medical Center Tacoma $283.41 $207.31 – $641.79
MultiCare Allenmore Hospital Tacoma $361.20 $84.36 – $406.33
Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus Seattle $780.96 $186.58 – $629.81
Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill Seattle $780.96 $186.58 – $621.93
Swedish Issaquah Issaquah $780.96 $186.58 – $460.23
Central Medical Center Seattle $644.80 $128.00 – $128.00
Providence Centralia Hospital Centralia $394.16 $207.31 – $606.38
Swedish Edmonds Hospital Edmonds $780.96 $207.31 – $829.24

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