Ar gene full gene sequence 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

$310.00

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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.

$775.00

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 $931.17 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

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 ↓ -73%
WellPoint Apple Health $83.94 ↓ -73%
United Healthcare Apple Health $90.66 ↓ -71%
Community Health Plan of Washington Apple Health $90.66 ↓ -71%
Coordinated Care Apple Health $90.66 ↓ -71%
Community Health Plan of Washington Cascade Care $264.41 ↓ -15%
SCAN MedAdvantage $295.32 ↓ -5%
Ambetter Coordinated Care Exchange $297.99 ↓ -4%
Premera HMO $301.35 ↓ -3%
Premera Prime $301.35 ↓ -3%
Premera Signature $301.35 ↓ -3%
Regence MCC/AHN $303.23 ↓ -2%
Regence Blue High Performance $303.23 ↓ -2%
Regence MedAdvantage $304.18 ↓ -2%
Aetna MedAdvantage $304.18 ↓ -2%
United Healthcare MedAdvantage HMO $307.14 ↓ -1%
Molina MedAdvantage $310.09 ↑ +0%
WellCare MedAdvantage $310.09 ↑ +0%
Regence RealValue $311.90 ↑ +1%
Community Health Plan of Washington MedAdvantage $324.86 ↑ +5%
Regence Commercial $346.55 ↑ +12%
Uniform Medical All Commercial Plans $346.55 ↑ +12%
United Healthcare All Commercial Plans $361.62 ↑ +17%
Premera Other Commercial Plans $376.69 ↑ +22%
First Choice MHS Employee MCC/PPO $400.46 ↑ +29%
First Choice First Choice PPO $465.62 ↑ +50%
First Choice MCC Wellfound Employee $465.62 ↑ +50%
First Health All Commercial Plans $489.80 ↑ +58%
Multiplan/PHCS All Commercial Plans $496.00 ↑ +60%
Cigna All Commercial Plans $504.68 ↑ +63%
Aetna All Commercial Plans $931.17 ↑ +200%
Kaiser HMO/PPO not published by hospital

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Ar gene full gene sequence at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
MultiCare Allenmore Hospital Tacoma $310.00 $84.36 – $590.65
MultiCare Auburn Medical Center Auburn $310.00 $82.42 – $590.65
MultiCare Good Samaritan Hospital Puyallup $310.00 $84.33 – $590.65
Virginia Mason Medical Center Seattle $449.82 $210.95 – $941.93
MultiCare Capital Medical Center Olympia $248.00 $88.70 – $546.35
MultiCare Covington Medical Center Covington $310.00 $82.42 – $590.65
Providence St Luke's Rehabilitation Medical Center Spokane not published $301.35 – $331.49
Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus Seattle not published $271.22 – $915.50

All Washington hospitals for this procedure →