Argatroban nonesrd (accord) 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

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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.

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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.

$0.91 with Premera vs $209.97 with Ambetter — 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
Premera HMO $0.91
SCAN MedAdvantage $1.78
Regence MedAdvantage $1.83
Aetna MedAdvantage $1.83
United Healthcare MedAdvantage HMO $1.85
Molina MedAdvantage $1.87
WellCare MedAdvantage $1.87
Community Health Plan of Washington MedAdvantage $1.96
Kaiser HMO/PPO $3.30
Premera Signature $4.19
Premera Prime $4.19
Premera Other Commercial Plans $5.10
Regence RealValue $12.10
Molina Apple Health $59.15
WellPoint Apple Health $63.88
Coordinated Care Apple Health $63.88
Community Health Plan of Washington Apple Health $63.88
United Healthcare Apple Health $63.88
Community Health Plan of Washington Cascade Care $186.31
Ambetter Coordinated Care Exchange $209.97

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Argatroban nonesrd (accord) at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
MultiCare Allenmore Hospital Tacoma not published $0.91 – $64.20
Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus Seattle not published $0.51 – $4.20
Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital Spokane not published $0.51 – $3.36
Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill Seattle not published $0.51 – $3.36
Swedish Issaquah Issaquah not published $0.51 – $3.36
Central Medical Center Seattle not published $1.82 – $1.82
Providence Centralia Hospital Centralia not published $1.82 – $3.36
Swedish Edmonds Hospital Edmonds not published $0.51 – $3.36

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