Assay toxin or antitoxin 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

$41.60

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.

$104.00

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.

$5.09 with WellPoint vs $152.39 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
WellPoint Apple Health $5.09 ↓ -88%
Molina Apple Health $5.09 ↓ -88%
Coordinated Care Apple Health $5.50 ↓ -87%
United Healthcare Apple Health $5.50 ↓ -87%
Community Health Plan of Washington Apple Health $5.50 ↓ -87%
Community Health Plan of Washington Cascade Care $16.04 ↓ -61%
Ambetter Coordinated Care Exchange $18.08 ↓ -57%
SCAN MedAdvantage $19.35 ↓ -53%
Premera HMO $19.74 ↓ -53%
Premera Prime $19.74 ↓ -53%
Premera Signature $19.74 ↓ -53%
Regence MCC/AHN $19.86 ↓ -52%
Regence Blue High Performance $19.86 ↓ -52%
Aetna MedAdvantage $19.93 ↓ -52%
Regence MedAdvantage $19.93 ↓ -52%
United Healthcare MedAdvantage HMO $20.12 ↓ -52%
Molina MedAdvantage $20.31 ↓ -51%
WellCare MedAdvantage $20.31 ↓ -51%
Regence RealValue $20.43 ↓ -51%
Community Health Plan of Washington MedAdvantage $21.28 ↓ -49%
Uniform Medical All Commercial Plans $22.70 ↓ -45%
Regence Commercial $22.70 ↓ -45%
United Healthcare All Commercial Plans $23.69 ↓ -43%
Premera Other Commercial Plans $24.67 ↓ -41%
First Choice MHS Employee MCC/PPO $53.61 ↑ +29%
First Choice MCC Wellfound Employee $62.33 ↑ +50%
First Choice First Choice PPO $62.33 ↑ +50%
First Health All Commercial Plans $65.57 ↑ +58%
Multiplan/PHCS All Commercial Plans $66.40 ↑ +60%
Cigna All Commercial Plans $67.56 ↑ +62%
Aetna All Commercial Plans $152.39 ↑ +266%
Kaiser HMO/PPO not published by hospital

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Assay toxin or antitoxin at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
MultiCare Allenmore Hospital Tacoma $41.60 $5.12 – $38.69
Providence St Joseph Hospital Chewelah $144.20 not published
Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus Seattle $124.80 $17.77 – $92.78
Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital Spokane $285.60 $19.74 – $71.06
Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill Seattle $124.80 $17.77 – $89.82
Swedish Issaquah Issaquah $124.80 $17.77 – $92.78
Central Medical Center Seattle $88.00 $15.00 – $15.00
Providence Mount Carmel Hospital Colville $111.30 not published

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