Blood typing patient serum at MultiCare Mary Bridge Children's Hospital
317 Martin Luther King Jr Way, Tacoma, WA · Multicare · · NPI 1306952726
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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.
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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.
$3.03 with Molina vs $406.32 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.
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 | $3.03 | — |
| WellPoint | Apple Health | $3.03 | — |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | Apple Health | $3.28 | — |
| Coordinated Care | Apple Health | $3.28 | — |
| United Healthcare | Apple Health | $3.28 | — |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | Cascade Care | $9.56 | — |
| Ambetter | Coordinated Care Exchange | $10.77 | — |
| SCAN | MedAdvantage | $67.47 | — |
| Regence | MedAdvantage | $69.49 | — |
| Aetna | MedAdvantage | $69.49 | — |
| United Healthcare | MedAdvantage HMO | $70.17 | — |
| WellCare | MedAdvantage | $70.84 | — |
| Molina | MedAdvantage | $70.84 | — |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | MedAdvantage | $74.22 | — |
| Premera | HMO | $107.68 | — |
| Premera | Signature | $223.47 | — |
| Premera | Prime | $228.50 | — |
| Premera | Other Commercial Plans | $280.83 | — |
| Regence | RealValue | $319.64 | — |
| Aetna | All Commercial Plans | $406.32 | — |
Visitor-reported prices
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Blood typing patient serum at other Washington hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| MultiCare Allenmore Hospital | Tacoma | not published | $3.05 – $283.18 |
| Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus | Seattle | $72.48 | $31.86 – $207.53 |
| Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill | Seattle | $72.48 | $31.86 – $159.85 |
| Swedish Issaquah | Issaquah | $72.48 | $31.86 – $157.12 |
| Central Medical Center | Seattle | $145.60 | $60.00 – $60.00 |
| Swedish Edmonds Hospital | Edmonds | $72.48 | $26.14 – $170.64 |
| Kadlec Regional Medical Center | Richland | $44.80 | $17.45 – $130.71 |
| Providence Regional Medical Center Everett - Colby Campus | Everett | $63.96 | $37.17 – $140.41 |