Bone survey-lead poisoning 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

$364.40

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.

$911.00

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.

$40.46 with Molina vs $983.50 with United Healthcare — 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 $40.46 ↓ -89%
United Healthcare Apple Health $43.69 ↓ -88%
WellPoint Apple Health $43.69 ↓ -88%
Community Health Plan of Washington Apple Health $43.69 ↓ -88%
Coordinated Care Apple Health $43.69 ↓ -88%
SCAN MedAdvantage $119.57 ↓ -67%
Aetna MedAdvantage $123.16 ↓ -66%
Regence MedAdvantage $123.16 ↓ -66%
United Healthcare MedAdvantage HMO $124.35 ↓ -66%
WellCare MedAdvantage $125.55 ↓ -66%
Molina MedAdvantage $125.55 ↓ -66%
Community Health Plan of Washington Cascade Care $127.44 ↓ -65%
Community Health Plan of Washington MedAdvantage $131.53 ↓ -64%
Ambetter Coordinated Care Exchange $143.62 ↓ -61%
Premera HMO $200.22 ↓ -45%
Premera Signature $401.71 ↑ +10%
Premera Prime $410.74 ↑ +13%
First Choice MHS Employee MCC/PPO $470.86 ↑ +29%
Premera Other Commercial Plans $504.81 ↑ +39%
First Choice First Choice PPO $547.48 ↑ +50%
First Choice MCC Wellfound Employee $547.48 ↑ +50%
Regence MCC/AHN $558.55 ↑ +53%
Regence Blue High Performance $558.55 ↑ +53%
Regence RealValue $574.51 ↑ +58%
First Health All Commercial Plans $575.91 ↑ +58%
Multiplan/PHCS All Commercial Plans $583.20 ↑ +60%
Cigna All Commercial Plans $593.41 ↑ +63%
Regence Commercial $638.35 ↑ +75%
Uniform Medical All Commercial Plans $645.78 ↑ +77%
Aetna All Commercial Plans $727.49 ↑ +100%
Kaiser HMO/PPO $840.61 ↑ +131%
United Healthcare All Commercial Plans $983.50 ↑ +170%

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Bone survey-lead poisoning at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. Joseph Medical Center Tacoma $333.58 $234.44 – $755.40
MultiCare Allenmore Hospital Tacoma $364.40 $40.66 – $501.84
Providence St Joseph Hospital Chewelah $459.20 not published
Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus Seattle $488.16 $121.06 – $526.78
Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital Spokane $731.50 $116.50 – $403.49
Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill Seattle $488.16 $121.06 – $509.96
Swedish Issaquah Issaquah $488.16 $121.40 – $526.78
Central Medical Center Seattle $368.00 $107.00 – $107.00

All Washington hospitals for this procedure →