Canakinumab injection 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

$276.21

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.

$690.51

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.

$121.80 with Regence vs $22,907.53 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
Regence MCC/AHN $121.80 ↓ -56%
Regence Blue High Performance $121.80 ↓ -56%
Regence RealValue $125.28 ↓ -55%
Regence Commercial $139.20 ↓ -50%
SCAN MedAdvantage $146.58 ↓ -47%
United Healthcare All Commercial Plans $149.57 ↓ -46%
Aetna MedAdvantage $150.98 ↓ -45%
Regence MedAdvantage $150.98 ↓ -45%
United Healthcare MedAdvantage HMO $152.45 ↓ -45%
Molina MedAdvantage $153.91 ↓ -44%
WellCare MedAdvantage $153.91 ↓ -44%
Community Health Plan of Washington MedAdvantage $161.24 ↓ -42%
Premera HMO $191.29 ↓ -31%
Premera Prime $285.95 ↑ +4%
Premera Signature $285.95 ↑ +4%
Premera Other Commercial Plans $348.11 ↑ +26%
First Choice MHS Employee MCC/PPO $444.57 ↑ +61%
First Choice First Choice PPO $516.91 ↑ +87%
First Choice MCC Wellfound Employee $516.91 ↑ +87%
Uniform Medical All Commercial Plans $518.85 ↑ +88%
First Health All Commercial Plans $543.75 ↑ +97%
Cigna All Commercial Plans $547.95 ↑ +98%
Multiplan/PHCS All Commercial Plans $550.63 ↑ +99%
Kaiser HMO/PPO $942.38 ↑ +241%
Aetna All Commercial Plans $1,304.43 ↑ +372%
Molina Apple Health $6,452.83 ↑ +2236%
Coordinated Care Apple Health $6,969.05 ↑ +2423%
Community Health Plan of Washington Apple Health $6,969.05 ↑ +2423%
United Healthcare Apple Health $6,969.05 ↑ +2423%
WellPoint Apple Health $6,969.05 ↑ +2423%
Community Health Plan of Washington Cascade Care $20,326.40 ↑ +7259%
Ambetter Coordinated Care Exchange $22,907.53 ↑ +8194%

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Canakinumab injection at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital Spokane $60,768.34 $96.97 – $276.71
Providence St Mary Medical Center Walla Walla $65,385.54 $126.55 – $782.51
Providence Holy Family Hospital Spokane $60,768.34 $124.33 – $298.94
Providence St Luke's Rehabilitation Medical Center Spokane not published $149.57 – $164.53
Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus Seattle not published $126.55 – $312.54
Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill Seattle not published $126.55 – $276.71
Swedish Issaquah Issaquah not published $133.66 – $312.54
Central Medical Center Seattle not published $141.00 – $141.00

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