Chromosome analys placenta 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

$424.40

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.

$1,061.00

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.

$83.94 with Molina vs $1,455.76 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
Molina Apple Health $83.94 ↓ -80%
WellPoint Apple Health $83.94 ↓ -80%
United Healthcare Apple Health $90.66 ↓ -79%
Community Health Plan of Washington Apple Health $90.66 ↓ -79%
Coordinated Care Apple Health $90.66 ↓ -79%
SCAN MedAdvantage $184.80 ↓ -56%
Premera HMO $188.57 ↓ -56%
Premera Signature $188.57 ↓ -56%
Premera Prime $188.57 ↓ -56%
Regence Blue High Performance $189.75 ↓ -55%
Regence MCC/AHN $189.75 ↓ -55%
Regence MedAdvantage $190.34 ↓ -55%
Aetna MedAdvantage $190.34 ↓ -55%
United Healthcare MedAdvantage HMO $192.19 ↓ -55%
WellCare MedAdvantage $194.04 ↓ -54%
Molina MedAdvantage $194.04 ↓ -54%
Regence RealValue $195.17 ↓ -54%
Community Health Plan of Washington MedAdvantage $203.28 ↓ -52%
Uniform Medical All Commercial Plans $216.86 ↓ -49%
Regence Commercial $216.86 ↓ -49%
United Healthcare All Commercial Plans $226.28 ↓ -47%
Premera Other Commercial Plans $235.71 ↓ -44%
Community Health Plan of Washington Cascade Care $264.41 ↓ -38%
Ambetter Coordinated Care Exchange $297.99 ↓ -30%
First Choice MHS Employee MCC/PPO $548.37 ↑ +29%
First Choice First Choice PPO $637.60 ↑ +50%
First Choice MCC Wellfound Employee $637.60 ↑ +50%
First Health All Commercial Plans $670.71 ↑ +58%
Multiplan/PHCS All Commercial Plans $679.20 ↑ +60%
Cigna All Commercial Plans $691.09 ↑ +63%
Aetna All Commercial Plans $1,455.76 ↑ +243%
Kaiser HMO/PPO not published by hospital

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Chromosome analys placenta at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. Joseph Medical Center Tacoma $429.98 $188.57 – $1,092.32
MultiCare Allenmore Hospital Tacoma $424.40 $84.36 – $369.60
Providence St Joseph Hospital Chewelah $723.10 not published
Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus Seattle $805.44 $169.71 – $886.28
Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital Spokane $2,116.10 $188.57 – $678.85
Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill Seattle $805.44 $169.71 – $857.99
Swedish Issaquah Issaquah $805.44 $169.71 – $886.28
Central Medical Center Seattle $848.00 $510.00 – $510.00

All Washington hospitals for this procedure →