Chromosome banding study at MultiCare Mary Bridge Children's Hospital
317 Martin Luther King Jr Way, Tacoma, WA · Multicare · · NPI 1306952726
$102.40
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.
$256.00
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.
$30.61 with Molina vs $529.59 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 | $30.61 | ↓ -70% |
| WellPoint | Apple Health | $30.61 | ↓ -70% |
| United Healthcare | Apple Health | $33.06 | ↓ -68% |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | Apple Health | $33.06 | ↓ -68% |
| Coordinated Care | Apple Health | $33.06 | ↓ -68% |
| SCAN | MedAdvantage | $67.23 | ↓ -34% |
| Premera | HMO | $68.60 | ↓ -33% |
| Premera | Signature | $68.60 | ↓ -33% |
| Premera | Prime | $68.60 | ↓ -33% |
| Regence | Blue High Performance | $69.03 | ↓ -33% |
| Regence | MCC/AHN | $69.03 | ↓ -33% |
| Regence | MedAdvantage | $69.24 | ↓ -32% |
| Aetna | MedAdvantage | $69.24 | ↓ -32% |
| United Healthcare | MedAdvantage HMO | $69.92 | ↓ -32% |
| WellCare | MedAdvantage | $70.59 | ↓ -31% |
| Molina | MedAdvantage | $70.59 | ↓ -31% |
| Regence | RealValue | $71.00 | ↓ -31% |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | MedAdvantage | $73.95 | ↓ -28% |
| Uniform Medical | All Commercial Plans | $78.89 | ↓ -23% |
| Regence | Commercial | $78.89 | ↓ -23% |
| United Healthcare | All Commercial Plans | $82.32 | ↓ -20% |
| Premera | Other Commercial Plans | $85.75 | ↓ -16% |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | Cascade Care | $96.42 | ↓ -6% |
| Ambetter | Coordinated Care Exchange | $108.67 | ↑ +6% |
| First Choice | MHS Employee MCC/PPO | $132.41 | ↑ +29% |
| First Choice | First Choice PPO | $153.96 | ↑ +50% |
| First Choice | MCC Wellfound Employee | $153.96 | ↑ +50% |
| First Health | All Commercial Plans | $161.95 | ↑ +58% |
| Multiplan/PHCS | All Commercial Plans | $164.00 | ↑ +60% |
| Cigna | All Commercial Plans | $166.87 | ↑ +63% |
| Aetna | All Commercial Plans | $529.59 | ↑ +417% |
| Kaiser | HMO/PPO | not published by hospital | — |
Visitor-reported prices
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Chromosome banding study at other Washington hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| St. Joseph Medical Center | Tacoma | $88.19 | $68.60 – $199.70 |
| MultiCare Allenmore Hospital | Tacoma | $102.40 | $30.76 – $134.46 |
| Providence St Joseph Hospital | Chewelah | $158.90 | not published |
| Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus | Seattle | $156.48 | $61.74 – $322.42 |
| Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital | Spokane | $247.10 | $68.60 – $246.96 |
| Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill | Seattle | $156.48 | $61.74 – $312.13 |
| Swedish Issaquah | Issaquah | $156.48 | $61.74 – $322.42 |
| Central Medical Center | Seattle | $308.00 | $185.00 – $185.00 |