Cold agglutinin titer 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

$20.40

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.

$51.00

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.

$7.37 with Molina vs $62.22 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 $7.37 ↓ -64%
WellPoint Apple Health $7.37 ↓ -64%
SCAN MedAdvantage $7.90 ↓ -61%
United Healthcare Apple Health $7.96 ↓ -61%
Coordinated Care Apple Health $7.96 ↓ -61%
Community Health Plan of Washington Apple Health $7.96 ↓ -61%
Premera Prime $8.06 ↓ -60%
Premera Signature $8.06 ↓ -60%
Premera HMO $8.06 ↓ -60%
Regence MCC/AHN $8.11 ↓ -60%
Regence Blue High Performance $8.11 ↓ -60%
Regence MedAdvantage $8.14 ↓ -60%
Aetna MedAdvantage $8.14 ↓ -60%
United Healthcare MedAdvantage HMO $8.21 ↓ -60%
Molina MedAdvantage $8.29 ↓ -59%
WellCare MedAdvantage $8.29 ↓ -59%
Regence RealValue $8.34 ↓ -59%
Community Health Plan of Washington MedAdvantage $8.69 ↓ -57%
Uniform Medical All Commercial Plans $9.27 ↓ -55%
Regence Commercial $9.27 ↓ -55%
United Healthcare All Commercial Plans $9.67 ↓ -53%
Premera Other Commercial Plans $10.08 ↓ -51%
Community Health Plan of Washington Cascade Care $23.21 ↑ +14%
Ambetter Coordinated Care Exchange $26.16 ↑ +28%
First Choice MHS Employee MCC/PPO $26.48 ↑ +30%
First Choice First Choice PPO $30.79 ↑ +51%
First Choice MCC Wellfound Employee $30.79 ↑ +51%
First Health All Commercial Plans $32.39 ↑ +59%
Multiplan/PHCS All Commercial Plans $32.80 ↑ +61%
Cigna All Commercial Plans $33.37 ↑ +64%
Aetna All Commercial Plans $62.22 ↑ +205%
Kaiser HMO/PPO not published by hospital

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Cold agglutinin titer at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. Joseph Medical Center Tacoma $40.05 $8.06 – $90.68
MultiCare Allenmore Hospital Tacoma $20.40 $7.41 – $15.80
Providence St Luke's Rehabilitation Medical Center Spokane $182.74 $8.06 – $8.87
Providence St Joseph Hospital Chewelah $138.60 not published
Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus Seattle $42.24 $7.25 – $37.88
Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital Spokane $168.70 $8.06 – $29.02
Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill Seattle $42.24 $7.25 – $36.67
Swedish Issaquah Issaquah $42.24 $7.25 – $37.88

All Washington hospitals for this procedure →