Darbepoetin alfa 100 mcg/0.5 ml in polysorbate injection syringe at MultiCare Mary Bridge Children's Hospital
317 Martin Luther King Jr Way, Tacoma, WA · Multicare · · NPI 1306952726
$259.38
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.
$648.43
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.
$3.01 with SCAN vs $901.66 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.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| SCAN | MedAdvantage | $3.01 | ↓ -99% |
| United Healthcare | All Commercial Plans | $3.07 | ↓ -99% |
| Aetna | MedAdvantage | $3.10 | ↓ -99% |
| Regence | MedAdvantage | $3.10 | ↓ -99% |
| United Healthcare | MedAdvantage HMO | $3.13 | ↓ -99% |
| Molina | MedAdvantage | $3.16 | ↓ -99% |
| WellCare | MedAdvantage | $3.16 | ↓ -99% |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | MedAdvantage | $3.31 | ↓ -99% |
| Premera | HMO | $5.00 | ↓ -98% |
| Premera | Prime | $6.74 | ↓ -97% |
| Premera | Signature | $6.74 | ↓ -97% |
| Premera | Other Commercial Plans | $8.20 | ↓ -97% |
| Regence | Blue High Performance | $8.57 | ↓ -97% |
| Regence | MCC/AHN | $8.57 | ↓ -97% |
| Regence | RealValue | $8.81 | ↓ -97% |
| Regence | Commercial | $9.79 | ↓ -96% |
| Uniform Medical | All Commercial Plans | $12.55 | ↓ -95% |
| Kaiser | HMO/PPO | $24.30 | ↓ -91% |
| Aetna | All Commercial Plans | $28.53 | ↓ -89% |
| First Choice | MHS Employee MCC/PPO | $53.11 | ↓ -80% |
| First Choice | MCC Wellfound Employee | $61.75 | ↓ -76% |
| First Choice | First Choice PPO | $61.75 | ↓ -76% |
| First Health | All Commercial Plans | $64.96 | ↓ -75% |
| Cigna | All Commercial Plans | $65.46 | ↓ -75% |
| Multiplan/PHCS | All Commercial Plans | $65.78 | ↓ -75% |
| Molina | Apple Health | $253.99 | ↓ -2% |
| WellPoint | Apple Health | $274.31 | ↑ +6% |
| Coordinated Care | Apple Health | $274.31 | ↑ +6% |
| United Healthcare | Apple Health | $274.31 | ↑ +6% |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | Apple Health | $274.31 | ↑ +6% |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | Cascade Care | $800.06 | ↑ +208% |
| Ambetter | Coordinated Care Exchange | $901.66 | ↑ +248% |
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Darbepoetin alfa 100 mcg/0.5 ml in polysorbate injection syringe at other Washington hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| St. Joseph Medical Center | Tacoma | $7,148.90 | $9.27 – $810.00 |
| Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus | Seattle | $9,848.62 | $3.06 – $10.26 |
| Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital | Spokane | $10,120.78 | $2.29 – $8.55 |
| Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill | Seattle | $9,848.62 | $3.06 – $7.43 |
| Swedish Issaquah | Issaquah | $9,848.62 | $3.06 – $10.26 |
| Providence Centralia Hospital | Centralia | $2,340.20 | $3.06 – $21.37 |
| Providence Mount Carmel Hospital | Colville | $6,072.48 | not published |
| Swedish Edmonds Hospital | Edmonds | $9,848.62 | $3.07 – $7.99 |