Drug test def 22+ classes at MultiCare Mary Bridge Children's Hospital
317 Martin Luther King Jr Way, Tacoma, WA · Multicare · · NPI 1306952726
$687.60
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.
$1,719.00
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.
$77.53 with Molina vs $1,906.22 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.
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 | $77.53 | ↓ -89% |
| United Healthcare | Apple Health | $83.73 | ↓ -88% |
| WellPoint | Apple Health | $83.73 | ↓ -88% |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | Apple Health | $83.73 | ↓ -88% |
| Coordinated Care | Apple Health | $83.73 | ↓ -88% |
| SCAN | MedAdvantage | $241.98 | ↓ -65% |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | Cascade Care | $244.22 | ↓ -64% |
| Premera | HMO | $246.92 | ↓ -64% |
| Premera | Signature | $246.92 | ↓ -64% |
| Premera | Prime | $246.92 | ↓ -64% |
| Regence | MCC/AHN | $248.46 | ↓ -64% |
| Regence | Blue High Performance | $248.46 | ↓ -64% |
| Aetna | MedAdvantage | $249.24 | ↓ -64% |
| Regence | MedAdvantage | $249.24 | ↓ -64% |
| United Healthcare | MedAdvantage HMO | $251.66 | ↓ -63% |
| WellCare | MedAdvantage | $254.08 | ↓ -63% |
| Molina | MedAdvantage | $254.08 | ↓ -63% |
| Regence | RealValue | $255.56 | ↓ -63% |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | MedAdvantage | $266.18 | ↓ -61% |
| Ambetter | Coordinated Care Exchange | $275.23 | ↓ -60% |
| Regence | Commercial | $283.96 | ↓ -59% |
| Uniform Medical | All Commercial Plans | $283.96 | ↓ -59% |
| United Healthcare | All Commercial Plans | $296.30 | ↓ -57% |
| Premera | Other Commercial Plans | $308.65 | ↓ -55% |
| First Choice | MHS Employee MCC/PPO | $888.11 | ↑ +29% |
| First Choice | First Choice PPO | $1,032.63 | ↑ +50% |
| First Choice | MCC Wellfound Employee | $1,032.63 | ↑ +50% |
| First Health | All Commercial Plans | $1,086.25 | ↑ +58% |
| Multiplan/PHCS | All Commercial Plans | $1,100.00 | ↑ +60% |
| Cigna | All Commercial Plans | $1,119.25 | ↑ +63% |
| Aetna | All Commercial Plans | $1,906.22 | ↑ +177% |
| Kaiser | HMO/PPO | not published by hospital | — |
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Drug test def 22+ classes at other Washington hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| St. Joseph Medical Center | Tacoma | $258.53 | $246.92 – $585.45 |
| MultiCare Allenmore Hospital | Tacoma | $687.60 | $77.92 – $483.96 |
| Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus | Seattle | $1,010.40 | $222.23 – $1,160.52 |
| Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill | Seattle | $1,010.40 | $222.23 – $1,123.49 |
| Swedish Issaquah | Issaquah | $1,010.40 | $222.23 – $1,160.52 |
| MultiCare Valley Hospital | Spokane Valley | $816.00 | $74.43 – $447.67 |
| MultiCare Yakima Memorial Hospital | Yakima | $550.00 | $255.56 – $443.17 |
| St. Michael Medical Center | Silverdale | $344.52 | $246.92 – $702.54 |