Epilepsy gen seq alys panel 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

$1,873.20

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.

$4,683.00

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.

$285.49 with WellPoint vs $7,566.05 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
WellPoint Apple Health $285.49 ↓ -85%
Molina Apple Health $285.49 ↓ -85%
Coordinated Care Apple Health $308.33 ↓ -84%
United Healthcare Apple Health $308.33 ↓ -84%
Community Health Plan of Washington Apple Health $308.33 ↓ -84%
Community Health Plan of Washington Cascade Care $899.31 ↓ -52%
Ambetter Coordinated Care Exchange $1,013.50 ↓ -46%
SCAN MedAdvantage $2,399.59 ↑ +28%
First Choice MHS Employee MCC/PPO $2,419.54 ↑ +29%
Premera HMO $2,448.56 ↑ +31%
Premera Prime $2,448.56 ↑ +31%
Premera Signature $2,448.56 ↑ +31%
Regence Blue High Performance $2,463.86 ↑ +32%
Regence MCC/AHN $2,463.86 ↑ +32%
Aetna MedAdvantage $2,471.58 ↑ +32%
Regence MedAdvantage $2,471.58 ↑ +32%
United Healthcare MedAdvantage HMO $2,495.57 ↑ +33%
Molina MedAdvantage $2,519.57 ↑ +35%
WellCare MedAdvantage $2,519.57 ↑ +35%
Regence RealValue $2,534.26 ↑ +35%
Community Health Plan of Washington MedAdvantage $2,639.55 ↑ +41%
First Choice First Choice PPO $2,813.25 ↑ +50%
First Choice MCC Wellfound Employee $2,813.25 ↑ +50%
Regence Commercial $2,815.84 ↑ +50%
Uniform Medical All Commercial Plans $2,815.84 ↑ +50%
United Healthcare All Commercial Plans $2,938.27 ↑ +57%
First Health All Commercial Plans $2,959.34 ↑ +58%
Multiplan/PHCS All Commercial Plans $2,996.80 ↑ +60%
Cigna All Commercial Plans $3,049.24 ↑ +63%
Premera Other Commercial Plans $3,060.70 ↑ +63%
Aetna All Commercial Plans $7,566.05 ↑ +304%
Kaiser HMO/PPO not published by hospital

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Epilepsy gen seq alys panel at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
MultiCare Allenmore Hospital Tacoma $1,873.20 $286.92 – $4,799.18
MultiCare Auburn Medical Center Auburn $1,873.20 $280.33 – $4,799.18
MultiCare Good Samaritan Hospital Puyallup $1,873.20 $286.81 – $4,799.18
MultiCare Capital Medical Center Olympia $1,469.20 $301.68 – $4,439.24
MultiCare Covington Medical Center Covington $1,873.20 $280.33 – $4,799.18
Providence St Luke's Rehabilitation Medical Center Spokane not published $2,448.56 – $2,693.42
Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus Seattle not published $2,203.70 – $7,438.73
Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital Spokane not published $2,448.56 – $6,231.59

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