Fibrinolytic plasminogen 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

$33.60

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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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$84.00

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.

$2.63 with WellPoint vs $132.71 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

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 $2.63 ↓ -92%
Molina Apple Health $2.63 ↓ -92%
Coordinated Care Apple Health $2.84 ↓ -92%
United Healthcare Apple Health $2.84 ↓ -92%
Community Health Plan of Washington Apple Health $2.84 ↓ -92%
Community Health Plan of Washington Cascade Care $8.28 ↓ -75%
Ambetter Coordinated Care Exchange $9.33 ↓ -72%
SCAN MedAdvantage $16.85 ↓ -50%
Premera HMO $17.19 ↓ -49%
Premera Prime $17.19 ↓ -49%
Premera Signature $17.19 ↓ -49%
Regence MCC/AHN $17.30 ↓ -49%
Regence Blue High Performance $17.30 ↓ -49%
Aetna MedAdvantage $17.35 ↓ -48%
Regence MedAdvantage $17.35 ↓ -48%
United Healthcare MedAdvantage HMO $17.52 ↓ -48%
Molina MedAdvantage $17.69 ↓ -47%
WellCare MedAdvantage $17.69 ↓ -47%
Regence RealValue $17.79 ↓ -47%
Community Health Plan of Washington MedAdvantage $18.53 ↓ -45%
Uniform Medical All Commercial Plans $19.77 ↓ -41%
Regence Commercial $19.77 ↓ -41%
United Healthcare All Commercial Plans $20.63 ↓ -39%
Premera Other Commercial Plans $21.49 ↓ -36%
First Choice MHS Employee MCC/PPO $43.28 ↑ +29%
First Choice MCC Wellfound Employee $50.32 ↑ +50%
First Choice First Choice PPO $50.32 ↑ +50%
First Health All Commercial Plans $52.93 ↑ +58%
Multiplan/PHCS All Commercial Plans $53.60 ↑ +60%
Cigna All Commercial Plans $54.54 ↑ +62%
Aetna All Commercial Plans $132.71 ↑ +295%
Kaiser HMO/PPO not published by hospital

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Fibrinolytic plasminogen at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. Joseph Medical Center Tacoma $60.53 $17.19 – $137.06
MultiCare Allenmore Hospital Tacoma $33.60 $2.64 – $33.69
Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus Seattle $82.08 $15.47 – $80.79
Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill Seattle $82.08 $15.47 – $78.21
Swedish Issaquah Issaquah $82.08 $15.47 – $80.79
Central Medical Center Seattle $76.80 $13.00 – $13.00
Providence St Mary Medical Center Walla Walla $63.00 $17.19 – $31.80
MultiCare Valley Hospital Spokane Valley $25.20 $2.52 – $31.17

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