Gba gene 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

$83.20

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.

$208.00

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.

$30.61 with Molina vs $146.00 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 $30.61 ↓ -63%
WellPoint Apple Health $30.61 ↓ -63%
United Healthcare Apple Health $33.06 ↓ -60%
Community Health Plan of Washington Apple Health $33.06 ↓ -60%
Coordinated Care Apple Health $33.06 ↓ -60%
SCAN MedAdvantage $46.31 ↓ -44%
Premera HMO $47.25 ↓ -43%
Premera Signature $47.25 ↓ -43%
Premera Prime $47.25 ↓ -43%
Regence Blue High Performance $47.55 ↓ -43%
Regence MCC/AHN $47.55 ↓ -43%
Regence MedAdvantage $47.69 ↓ -43%
Aetna MedAdvantage $47.69 ↓ -43%
United Healthcare MedAdvantage HMO $48.16 ↓ -42%
WellCare MedAdvantage $48.62 ↓ -42%
Molina MedAdvantage $48.62 ↓ -42%
Regence RealValue $48.90 ↓ -41%
Community Health Plan of Washington MedAdvantage $50.94 ↓ -39%
Uniform Medical All Commercial Plans $54.34 ↓ -35%
Regence Commercial $54.34 ↓ -35%
United Healthcare All Commercial Plans $56.70 ↓ -32%
Premera Other Commercial Plans $59.06 ↓ -29%
Community Health Plan of Washington Cascade Care $96.42 ↑ +16%
First Choice MHS Employee MCC/PPO $107.22 ↑ +29%
Ambetter Coordinated Care Exchange $108.67 ↑ +31%
First Choice First Choice PPO $124.67 ↑ +50%
First Choice MCC Wellfound Employee $124.67 ↑ +50%
First Health All Commercial Plans $131.14 ↑ +58%
Multiplan/PHCS All Commercial Plans $132.80 ↑ +60%
Cigna All Commercial Plans $135.12 ↑ +62%
Aetna All Commercial Plans $146.00 ↑ +75%
Kaiser HMO/PPO not published by hospital

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Gba gene at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. Joseph Medical Center Tacoma $77.21 $47.25 – $174.83
MultiCare Allenmore Hospital Tacoma $83.20 $30.76 – $92.61
Central Medical Center Seattle $147.20 $29.00 – $29.00
St. Michael Medical Center Silverdale $102.88 $47.25 – $209.79
St. Anne Hospital Burien $71.18 $47.25 – $209.79
St. Anthony Hospital Gig Harbor $70.90 $47.25 – $174.83
MultiCare Auburn Medical Center Auburn $83.20 $30.06 – $92.61
MultiCare Good Samaritan Hospital Puyallup $83.20 $30.75 – $92.61

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