Ghs phenylketonurid 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

$26.40

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.

$66.00

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.

$3.45 with Molina vs $43.14 with Cigna — 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 $3.45 ↓ -87%
WellPoint Apple Health $3.45 ↓ -87%
United Healthcare Apple Health $3.73 ↓ -86%
Community Health Plan of Washington Apple Health $3.73 ↓ -86%
Coordinated Care Apple Health $3.73 ↓ -86%
SCAN MedAdvantage $5.39 ↓ -80%
Premera HMO $5.50 ↓ -79%
Premera Signature $5.50 ↓ -79%
Premera Prime $5.50 ↓ -79%
Regence Blue High Performance $5.53 ↓ -79%
Regence MCC/AHN $5.53 ↓ -79%
Regence MedAdvantage $5.55 ↓ -79%
Aetna MedAdvantage $5.55 ↓ -79%
United Healthcare MedAdvantage HMO $5.61 ↓ -79%
WellCare MedAdvantage $5.66 ↓ -79%
Molina MedAdvantage $5.66 ↓ -79%
Regence RealValue $5.69 ↓ -78%
Community Health Plan of Washington MedAdvantage $5.93 ↓ -78%
Uniform Medical All Commercial Plans $6.32 ↓ -76%
Regence Commercial $6.32 ↓ -76%
United Healthcare All Commercial Plans $6.60 ↓ -75%
Premera Other Commercial Plans $6.88 ↓ -74%
Community Health Plan of Washington Cascade Care $10.87 ↓ -59%
Ambetter Coordinated Care Exchange $12.25 ↓ -54%
First Choice MHS Employee MCC/PPO $34.23 ↑ +30%
First Choice First Choice PPO $39.80 ↑ +51%
First Choice MCC Wellfound Employee $39.80 ↑ +51%
First Health All Commercial Plans $41.87 ↑ +59%
Multiplan/PHCS All Commercial Plans $42.40 ↑ +61%
Aetna All Commercial Plans $42.46 ↑ +61%
Cigna All Commercial Plans $43.14 ↑ +63%
Kaiser HMO/PPO not published by hospital

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Ghs phenylketonurid at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. Joseph Medical Center Tacoma $83.69 $5.50 – $189.51
MultiCare Allenmore Hospital Tacoma $26.40 $3.47 – $10.78
Providence St Joseph Hospital Chewelah $207.90 not published
Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital Spokane $382.90 $5.50 – $19.80
Central Medical Center Seattle $24.80 $4.00 – $4.00
Providence Mount Carmel Hospital Colville $236.60 not published
Providence St Mary Medical Center Walla Walla $195.30 $5.50 – $10.18
Kadlec Regional Medical Center Richland $22.40 $5.50 – $21.51

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