Hbb full gene sequence 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

$447.20

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.

$1,118.00

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.

$83.94 with WellPoint vs $1,002.95 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 $83.94 ↓ -81%
Molina Apple Health $83.94 ↓ -81%
Coordinated Care Apple Health $90.66 ↓ -80%
United Healthcare Apple Health $90.66 ↓ -80%
Community Health Plan of Washington Apple Health $90.66 ↓ -80%
Community Health Plan of Washington Cascade Care $264.41 ↓ -41%
Ambetter Coordinated Care Exchange $297.99 ↓ -33%
SCAN MedAdvantage $318.09 ↓ -29%
Premera HMO $324.58 ↓ -27%
Premera Prime $324.58 ↓ -27%
Premera Signature $324.58 ↓ -27%
Regence MCC/AHN $326.61 ↓ -27%
Regence Blue High Performance $326.61 ↓ -27%
Aetna MedAdvantage $327.63 ↓ -27%
Regence MedAdvantage $327.63 ↓ -27%
United Healthcare MedAdvantage HMO $330.81 ↓ -26%
Molina MedAdvantage $333.99 ↓ -25%
WellCare MedAdvantage $333.99 ↓ -25%
Regence RealValue $335.94 ↓ -25%
Community Health Plan of Washington MedAdvantage $349.90 ↓ -22%
Uniform Medical All Commercial Plans $373.27 ↓ -17%
Regence Commercial $373.27 ↓ -17%
United Healthcare All Commercial Plans $389.50 ↓ -13%
Premera Other Commercial Plans $405.72 ↓ -9%
First Choice MHS Employee MCC/PPO $577.43 ↑ +29%
First Choice MCC Wellfound Employee $671.39 ↑ +50%
First Choice First Choice PPO $671.39 ↑ +50%
First Health All Commercial Plans $706.26 ↑ +58%
Multiplan/PHCS All Commercial Plans $715.20 ↑ +60%
Cigna All Commercial Plans $727.72 ↑ +63%
Aetna All Commercial Plans $1,002.95 ↑ +124%
Kaiser HMO/PPO not published by hospital

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Hbb full gene sequence at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. Joseph Medical Center Tacoma $348.98 $324.58 – $790.26
MultiCare Allenmore Hospital Tacoma $447.20 $84.36 – $636.18
Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus Seattle $1,284.00 $292.12 – $986.07
Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill Seattle $1,284.00 $292.12 – $973.74
Swedish Issaquah Issaquah $1,284.00 $292.12 – $720.57
Central Medical Center Seattle $1,009.60 $200.00 – $200.00
Swedish Edmonds Hospital Edmonds $1,284.00 $324.58 – $1,298.32
MultiCare Valley Hospital Spokane Valley $519.20 $80.58 – $588.46

All Washington hospitals for this procedure →