Hbb gene dup/del variants 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

$383.60

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.

$959.00

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 Molina vs $625.42 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 $83.94 ↓ -78%
WellPoint Apple Health $83.94 ↓ -78%
United Healthcare Apple Health $90.66 ↓ -76%
Community Health Plan of Washington Apple Health $90.66 ↓ -76%
Coordinated Care Apple Health $90.66 ↓ -76%
SCAN MedAdvantage $198.35 ↓ -48%
Premera HMO $202.40 ↓ -47%
Premera Signature $202.40 ↓ -47%
Premera Prime $202.40 ↓ -47%
Regence Blue High Performance $203.66 ↓ -47%
Regence MCC/AHN $203.66 ↓ -47%
Regence MedAdvantage $204.30 ↓ -47%
Aetna MedAdvantage $204.30 ↓ -47%
United Healthcare MedAdvantage HMO $206.29 ↓ -46%
WellCare MedAdvantage $208.27 ↓ -46%
Molina MedAdvantage $208.27 ↓ -46%
Regence RealValue $209.48 ↓ -45%
Community Health Plan of Washington MedAdvantage $218.19 ↓ -43%
Uniform Medical All Commercial Plans $232.76 ↓ -39%
Regence Commercial $232.76 ↓ -39%
United Healthcare All Commercial Plans $242.88 ↓ -37%
Premera Other Commercial Plans $253.00 ↓ -34%
Community Health Plan of Washington Cascade Care $264.41 ↓ -31%
Ambetter Coordinated Care Exchange $297.99 ↓ -22%
First Choice MHS Employee MCC/PPO $495.41 ↑ +29%
First Choice First Choice PPO $576.02 ↑ +50%
First Choice MCC Wellfound Employee $576.02 ↑ +50%
First Health All Commercial Plans $605.93 ↑ +58%
Multiplan/PHCS All Commercial Plans $613.60 ↑ +60%
Cigna All Commercial Plans $624.34 ↑ +63%
Aetna All Commercial Plans $625.42 ↑ +63%
Kaiser HMO/PPO not published by hospital

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Hbb gene dup/del variants at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. Joseph Medical Center Tacoma $212.97 $202.40 – $482.27
MultiCare Allenmore Hospital Tacoma $383.60 $84.36 – $396.70
MultiCare Valley Hospital Spokane Valley $328.40 $80.58 – $366.95
MultiCare Yakima Memorial Hospital Yakima $322.80 $202.32 – $370.39
St. Michael Medical Center Silverdale $283.80 $202.40 – $578.72
St. Anne Hospital Burien $196.35 $202.40 – $578.72
St. Anthony Hospital Gig Harbor $195.58 $202.40 – $482.27
MultiCare Auburn Medical Center Auburn $383.60 $82.42 – $396.70

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