Hemoglobin f (fetal) chemical 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

$22.40

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.

$56.00

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.

$8.59 with Molina vs $82.91 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 $8.59 ↓ -62%
WellPoint Apple Health $8.59 ↓ -62%
United Healthcare Apple Health $9.28 ↓ -59%
Community Health Plan of Washington Apple Health $9.28 ↓ -59%
Coordinated Care Apple Health $9.28 ↓ -59%
SCAN MedAdvantage $10.53 ↓ -53%
Premera HMO $10.74 ↓ -52%
Premera Signature $10.74 ↓ -52%
Premera Prime $10.74 ↓ -52%
Regence Blue High Performance $10.81 ↓ -52%
Regence MCC/AHN $10.81 ↓ -52%
Regence MedAdvantage $10.84 ↓ -52%
Aetna MedAdvantage $10.84 ↓ -52%
United Healthcare MedAdvantage HMO $10.95 ↓ -51%
WellCare MedAdvantage $11.05 ↓ -51%
Molina MedAdvantage $11.05 ↓ -51%
Regence RealValue $11.12 ↓ -50%
Community Health Plan of Washington MedAdvantage $11.58 ↓ -48%
Uniform Medical All Commercial Plans $12.35 ↓ -45%
Regence Commercial $12.35 ↓ -45%
United Healthcare All Commercial Plans $12.89 ↓ -42%
Premera Other Commercial Plans $13.42 ↓ -40%
Community Health Plan of Washington Cascade Care $27.06 ↑ +21%
First Choice MHS Employee MCC/PPO $29.07 ↑ +30%
Ambetter Coordinated Care Exchange $30.49 ↑ +36%
First Choice First Choice PPO $33.80 ↑ +51%
First Choice MCC Wellfound Employee $33.80 ↑ +51%
First Health All Commercial Plans $35.55 ↑ +59%
Multiplan/PHCS All Commercial Plans $36.00 ↑ +61%
Cigna All Commercial Plans $36.63 ↑ +64%
Aetna All Commercial Plans $82.91 ↑ +270%
Kaiser HMO/PPO not published by hospital

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Hemoglobin f (fetal) chemical at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
MultiCare Allenmore Hospital Tacoma $22.40 $8.63 – $21.05
Central Medical Center Seattle $48.00 $8.00 – $8.00
MultiCare Valley Hospital Spokane Valley $38.00 $8.25 – $19.47
MultiCare Auburn Medical Center Auburn $22.40 $8.43 – $21.05
MultiCare Good Samaritan Hospital Puyallup $22.40 $8.63 – $21.05
Virginia Mason Medical Center Seattle $24.48 $7.52 – $33.57
MultiCare Capital Medical Center Olympia $18.00 $9.08 – $19.47
MultiCare Covington Medical Center Covington $22.40 $8.43 – $21.05

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