Hexa 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

$90.40

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.

$226.00

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 $158.98 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 ↓ -66%
WellPoint Apple Health $30.61 ↓ -66%
United Healthcare Apple Health $33.06 ↓ -63%
Community Health Plan of Washington Apple Health $33.06 ↓ -63%
Coordinated Care Apple Health $33.06 ↓ -63%
SCAN MedAdvantage $50.42 ↓ -44%
Premera HMO $51.45 ↓ -43%
Premera Signature $51.45 ↓ -43%
Premera Prime $51.45 ↓ -43%
Regence Blue High Performance $51.77 ↓ -43%
Regence MCC/AHN $51.77 ↓ -43%
Regence MedAdvantage $51.93 ↓ -43%
Aetna MedAdvantage $51.93 ↓ -43%
United Healthcare MedAdvantage HMO $52.44 ↓ -42%
WellCare MedAdvantage $52.94 ↓ -41%
Molina MedAdvantage $52.94 ↓ -41%
Regence RealValue $53.25 ↓ -41%
Community Health Plan of Washington MedAdvantage $55.46 ↓ -39%
Uniform Medical All Commercial Plans $59.17 ↓ -35%
Regence Commercial $59.17 ↓ -35%
United Healthcare All Commercial Plans $61.74 ↓ -32%
Premera Other Commercial Plans $64.31 ↓ -29%
Community Health Plan of Washington Cascade Care $96.42 ↑ +7%
Ambetter Coordinated Care Exchange $108.67 ↑ +20%
First Choice MHS Employee MCC/PPO $116.91 ↑ +29%
First Choice First Choice PPO $135.93 ↑ +50%
First Choice MCC Wellfound Employee $135.93 ↑ +50%
First Health All Commercial Plans $142.99 ↑ +58%
Multiplan/PHCS All Commercial Plans $144.80 ↑ +60%
Cigna All Commercial Plans $147.33 ↑ +63%
Aetna All Commercial Plans $158.98 ↑ +76%
Kaiser HMO/PPO not published by hospital

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Hexa gene at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. Joseph Medical Center Tacoma $62.27 $51.45 – $141.00
MultiCare Allenmore Hospital Tacoma $90.40 $30.76 – $100.84
Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus Seattle $142.56 $46.31 – $156.31
Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill Seattle $142.56 $46.31 – $154.35
Swedish Issaquah Issaquah $142.56 $46.31 – $114.22
Central Medical Center Seattle $160.00 $32.00 – $32.00
Providence St Mary Medical Center Walla Walla $282.80 $51.45 – $95.18
St. Michael Medical Center Silverdale $82.97 $51.45 – $169.20

All Washington hospitals for this procedure →