Ihc/icc per specimen each multiplex antibody stain 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

$657.60

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.

$1,644.00

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.

$28.56 with WellPoint vs $3,372.05 with United Healthcare — 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 $28.56 ↓ -96%
Molina Apple Health $28.56 ↓ -96%
Coordinated Care Apple Health $30.84 ↓ -95%
United Healthcare Apple Health $30.84 ↓ -95%
Community Health Plan of Washington Apple Health $30.84 ↓ -95%
Community Health Plan of Washington Cascade Care $89.96 ↓ -86%
Ambetter Coordinated Care Exchange $101.38 ↓ -85%
SCAN MedAdvantage $409.96 ↓ -38%
Aetna MedAdvantage $422.26 ↓ -36%
Regence MedAdvantage $422.26 ↓ -36%
United Healthcare MedAdvantage HMO $426.36 ↓ -35%
Molina MedAdvantage $430.46 ↓ -35%
WellCare MedAdvantage $430.46 ↓ -35%
Community Health Plan of Washington MedAdvantage $450.96 ↓ -31%
Premera HMO $607.17 ↓ -8%
First Choice MHS Employee MCC/PPO $849.36 ↑ +29%
First Choice MCC Wellfound Employee $987.57 ↑ +50%
First Choice First Choice PPO $987.57 ↑ +50%
First Health All Commercial Plans $1,038.85 ↑ +58%
Multiplan/PHCS All Commercial Plans $1,052.00 ↑ +60%
Cigna All Commercial Plans $1,070.41 ↑ +63%
Premera Signature $1,313.32 ↑ +100%
Premera Prime $1,342.87 ↑ +104%
Premera Other Commercial Plans $1,650.42 ↑ +151%
Regence MCC/AHN $1,826.19 ↑ +178%
Regence Blue High Performance $1,826.19 ↑ +178%
Regence RealValue $1,878.37 ↑ +186%
Regence Commercial $2,087.07 ↑ +217%
Uniform Medical All Commercial Plans $2,111.39 ↑ +221%
Aetna All Commercial Plans $2,460.80 ↑ +274%
Kaiser HMO/PPO $2,549.13 ↑ +288%
United Healthcare All Commercial Plans $3,372.05 ↑ +413%

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Ihc/icc per specimen each multiplex antibody stain at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. Joseph Medical Center Tacoma $158.78 $202.02 – $881.87
MultiCare Allenmore Hospital Tacoma $657.60 $28.70 – $1,720.62
Providence St Luke's Rehabilitation Medical Center Spokane $189.63 $131.53 – $439.38
Providence St Joseph Hospital Chewelah $210.70 not published
Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus Seattle $188.16 $260.52 – $1,332.03
Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital Spokane $266.00 $286.57 – $1,020.28
Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill Seattle $188.16 $260.52 – $1,289.52
Swedish Issaquah Issaquah $188.16 $260.52 – $1,332.03

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