Immunoassay tumor qual 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

$53.60

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.

$134.00

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.

$7.37 with Molina vs $197.40 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 $7.37 ↓ -86%
WellPoint Apple Health $7.37 ↓ -86%
United Healthcare Apple Health $7.96 ↓ -85%
Community Health Plan of Washington Apple Health $7.96 ↓ -85%
Coordinated Care Apple Health $7.96 ↓ -85%
Community Health Plan of Washington Cascade Care $23.21 ↓ -57%
SCAN MedAdvantage $25.06 ↓ -53%
Premera Signature $25.57 ↓ -52%
Premera HMO $25.57 ↓ -52%
Premera Prime $25.57 ↓ -52%
Regence Blue High Performance $25.73 ↓ -52%
Regence MCC/AHN $25.73 ↓ -52%
Regence MedAdvantage $25.81 ↓ -52%
Aetna MedAdvantage $25.81 ↓ -52%
United Healthcare MedAdvantage HMO $26.06 ↓ -51%
Ambetter Coordinated Care Exchange $26.16 ↓ -51%
Molina MedAdvantage $26.31 ↓ -51%
WellCare MedAdvantage $26.31 ↓ -51%
Regence RealValue $26.46 ↓ -51%
Community Health Plan of Washington MedAdvantage $27.56 ↓ -49%
Regence Commercial $29.41 ↓ -45%
Uniform Medical All Commercial Plans $29.41 ↓ -45%
United Healthcare All Commercial Plans $30.68 ↓ -43%
Premera Other Commercial Plans $31.96 ↓ -40%
First Choice MHS Employee MCC/PPO $69.11 ↑ +29%
First Choice First Choice PPO $80.36 ↑ +50%
First Choice MCC Wellfound Employee $80.36 ↑ +50%
First Health All Commercial Plans $84.53 ↑ +58%
Multiplan/PHCS All Commercial Plans $85.60 ↑ +60%
Cigna All Commercial Plans $87.10 ↑ +63%
Aetna All Commercial Plans $197.40 ↑ +268%
Kaiser HMO/PPO not published by hospital

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Immunoassay tumor qual at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
MultiCare Allenmore Hospital Tacoma $53.60 $7.41 – $50.12
Central Medical Center Seattle $115.20 $20.00 – $20.00
Providence St Mary Medical Center Walla Walla $130.90 $25.57 – $47.30
MultiCare Auburn Medical Center Auburn $53.60 $7.24 – $50.12
MultiCare Good Samaritan Hospital Puyallup $53.60 $7.40 – $50.12
Virginia Mason Medical Center Seattle $56.10 $17.90 – $79.92
MultiCare Capital Medical Center Olympia $42.80 $7.79 – $46.36
MultiCare Covington Medical Center Covington $53.60 $7.24 – $50.12

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