Immunofluorescence per specimen initial single antibody stain at MultiCare Mary Bridge Children's Hospital
317 Martin Luther King Jr Way, Tacoma, WA · Multicare · · NPI 1306952726
$906.00
Cash price 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.
$2,265.00
Gross charge 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 $2,549.13 with Kaiser — 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
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| WellPoint | Apple Health | $28.56 | ↓ -97% |
| Molina | Apple Health | $28.56 | ↓ -97% |
| Coordinated Care | Apple Health | $30.84 | ↓ -97% |
| United Healthcare | Apple Health | $30.84 | ↓ -97% |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | Apple Health | $30.84 | ↓ -97% |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | Cascade Care | $89.96 | ↓ -90% |
| Ambetter | Coordinated Care Exchange | $101.38 | ↓ -89% |
| SCAN | MedAdvantage | $194.86 | ↓ -78% |
| Aetna | MedAdvantage | $200.70 | ↓ -78% |
| Regence | MedAdvantage | $200.70 | ↓ -78% |
| United Healthcare | MedAdvantage HMO | $202.65 | ↓ -78% |
| Molina | MedAdvantage | $204.60 | ↓ -77% |
| WellCare | MedAdvantage | $204.60 | ↓ -77% |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | MedAdvantage | $214.34 | ↓ -76% |
| Premera | HMO | $294.59 | ↓ -67% |
| Premera | Signature | $624.07 | ↓ -31% |
| Premera | Prime | $638.11 | ↓ -30% |
| Premera | Other Commercial Plans | $784.26 | ↓ -13% |
| Regence | MCC/AHN | $867.77 | ↓ -4% |
| Regence | Blue High Performance | $867.77 | ↓ -4% |
| Regence | RealValue | $892.56 | ↓ -1% |
| Regence | Commercial | $991.74 | ↑ +9% |
| Uniform Medical | All Commercial Plans | $1,003.29 | ↑ +11% |
| First Choice | MHS Employee MCC/PPO | $1,170.37 | ↑ +29% |
| Aetna | All Commercial Plans | $1,172.30 | ↑ +29% |
| First Choice | MCC Wellfound Employee | $1,360.81 | ↑ +50% |
| First Choice | First Choice PPO | $1,360.81 | ↑ +50% |
| First Health | All Commercial Plans | $1,431.48 | ↑ +58% |
| Multiplan/PHCS | All Commercial Plans | $1,449.60 | ↑ +60% |
| Cigna | All Commercial Plans | $1,474.97 | ↑ +63% |
| United Healthcare | All Commercial Plans | $1,602.78 | ↑ +77% |
| Kaiser | HMO/PPO | $2,549.13 | ↑ +181% |
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Immunofluorescence per specimen initial single antibody stain at other Washington hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| St. Joseph Medical Center | Tacoma | $110.83 | $85.13 – $881.87 |
| MultiCare Allenmore Hospital | Tacoma | $906.00 | $28.70 – $1,500.63 |
| Providence St Joseph Hospital | Chewelah | $75.60 | not published |
| Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus | Seattle | $135.36 | $197.29 – $1,332.03 |
| Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital | Spokane | $306.60 | $189.85 – $1,020.28 |
| Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill | Seattle | $135.36 | $197.29 – $1,289.52 |
| Swedish Issaquah | Issaquah | $135.36 | $197.84 – $1,332.03 |
| Central Medical Center | Seattle | $607.20 | $547.00 – $547.00 |