Inj., aristada initio, 1 mg 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

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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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Gross charge

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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.

$3.19 with SCAN vs $2,816.24 with Ambetter — 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
SCAN MedAdvantage $3.19
Aetna MedAdvantage $3.28
Regence MedAdvantage $3.28
United Healthcare MedAdvantage HMO $3.31
WellCare MedAdvantage $3.35
Molina MedAdvantage $3.35
Community Health Plan of Washington MedAdvantage $3.50
Premera HMO $4.76
Premera Signature $7.11
Premera Prime $7.11
Premera Other Commercial Plans $8.65
Regence RealValue $9.04
Kaiser HMO/PPO $23.20
Aetna All Commercial Plans $30.06
Molina Apple Health $793.31
WellPoint Apple Health $856.77
Coordinated Care Apple Health $856.77
Community Health Plan of Washington Apple Health $856.77
United Healthcare Apple Health $856.77
Community Health Plan of Washington Cascade Care $2,498.91
Ambetter Coordinated Care Exchange $2,816.24

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Inj., aristada initio, 1 mg at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. Joseph Medical Center Tacoma $5,031.62 $0.03 – $8.85
MultiCare Allenmore Hospital Tacoma not published $3.19 – $861.06
Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital Spokane $6,374.91 $2.41 – $6.57
Swedish Edmonds Hospital Edmonds $6,203.48 $3.25 – $6.14
Providence Holy Family Hospital Spokane $6,374.91 $3.09 – $6.88
Providence Regional Medical Center Everett - Colby Campus Everett $5,539.31 $2.63 – $6.72
St. Michael Medical Center Silverdale $6,705.05 $0.04 – $13.02
St. Anne Hospital Burien $4,639.03 $0.03 – $0.05

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