Inj cefazolin (wg crit care) at MultiCare Mary Bridge Children's Hospital
317 Martin Luther King Jr Way, Tacoma, WA · Multicare · · NPI 1306952726
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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.
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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.
$2.49 with Premera vs $10.65 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.
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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| Premera | Signature | $2.49 | — |
| Premera | Prime | $2.49 | — |
| Premera | Other Commercial Plans | $3.03 | — |
| Regence | RealValue | $3.11 | — |
| Kaiser | HMO/PPO | $8.49 | — |
| Aetna | All Commercial Plans | $10.65 | — |
Visitor-reported prices
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Inj cefazolin (wg crit care) at other Washington hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| MultiCare Allenmore Hospital | Tacoma | not published | $1.30 – $5.00 |
| Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital | Spokane | $70.66 | $1.62 – $2.44 |
| Providence Holy Family Hospital | Spokane | $70.66 | $1.62 – $2.44 |
| MultiCare Yakima Memorial Hospital | Yakima | $4.20 | $2.00 – $2.55 |
| MultiCare Good Samaritan Hospital | Puyallup | $6.28 | $1.30 – $5.00 |
| Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus | Seattle | not published | $1.08 – $1.80 |
| Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill | Seattle | not published | $1.08 – $1.80 |
| Swedish Issaquah | Issaquah | not published | $1.08 – $2.00 |