Inj, levothyroxine, freskabi at MultiCare Mary Bridge Children's Hospital
317 Martin Luther King Jr Way, Tacoma, WA · Multicare · · NPI 1306952726
$48.29
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.
$120.72
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.
$6.82 with SCAN vs $209.97 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.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| SCAN | MedAdvantage | $6.82 | ↓ -86% |
| United Healthcare | All Commercial Plans | $6.96 | ↓ -86% |
| Aetna | MedAdvantage | $7.02 | ↓ -85% |
| Regence | MedAdvantage | $7.02 | ↓ -85% |
| United Healthcare | MedAdvantage HMO | $7.09 | ↓ -85% |
| Molina | MedAdvantage | $7.16 | ↓ -85% |
| WellCare | MedAdvantage | $7.16 | ↓ -85% |
| Regence | MCC/AHN | $7.45 | ↓ -85% |
| Regence | Blue High Performance | $7.45 | ↓ -85% |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | MedAdvantage | $7.50 | ↓ -84% |
| Regence | RealValue | $7.66 | ↓ -84% |
| Regence | Commercial | $8.51 | ↓ -82% |
| Uniform Medical | All Commercial Plans | $10.91 | ↓ -77% |
| Premera | Prime | $19.37 | ↓ -60% |
| Premera | Signature | $19.37 | ↓ -60% |
| Premera | Other Commercial Plans | $23.58 | ↓ -51% |
| First Choice | MHS Employee MCC/PPO | $32.31 | ↓ -33% |
| Aetna | All Commercial Plans | $36.65 | ↓ -24% |
| First Choice | First Choice PPO | $37.57 | ↓ -22% |
| First Choice | MCC Wellfound Employee | $37.57 | ↓ -22% |
| First Health | All Commercial Plans | $39.52 | ↓ -18% |
| Cigna | All Commercial Plans | $39.83 | ↓ -18% |
| Multiplan/PHCS | All Commercial Plans | $40.02 | ↓ -17% |
| Molina | Apple Health | $59.15 | ↑ +22% |
| WellPoint | Apple Health | $63.88 | ↑ +32% |
| Coordinated Care | Apple Health | $63.88 | ↑ +32% |
| United Healthcare | Apple Health | $63.88 | ↑ +32% |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | Apple Health | $63.88 | ↑ +32% |
| Kaiser | HMO/PPO | $66.22 | ↑ +37% |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | Cascade Care | $186.31 | ↑ +286% |
| Ambetter | Coordinated Care Exchange | $209.97 | ↑ +335% |
| Premera | HMO | not published by hospital | — |
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Inj, levothyroxine, freskabi at other Washington hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| St. Joseph Medical Center | Tacoma | $288.88 | $54.53 – $81.79 |
| MultiCare Allenmore Hospital | Tacoma | $16.56 | $3.19 – $64.20 |
| Providence St Joseph Hospital | Chewelah | $727.90 | not published |
| Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus | Seattle | $214.16 | $2.66 – $21.14 |
| Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital | Spokane | $697.47 | $3.99 – $17.71 |
| Providence Mount Carmel Hospital | Colville | $727.90 | not published |
| Swedish Edmonds Hospital | Edmonds | $214.16 | $3.19 – $17.68 |
| Providence St Mary Medical Center | Walla Walla | $573.94 | $2.66 – $20.47 |