Lactoferrin fecal quant 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

$40.40

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.

$101.00

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.

$8.59 with Molina vs $151.54 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 $8.59 ↓ -79%
WellPoint Apple Health $8.59 ↓ -79%
United Healthcare Apple Health $9.28 ↓ -77%
Community Health Plan of Washington Apple Health $9.28 ↓ -77%
Coordinated Care Apple Health $9.28 ↓ -77%
SCAN MedAdvantage $19.24 ↓ -52%
Premera HMO $19.63 ↓ -51%
Premera Signature $19.63 ↓ -51%
Premera Prime $19.63 ↓ -51%
Regence Blue High Performance $19.75 ↓ -51%
Regence MCC/AHN $19.75 ↓ -51%
Regence MedAdvantage $19.81 ↓ -51%
Aetna MedAdvantage $19.81 ↓ -51%
United Healthcare MedAdvantage HMO $20.01 ↓ -50%
WellCare MedAdvantage $20.20 ↓ -50%
Molina MedAdvantage $20.20 ↓ -50%
Regence RealValue $20.32 ↓ -50%
Community Health Plan of Washington MedAdvantage $21.16 ↓ -48%
Uniform Medical All Commercial Plans $22.57 ↓ -44%
Regence Commercial $22.57 ↓ -44%
United Healthcare All Commercial Plans $23.56 ↓ -42%
Premera Other Commercial Plans $24.54 ↓ -39%
Community Health Plan of Washington Cascade Care $27.06 ↓ -33%
Ambetter Coordinated Care Exchange $30.49 ↓ -25%
First Choice MHS Employee MCC/PPO $52.32 ↑ +30%
First Choice First Choice PPO $60.83 ↑ +51%
First Choice MCC Wellfound Employee $60.83 ↑ +51%
First Health All Commercial Plans $63.99 ↑ +58%
Multiplan/PHCS All Commercial Plans $64.80 ↑ +60%
Cigna All Commercial Plans $65.93 ↑ +63%
Aetna All Commercial Plans $151.54 ↑ +275%
Kaiser HMO/PPO not published by hospital

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Lactoferrin fecal quant at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. Joseph Medical Center Tacoma $78.26 $19.63 – $177.21
MultiCare Allenmore Hospital Tacoma $40.40 $8.63 – $38.47
Providence St Joseph Hospital Chewelah $114.10 not published
Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus Seattle $141.60 $17.67 – $92.26
Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital Spokane $131.60 $19.63 – $70.67
Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill Seattle $141.60 $17.67 – $89.32
Swedish Issaquah Issaquah $141.60 $17.67 – $92.26
Providence Mount Carmel Hospital Colville $157.50 not published

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