Mayo analysis microarray cytogenomic copy number/snp variants 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

$1,398.00

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.

$3,495.00

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.

$285.49 with WellPoint vs $3,584.40 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
WellPoint Apple Health $285.49 ↓ -80%
Molina Apple Health $285.49 ↓ -80%
Coordinated Care Apple Health $308.33 ↓ -78%
United Healthcare Apple Health $308.33 ↓ -78%
Community Health Plan of Washington Apple Health $308.33 ↓ -78%
Community Health Plan of Washington Cascade Care $899.31 ↓ -36%
Ambetter Coordinated Care Exchange $1,013.50 ↓ -28%
SCAN MedAdvantage $1,136.80 ↓ -19%
Premera HMO $1,160.00 ↓ -17%
Premera Prime $1,160.00 ↓ -17%
Premera Signature $1,160.00 ↓ -17%
Regence MCC/AHN $1,167.25 ↓ -17%
Regence Blue High Performance $1,167.25 ↓ -17%
Aetna MedAdvantage $1,170.90 ↓ -16%
Regence MedAdvantage $1,170.90 ↓ -16%
United Healthcare MedAdvantage HMO $1,182.27 ↓ -15%
Molina MedAdvantage $1,193.64 ↓ -15%
WellCare MedAdvantage $1,193.64 ↓ -15%
Regence RealValue $1,200.60 ↓ -14%
Community Health Plan of Washington MedAdvantage $1,250.48 ↓ -11%
Uniform Medical All Commercial Plans $1,334.00 ↓ -5%
Regence Commercial $1,334.00 ↓ -5%
United Healthcare All Commercial Plans $1,392.00 ↓ -0%
Premera Other Commercial Plans $1,450.00 ↑ +4%
First Choice MHS Employee MCC/PPO $1,805.94 ↑ +29%
First Choice MCC Wellfound Employee $2,099.80 ↑ +50%
First Choice First Choice PPO $2,099.80 ↑ +50%
First Health All Commercial Plans $2,208.84 ↑ +58%
Multiplan/PHCS All Commercial Plans $2,236.80 ↑ +60%
Cigna All Commercial Plans $2,275.94 ↑ +63%
Aetna All Commercial Plans $3,584.40 ↑ +156%
Kaiser HMO/PPO not published by hospital

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Mayo analysis microarray cytogenomic copy number/snp variants at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. Joseph Medical Center Tacoma $1,153.72 $765.60 – $2,320.00
MultiCare Allenmore Hospital Tacoma $1,398.00 $286.92 – $2,273.60
Providence St Luke's Rehabilitation Medical Center Spokane $657.72 $1,160.00 – $1,276.00
Providence St Joseph Hospital Chewelah $1,080.80 not published
Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus Seattle $401.28 $1,044.00 – $3,524.08
Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital Spokane $2,143.40 $1,160.00 – $2,952.20
Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill Seattle $401.28 $1,044.00 – $3,480.00
Swedish Issaquah Issaquah $401.28 $1,044.00 – $2,575.20

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