Mayo androstenedione 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

$68.40

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.

$171.00

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.

$8.89 with Molina vs $226.04 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 $8.89 ↓ -87%
WellPoint Apple Health $8.89 ↓ -87%
United Healthcare Apple Health $9.60 ↓ -86%
Community Health Plan of Washington Apple Health $9.60 ↓ -86%
Coordinated Care Apple Health $9.60 ↓ -86%
Community Health Plan of Washington Cascade Care $28.00 ↓ -59%
SCAN MedAdvantage $28.69 ↓ -58%
Premera HMO $29.28 ↓ -57%
Premera Signature $29.28 ↓ -57%
Premera Prime $29.28 ↓ -57%
Regence MCC/AHN $29.46 ↓ -57%
Regence Blue High Performance $29.46 ↓ -57%
Aetna MedAdvantage $29.56 ↓ -57%
Regence MedAdvantage $29.56 ↓ -57%
United Healthcare MedAdvantage HMO $29.84 ↓ -56%
WellCare MedAdvantage $30.13 ↓ -56%
Molina MedAdvantage $30.13 ↓ -56%
Regence RealValue $30.30 ↓ -56%
Community Health Plan of Washington MedAdvantage $31.56 ↓ -54%
Ambetter Coordinated Care Exchange $31.56 ↓ -54%
Regence Commercial $33.67 ↓ -51%
Uniform Medical All Commercial Plans $33.67 ↓ -51%
United Healthcare All Commercial Plans $35.14 ↓ -49%
Premera Other Commercial Plans $36.60 ↓ -46%
First Choice MHS Employee MCC/PPO $88.49 ↑ +29%
First Choice First Choice PPO $102.89 ↑ +50%
First Choice MCC Wellfound Employee $102.89 ↑ +50%
First Health All Commercial Plans $108.23 ↑ +58%
Multiplan/PHCS All Commercial Plans $109.60 ↑ +60%
Cigna All Commercial Plans $111.52 ↑ +63%
Aetna All Commercial Plans $226.04 ↑ +230%
Kaiser HMO/PPO not published by hospital

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Mayo androstenedione at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. Joseph Medical Center Tacoma $145.25 $29.28 – $328.90
MultiCare Allenmore Hospital Tacoma $68.40 $8.93 – $57.39
Providence St Joseph Hospital Chewelah $160.30 not published
Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus Seattle $210.72 $26.35 – $137.62
Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital Spokane $197.40 $29.28 – $105.41
Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill Seattle $210.72 $26.35 – $133.22
Swedish Issaquah Issaquah $210.72 $26.35 – $137.62
Central Medical Center Seattle $131.20 $22.00 – $22.00

All Washington hospitals for this procedure →