Mayo cyanide 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

$49.20

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.

$123.00

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.

$7.75 with Molina vs $149.77 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 $7.75 ↓ -84%
WellPoint Apple Health $7.75 ↓ -84%
United Healthcare Apple Health $8.37 ↓ -83%
Community Health Plan of Washington Apple Health $8.37 ↓ -83%
Coordinated Care Apple Health $8.37 ↓ -83%
SCAN MedAdvantage $19.01 ↓ -61%
Premera HMO $19.40 ↓ -61%
Premera Signature $19.40 ↓ -61%
Premera Prime $19.40 ↓ -61%
Regence Blue High Performance $19.52 ↓ -60%
Regence MCC/AHN $19.52 ↓ -60%
Regence MedAdvantage $19.58 ↓ -60%
Aetna MedAdvantage $19.58 ↓ -60%
United Healthcare MedAdvantage HMO $19.77 ↓ -60%
WellCare MedAdvantage $19.96 ↓ -59%
Molina MedAdvantage $19.96 ↓ -59%
Regence RealValue $20.08 ↓ -59%
Community Health Plan of Washington MedAdvantage $20.91 ↓ -58%
Uniform Medical All Commercial Plans $22.31 ↓ -55%
Regence Commercial $22.31 ↓ -55%
Premera Other Commercial Plans $24.25 ↓ -51%
Community Health Plan of Washington Cascade Care $24.42 ↓ -50%
Ambetter Coordinated Care Exchange $27.52 ↓ -44%
First Choice MHS Employee MCC/PPO $63.30 ↑ +29%
First Choice First Choice PPO $73.60 ↑ +50%
First Choice MCC Wellfound Employee $73.60 ↑ +50%
First Health All Commercial Plans $77.42 ↑ +57%
Multiplan/PHCS All Commercial Plans $78.40 ↑ +59%
Cigna All Commercial Plans $79.77 ↑ +62%
Aetna All Commercial Plans $149.77 ↑ +204%
United Healthcare All Commercial Plans not published by hospital
Kaiser HMO/PPO not published by hospital

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Mayo cyanide at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. Joseph Medical Center Tacoma $100.28 $19.40 – $227.07
MultiCare Allenmore Hospital Tacoma $49.20 $7.79 – $38.02
Providence St Joseph Hospital Chewelah $166.60 not published
Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus Seattle $84.00 $17.46 – $91.18
Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital Spokane $130.20 $19.40 – $69.84
Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill Seattle $84.00 $17.46 – $88.27
Swedish Issaquah Issaquah $84.00 $17.46 – $91.18
Central Medical Center Seattle $87.20 $15.00 – $15.00

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