Mayo estrone 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

$51.20

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.

$128.00

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 $192.61 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 ↓ -83%
WellPoint Apple Health $8.89 ↓ -83%
United Healthcare Apple Health $9.60 ↓ -81%
Community Health Plan of Washington Apple Health $9.60 ↓ -81%
Coordinated Care Apple Health $9.60 ↓ -81%
SCAN MedAdvantage $24.45 ↓ -52%
Premera HMO $24.95 ↓ -51%
Premera Signature $24.95 ↓ -51%
Premera Prime $24.95 ↓ -51%
Regence Blue High Performance $25.11 ↓ -51%
Regence MCC/AHN $25.11 ↓ -51%
Regence MedAdvantage $25.18 ↓ -51%
Aetna MedAdvantage $25.18 ↓ -51%
United Healthcare MedAdvantage HMO $25.43 ↓ -50%
WellCare MedAdvantage $25.67 ↓ -50%
Molina MedAdvantage $25.67 ↓ -50%
Regence RealValue $25.82 ↓ -50%
Community Health Plan of Washington MedAdvantage $26.90 ↓ -47%
Community Health Plan of Washington Cascade Care $28.00 ↓ -45%
Regence Commercial $28.69 ↓ -44%
Uniform Medical All Commercial Plans $28.69 ↓ -44%
United Healthcare All Commercial Plans $29.94 ↓ -42%
Premera Other Commercial Plans $31.19 ↓ -39%
Ambetter Coordinated Care Exchange $31.56 ↓ -38%
First Choice MHS Employee MCC/PPO $65.88 ↑ +29%
First Choice MCC Wellfound Employee $76.60 ↑ +50%
First Choice First Choice PPO $76.60 ↑ +50%
First Health All Commercial Plans $80.58 ↑ +57%
Multiplan/PHCS All Commercial Plans $81.60 ↑ +59%
Cigna All Commercial Plans $83.03 ↑ +62%
Aetna All Commercial Plans $192.61 ↑ +276%
Kaiser HMO/PPO not published by hospital

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Mayo estrone at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. Joseph Medical Center Tacoma $91.34 $24.95 – $206.84
MultiCare Allenmore Hospital Tacoma $51.20 $8.93 – $48.90
Providence St Joseph Hospital Chewelah $105.00 not published
Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus Seattle $137.76 $22.46 – $117.27
Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital Spokane $123.90 $24.95 – $89.82
Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill Seattle $137.76 $22.46 – $113.52
Swedish Issaquah Issaquah $137.76 $22.46 – $117.27
Central Medical Center Seattle $112.00 $19.00 – $19.00

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