Mayo organic acids qualitative each specimen 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

$48.00

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.

$120.00

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 $126.99 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 ↓ -82%
WellPoint Apple Health $8.59 ↓ -82%
United Healthcare Apple Health $9.28 ↓ -81%
Community Health Plan of Washington Apple Health $9.28 ↓ -81%
Coordinated Care Apple Health $9.28 ↓ -81%
SCAN MedAdvantage $16.12 ↓ -66%
Premera HMO $16.45 ↓ -66%
Premera Signature $16.45 ↓ -66%
Premera Prime $16.45 ↓ -66%
Regence Blue High Performance $16.55 ↓ -66%
Regence MCC/AHN $16.55 ↓ -66%
Regence MedAdvantage $16.60 ↓ -65%
Aetna MedAdvantage $16.60 ↓ -65%
United Healthcare MedAdvantage HMO $16.77 ↓ -65%
WellCare MedAdvantage $16.93 ↓ -65%
Molina MedAdvantage $16.93 ↓ -65%
Regence RealValue $17.03 ↓ -65%
Community Health Plan of Washington MedAdvantage $17.73 ↓ -63%
Uniform Medical All Commercial Plans $18.92 ↓ -61%
Regence Commercial $18.92 ↓ -61%
United Healthcare All Commercial Plans $19.74 ↓ -59%
Premera Other Commercial Plans $20.56 ↓ -57%
Community Health Plan of Washington Cascade Care $27.06 ↓ -44%
Ambetter Coordinated Care Exchange $30.49 ↓ -36%
First Choice MHS Employee MCC/PPO $62.01 ↑ +29%
First Choice First Choice PPO $72.10 ↑ +50%
First Choice MCC Wellfound Employee $72.10 ↑ +50%
First Health All Commercial Plans $75.84 ↑ +58%
Multiplan/PHCS All Commercial Plans $76.80 ↑ +60%
Cigna All Commercial Plans $78.14 ↑ +63%
Aetna All Commercial Plans $126.99 ↑ +165%
Kaiser HMO/PPO not published by hospital

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Mayo organic acids qualitative each specimen at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
MultiCare Allenmore Hospital Tacoma $48.00 $8.63 – $32.24
Providence St Joseph Hospital Chewelah $644.00 not published
Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus Seattle $75.84 $14.80 – $77.32
Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital Spokane $408.80 $16.45 – $59.22
Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill Seattle $75.84 $14.80 – $74.85
Swedish Issaquah Issaquah $75.84 $14.80 – $77.32
Central Medical Center Seattle $73.60 $13.00 – $13.00
Providence Mount Carmel Hospital Colville $1,043.70 not published

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