Mayo vitamin b3 (niacin) 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

$34.40

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.

$86.00

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 $131.70 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 ↓ -75%
WellPoint Apple Health $8.59 ↓ -75%
United Healthcare Apple Health $9.28 ↓ -73%
Community Health Plan of Washington Apple Health $9.28 ↓ -73%
Coordinated Care Apple Health $9.28 ↓ -73%
SCAN MedAdvantage $16.72 ↓ -51%
Premera HMO $17.06 ↓ -50%
Premera Signature $17.06 ↓ -50%
Premera Prime $17.06 ↓ -50%
Regence Blue High Performance $17.17 ↓ -50%
Regence MCC/AHN $17.17 ↓ -50%
Regence MedAdvantage $17.22 ↓ -50%
Aetna MedAdvantage $17.22 ↓ -50%
United Healthcare MedAdvantage HMO $17.39 ↓ -49%
WellCare MedAdvantage $17.55 ↓ -49%
Molina MedAdvantage $17.55 ↓ -49%
Regence RealValue $17.66 ↓ -49%
Community Health Plan of Washington MedAdvantage $18.39 ↓ -47%
Uniform Medical All Commercial Plans $19.62 ↓ -43%
Regence Commercial $19.62 ↓ -43%
United Healthcare All Commercial Plans $20.47 ↓ -40%
Premera Other Commercial Plans $21.32 ↓ -38%
Community Health Plan of Washington Cascade Care $27.06 ↓ -21%
Ambetter Coordinated Care Exchange $30.49 ↓ -11%
First Choice MHS Employee MCC/PPO $44.57 ↑ +30%
First Choice First Choice PPO $51.82 ↑ +51%
First Choice MCC Wellfound Employee $51.82 ↑ +51%
First Health All Commercial Plans $54.51 ↑ +58%
Multiplan/PHCS All Commercial Plans $55.20 ↑ +60%
Cigna All Commercial Plans $56.17 ↑ +63%
Aetna All Commercial Plans $131.70 ↑ +283%
Kaiser HMO/PPO not published by hospital

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Mayo vitamin b3 (niacin) at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. Joseph Medical Center Tacoma $173.49 $17.06 – $392.85
MultiCare Allenmore Hospital Tacoma $34.40 $8.63 – $33.44
Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus Seattle $78.72 $15.35 – $80.18
Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill Seattle $78.72 $15.35 – $77.62
Swedish Issaquah Issaquah $78.72 $15.35 – $80.18
Central Medical Center Seattle $116.00 $13.00 – $13.00
Providence Centralia Hospital Centralia $318.76 $17.06 – $106.28
Providence St Mary Medical Center Walla Walla $149.10 $17.06 – $31.56

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