Pegaspargase injection at MultiCare Mary Bridge Children's Hospital
317 Martin Luther King Jr Way, Tacoma, WA · Multicare · · NPI 1306952726
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Cash price 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.
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Gross charge 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.
$13,061.82 with Molina vs $259,877.13 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
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| Molina | Apple Health | $13,061.82 | — |
| United Healthcare | Apple Health | $14,106.77 | — |
| Coordinated Care | Apple Health | $14,106.77 | — |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | Apple Health | $14,106.77 | — |
| WellPoint | Apple Health | $14,106.77 | — |
| SCAN | MedAdvantage | $27,855.58 | — |
| Regence | MedAdvantage | $28,691.25 | — |
| Aetna | MedAdvantage | $28,691.25 | — |
| United Healthcare | MedAdvantage HMO | $28,969.80 | — |
| WellCare | MedAdvantage | $29,248.36 | — |
| Molina | MedAdvantage | $29,248.36 | — |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | MedAdvantage | $30,641.14 | — |
| Premera | HMO | $37,723.21 | — |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | Cascade Care | $41,144.75 | — |
| Ambetter | Coordinated Care Exchange | $46,369.48 | — |
| Premera | Signature | $59,297.35 | — |
| Premera | Prime | $59,297.35 | — |
| Premera | Other Commercial Plans | $72,188.08 | — |
| Regence | RealValue | $77,802.80 | — |
| Kaiser | HMO/PPO | $185,433.18 | — |
| Aetna | All Commercial Plans | $259,877.13 | — |
Visitor-reported prices
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Pegaspargase injection at other Washington hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| St. Joseph Medical Center | Tacoma | $51,549.89 | $11,049.41 – $116,735.22 |
| MultiCare Allenmore Hospital | Tacoma | not published | $13,127.21 – $109,161.56 |
| Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital | Spokane | $56,102.26 | $20,109.54 – $52,584.51 |
| Providence St Mary Medical Center | Walla Walla | $80,326.32 | $27,014.86 – $190,918.55 |
| Providence Holy Family Hospital | Spokane | $56,102.26 | $25,781.46 – $65,377.89 |
| Providence St Peter Hospital | Olympia | $42,938.87 | $24,160.45 – $92,804.55 |
| St. Michael Medical Center | Silverdale | $68,694.47 | $30,057.42 – $140,082.26 |
| St. Anne Hospital | Burien | $47,527.66 | $13,243.23 – $140,082.26 |