Plaelet rich plasma unit 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

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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.

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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.

$105.11 with Molina vs $3,812.62 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 $105.11
United Healthcare Apple Health $113.52
Coordinated Care Apple Health $113.52
Community Health Plan of Washington Apple Health $113.52
WellPoint Apple Health $113.52
Community Health Plan of Washington Cascade Care $331.10
Ambetter Coordinated Care Exchange $373.14
SCAN MedAdvantage $626.67
Aetna MedAdvantage $645.47
Regence MedAdvantage $645.47
United Healthcare MedAdvantage HMO $651.74
Molina MedAdvantage $658.00
WellCare MedAdvantage $658.00
Community Health Plan of Washington MedAdvantage $689.34
Premera HMO $834.15
Premera Signature $2,104.53
Premera Prime $2,151.89
Premera Other Commercial Plans $2,644.72
Regence RealValue $3,009.95
Kaiser HMO/PPO $3,502.05
Aetna All Commercial Plans $3,812.62

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Plaelet rich plasma unit at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
MultiCare Allenmore Hospital Tacoma not published $105.64 – $2,630.15
Providence St Luke's Rehabilitation Medical Center Spokane $526.40 $424.01 – $615.77
Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital Spokane $526.40 $508.43 – $1,424.67
Kadlec Regional Medical Center Richland $1,029.70 $552.21 – $1,035.61
Providence Holy Family Hospital Spokane $526.40 $559.79 – $1,469.45
Providence Centralia Hospital Centralia not published $559.79 – $1,035.61
Swedish Edmonds Hospital Edmonds not published $559.79 – $1,421.87
Providence St Mary Medical Center Walla Walla not published $510.38 – $1,035.61

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