Platelets pheresis pathogen-reduced each unit at MultiCare Mary Bridge Children's Hospital
317 Martin Luther King Jr Way, Tacoma, WA · Multicare · · NPI 1306952726
$1,746.00
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.
$4,365.00
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.
$264.16 with Molina vs $4,545.10 with Kaiser — 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 | $264.16 | ↓ -85% |
| United Healthcare | Apple Health | $285.29 | ↓ -84% |
| WellPoint | Apple Health | $285.29 | ↓ -84% |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | Apple Health | $285.29 | ↓ -84% |
| Coordinated Care | Apple Health | $285.29 | ↓ -84% |
| SCAN | MedAdvantage | $680.00 | ↓ -61% |
| Aetna | MedAdvantage | $700.40 | ↓ -60% |
| Regence | MedAdvantage | $700.40 | ↓ -60% |
| United Healthcare | MedAdvantage HMO | $707.20 | ↓ -59% |
| WellCare | MedAdvantage | $714.00 | ↓ -59% |
| Molina | MedAdvantage | $714.00 | ↓ -59% |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | MedAdvantage | $748.00 | ↓ -57% |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | Cascade Care | $832.11 | ↓ -52% |
| Ambetter | Coordinated Care Exchange | $937.77 | ↓ -46% |
| Premera | HMO | $1,082.58 | ↓ -38% |
| Premera | Signature | $2,114.05 | ↑ +21% |
| Premera | Prime | $2,161.62 | ↑ +24% |
| First Choice | MHS Employee MCC/PPO | $2,255.48 | ↑ +29% |
| First Choice | MCC Wellfound Employee | $2,622.49 | ↑ +50% |
| First Choice | First Choice PPO | $2,622.49 | ↑ +50% |
| Premera | Other Commercial Plans | $2,656.68 | ↑ +52% |
| First Health | All Commercial Plans | $2,758.68 | ↑ +58% |
| Multiplan/PHCS | All Commercial Plans | $2,793.60 | ↑ +60% |
| Cigna | All Commercial Plans | $2,842.49 | ↑ +63% |
| Regence | Blue High Performance | $2,939.56 | ↑ +68% |
| Regence | MCC/AHN | $2,939.56 | ↑ +68% |
| Regence | RealValue | $3,023.55 | ↑ +73% |
| Regence | Commercial | $3,359.50 | ↑ +92% |
| Uniform Medical | All Commercial Plans | $3,398.64 | ↑ +95% |
| Aetna | All Commercial Plans | $4,017.52 | ↑ +130% |
| Kaiser | HMO/PPO | $4,545.10 | ↑ +160% |
| United Healthcare | All Commercial Plans | not published by hospital | — |
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Platelets pheresis pathogen-reduced each unit at other Washington hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| St. Joseph Medical Center | Tacoma | $570.27 | $1,239.73 – $1,572.38 |
| MultiCare Allenmore Hospital | Tacoma | $1,746.00 | $265.48 – $2,853.97 |
| Providence St Luke's Rehabilitation Medical Center | Spokane | $1,548.40 | not published |
| Providence St Joseph Hospital | Chewelah | $1,057.00 | not published |
| Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus | Seattle | $879.36 | $607.43 – $2,723.44 |
| Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital | Spokane | $1,548.40 | $607.43 – $2,203.24 |
| Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill | Seattle | $879.36 | $607.43 – $2,570.44 |
| Swedish Issaquah | Issaquah | $879.36 | $607.43 – $2,723.44 |