Rbc irradiated each 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

$626.40

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.

$1,566.00

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.

$105.11 with Molina vs $1,543.11 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.

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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 ↓ -83%
United Healthcare Apple Health $113.52 ↓ -82%
WellPoint Apple Health $113.52 ↓ -82%
Community Health Plan of Washington Apple Health $113.52 ↓ -82%
Coordinated Care Apple Health $113.52 ↓ -82%
SCAN MedAdvantage $162.57 ↓ -74%
Aetna MedAdvantage $167.45 ↓ -73%
Regence MedAdvantage $167.45 ↓ -73%
United Healthcare MedAdvantage HMO $169.07 ↓ -73%
WellCare MedAdvantage $170.70 ↓ -73%
Molina MedAdvantage $170.70 ↓ -73%
Community Health Plan of Washington MedAdvantage $178.83 ↓ -71%
Community Health Plan of Washington Cascade Care $331.10 ↓ -47%
Premera HMO $367.54 ↓ -41%
Ambetter Coordinated Care Exchange $373.14 ↓ -40%
First Choice MHS Employee MCC/PPO $809.31 ↑ +29%
Premera Signature $831.06 ↑ +33%
Premera Prime $849.76 ↑ +36%
First Choice MCC Wellfound Employee $941.00 ↑ +50%
First Choice First Choice PPO $941.00 ↑ +50%
First Health All Commercial Plans $989.87 ↑ +58%
Multiplan/PHCS All Commercial Plans $1,002.40 ↑ +60%
Cigna All Commercial Plans $1,019.94 ↑ +63%
Aetna All Commercial Plans $1,020.77 ↑ +63%
Premera Other Commercial Plans $1,044.37 ↑ +67%
Regence MCC/AHN $1,155.61 ↑ +84%
Regence Blue High Performance $1,155.61 ↑ +84%
Regence RealValue $1,188.62 ↑ +90%
Regence Commercial $1,320.69 ↑ +111%
Uniform Medical All Commercial Plans $1,336.08 ↑ +113%
United Healthcare All Commercial Plans $1,337.20 ↑ +113%
Kaiser HMO/PPO $1,543.11 ↑ +146%

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Rbc irradiated each unit at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
MultiCare Allenmore Hospital Tacoma $626.40 $105.64 – $908.41
Providence St Luke's Rehabilitation Medical Center Spokane $313.36 $145.22 – $159.74
Providence St Joseph Hospital Chewelah $63.00 not published
Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus Seattle $232.32 $145.22 – $849.15
Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital Spokane $313.36 $145.22 – $686.95
Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill Seattle $232.32 $145.22 – $801.44
Swedish Issaquah Issaquah $232.32 $145.22 – $849.15
Central Medical Center Seattle $155.60 not published

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