Russell viper venom diluted 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

$24.00

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.

$60.00

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.

$2.63 with WellPoint vs $73.96 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
WellPoint Apple Health $2.63 ↓ -89%
Molina Apple Health $2.63 ↓ -89%
Coordinated Care Apple Health $2.84 ↓ -88%
United Healthcare Apple Health $2.84 ↓ -88%
Community Health Plan of Washington Apple Health $2.84 ↓ -88%
Community Health Plan of Washington Cascade Care $8.28 ↓ -66%
Ambetter Coordinated Care Exchange $9.33 ↓ -61%
SCAN MedAdvantage $9.39 ↓ -61%
Premera HMO $9.58 ↓ -60%
Premera Prime $9.58 ↓ -60%
Premera Signature $9.58 ↓ -60%
Regence MCC/AHN $9.64 ↓ -60%
Regence Blue High Performance $9.64 ↓ -60%
Aetna MedAdvantage $9.67 ↓ -60%
Regence MedAdvantage $9.67 ↓ -60%
United Healthcare MedAdvantage HMO $9.76 ↓ -59%
Molina MedAdvantage $9.86 ↓ -59%
WellCare MedAdvantage $9.86 ↓ -59%
Regence RealValue $9.92 ↓ -59%
Community Health Plan of Washington MedAdvantage $10.33 ↓ -57%
Uniform Medical All Commercial Plans $11.02 ↓ -54%
Regence Commercial $11.02 ↓ -54%
United Healthcare All Commercial Plans $11.50 ↓ -52%
Premera Other Commercial Plans $11.98 ↓ -50%
First Choice MHS Employee MCC/PPO $31.00 ↑ +29%
First Choice MCC Wellfound Employee $36.05 ↑ +50%
First Choice First Choice PPO $36.05 ↑ +50%
First Health All Commercial Plans $37.92 ↑ +58%
Multiplan/PHCS All Commercial Plans $38.40 ↑ +60%
Cigna All Commercial Plans $39.07 ↑ +63%
Aetna All Commercial Plans $73.96 ↑ +208%
Kaiser HMO/PPO not published by hospital

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Russell viper venom diluted at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. Joseph Medical Center Tacoma $62.06 $9.58 – $140.52
MultiCare Allenmore Hospital Tacoma $24.00 $2.64 – $18.78
Providence St Luke's Rehabilitation Medical Center Spokane $62.37 $9.58 – $10.54
Providence St Joseph Hospital Chewelah $103.60 not published
Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus Seattle $61.92 $8.62 – $45.03
Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital Spokane $88.90 $9.58 – $34.49
Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill Seattle $61.92 $8.62 – $43.59
Swedish Issaquah Issaquah $61.92 $8.62 – $45.03

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