Sr-89 stront chlor ther / mci 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.

$4,063.41 with SCAN vs $41,040.00 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
SCAN MedAdvantage $4,063.41
Aetna MedAdvantage $4,185.31
Regence MedAdvantage $4,185.31
United Healthcare MedAdvantage HMO $4,225.94
WellCare MedAdvantage $4,266.58
Molina MedAdvantage $4,266.58
Community Health Plan of Washington MedAdvantage $4,469.75
Premera HMO $6,650.52
Molina Apple Health $9,354.13
Premera Prime $9,560.12
Premera Signature $9,560.12
WellPoint Apple Health $10,102.46
Coordinated Care Apple Health $10,102.46
Community Health Plan of Washington Apple Health $10,102.46
United Healthcare Apple Health $10,102.46
Premera Other Commercial Plans $11,638.40
Regence RealValue $11,941.46
Community Health Plan of Washington Cascade Care $29,465.50
Kaiser HMO/PPO $32,610.96
Ambetter Coordinated Care Exchange $33,207.15
Aetna All Commercial Plans $41,040.00

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Sr-89 stront chlor ther / mci at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. Joseph Medical Center Tacoma $2,153.86 $3,942.79 – $11,281.78
MultiCare Allenmore Hospital Tacoma not published $4,063.41 – $19,197.55
St. Michael Medical Center Silverdale $2,870.19 $4,097.03 – $19,541.70
St. Anne Hospital Burien $1,985.80 $2,796.39 – $5,852.90
St. Anthony Hospital Gig Harbor $1,977.95 $3,942.79 – $11,281.78
St. Elizabeth Hospital Enumclaw $2,298.01 $1,105.55 – $5,852.90
St. Francis Hospital Federal Way $2,040.87 $3,942.79 – $11,281.78
St. Clare Hospital Lakewood $1,874.50 $3,942.79 – $11,281.78

All Washington hospitals for this procedure →