Test pathogen(s) for platelets reference at MultiCare Mary Bridge Children's Hospital
317 Martin Luther King Jr Way, Tacoma, WA · Multicare · · NPI 1306952726
$185.20
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.
$463.00
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.
$6.79 with Molina vs $554.97 with United Healthcare — 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 | $6.79 | ↓ -96% |
| Coordinated Care | Apple Health | $7.33 | ↓ -96% |
| United Healthcare | Apple Health | $7.33 | ↓ -96% |
| WellPoint | Apple Health | $7.33 | ↓ -96% |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | Apple Health | $7.33 | ↓ -96% |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | Cascade Care | $21.38 | ↓ -88% |
| Ambetter | Coordinated Care Exchange | $24.09 | ↓ -87% |
| SCAN | MedAdvantage | $67.47 | ↓ -64% |
| Aetna | MedAdvantage | $69.49 | ↓ -62% |
| Regence | MedAdvantage | $69.49 | ↓ -62% |
| United Healthcare | MedAdvantage HMO | $70.17 | ↓ -62% |
| Molina | MedAdvantage | $70.84 | ↓ -62% |
| WellCare | MedAdvantage | $70.84 | ↓ -62% |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | MedAdvantage | $74.22 | ↓ -60% |
| Premera | HMO | $107.68 | ↓ -42% |
| Premera | Signature | $223.47 | ↑ +21% |
| Premera | Prime | $228.50 | ↑ +23% |
| First Choice | MHS Employee MCC/PPO | $238.98 | ↑ +29% |
| First Choice | MCC Wellfound Employee | $277.87 | ↑ +50% |
| First Choice | First Choice PPO | $277.87 | ↑ +50% |
| Premera | Other Commercial Plans | $280.83 | ↑ +52% |
| First Health | All Commercial Plans | $292.30 | ↑ +58% |
| Multiplan/PHCS | All Commercial Plans | $296.00 | ↑ +60% |
| Cigna | All Commercial Plans | $301.18 | ↑ +63% |
| Regence | Blue High Performance | $310.76 | ↑ +68% |
| Regence | MCC/AHN | $310.76 | ↑ +68% |
| Regence | RealValue | $319.64 | ↑ +73% |
| Regence | Commercial | $355.16 | ↑ +92% |
| Uniform Medical | All Commercial Plans | $359.30 | ↑ +94% |
| Aetna | All Commercial Plans | $406.32 | ↑ +119% |
| Kaiser | HMO/PPO | $452.08 | ↑ +144% |
| United Healthcare | All Commercial Plans | $554.97 | ↑ +200% |
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Test pathogen(s) for platelets reference at other Washington hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| MultiCare Allenmore Hospital | Tacoma | $185.20 | $6.82 – $283.18 |
| Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus | Seattle | $256.80 | $68.31 – $207.53 |
| Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill | Seattle | $256.80 | $68.31 – $161.53 |
| Swedish Issaquah | Issaquah | $256.80 | $68.50 – $166.85 |
| Swedish Edmonds Hospital | Edmonds | $228.00 | $67.18 – $170.64 |
| Providence Regional Medical Center Everett - Colby Campus | Everett | $278.20 | $67.18 – $155.86 |
| MultiCare Valley Hospital | Spokane Valley | $105.20 | $6.51 – $255.79 |
| MultiCare Yakima Memorial Hospital | Yakima | $105.60 | $64.97 – $190.36 |