Theophylline therapeutic drug level 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

$35.20

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.

$88.00

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.

$7.41 with Molina vs $109.16 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
Molina Apple Health $7.41 ↓ -79%
WellPoint Apple Health $7.41 ↓ -79%
United Healthcare Apple Health $8.01 ↓ -77%
Community Health Plan of Washington Apple Health $8.01 ↓ -77%
Coordinated Care Apple Health $8.01 ↓ -77%
SCAN MedAdvantage $13.86 ↓ -61%
Premera HMO $14.14 ↓ -60%
Premera Signature $14.14 ↓ -60%
Premera Prime $14.14 ↓ -60%
Regence Blue High Performance $14.23 ↓ -60%
Regence MCC/AHN $14.23 ↓ -60%
Regence MedAdvantage $14.27 ↓ -59%
Aetna MedAdvantage $14.27 ↓ -59%
United Healthcare MedAdvantage HMO $14.41 ↓ -59%
WellCare MedAdvantage $14.55 ↓ -59%
Molina MedAdvantage $14.55 ↓ -59%
Regence RealValue $14.63 ↓ -58%
Community Health Plan of Washington MedAdvantage $15.24 ↓ -57%
Uniform Medical All Commercial Plans $16.26 ↓ -54%
Regence Commercial $16.26 ↓ -54%
United Healthcare All Commercial Plans $16.97 ↓ -52%
Premera Other Commercial Plans $17.68 ↓ -50%
Community Health Plan of Washington Cascade Care $23.35 ↓ -34%
Ambetter Coordinated Care Exchange $26.32 ↓ -25%
First Choice MHS Employee MCC/PPO $45.21 ↑ +28%
First Choice First Choice PPO $52.57 ↑ +49%
First Choice MCC Wellfound Employee $52.57 ↑ +49%
First Health All Commercial Plans $55.30 ↑ +57%
Multiplan/PHCS All Commercial Plans $56.00 ↑ +59%
Cigna All Commercial Plans $56.98 ↑ +62%
Aetna All Commercial Plans $109.16 ↑ +210%
Kaiser HMO/PPO not published by hospital

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Theophylline therapeutic drug level at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. Joseph Medical Center Tacoma $66.86 $14.14 – $151.40
MultiCare Allenmore Hospital Tacoma $35.20 $7.45 – $27.71
Providence St Luke's Rehabilitation Medical Center Spokane $78.12 $14.14 – $15.55
Providence St Joseph Hospital Chewelah $112.70 not published
Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus Seattle $78.24 $12.73 – $66.46
Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital Spokane $183.40 $14.14 – $50.90
Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill Seattle $78.24 $12.73 – $64.34
Swedish Issaquah Issaquah $78.24 $12.73 – $66.46

All Washington hospitals for this procedure →