Thromboxane urine 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

$49.20

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.

$123.00

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.

$22.59 with Molina vs $271.05 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 $22.59 ↓ -54%
WellPoint Apple Health $22.59 ↓ -54%
United Healthcare Apple Health $24.40 ↓ -50%
Community Health Plan of Washington Apple Health $24.40 ↓ -50%
Coordinated Care Apple Health $24.40 ↓ -50%
SCAN MedAdvantage $34.41 ↓ -30%
Premera HMO $35.11 ↓ -29%
Premera Signature $35.11 ↓ -29%
Premera Prime $35.11 ↓ -29%
Regence Blue High Performance $35.33 ↓ -28%
Regence MCC/AHN $35.33 ↓ -28%
Regence MedAdvantage $35.44 ↓ -28%
Aetna MedAdvantage $35.44 ↓ -28%
United Healthcare MedAdvantage HMO $35.78 ↓ -27%
WellCare MedAdvantage $36.13 ↓ -27%
Molina MedAdvantage $36.13 ↓ -27%
Regence RealValue $36.34 ↓ -26%
Community Health Plan of Washington MedAdvantage $37.85 ↓ -23%
Uniform Medical All Commercial Plans $40.38 ↓ -18%
Regence Commercial $40.38 ↓ -18%
United Healthcare All Commercial Plans $42.13 ↓ -14%
Premera Other Commercial Plans $43.89 ↓ -11%
First Choice MHS Employee MCC/PPO $63.30 ↑ +29%
Community Health Plan of Washington Cascade Care $71.17 ↑ +45%
First Choice MCC Wellfound Employee $73.60 ↑ +50%
First Choice First Choice PPO $73.60 ↑ +50%
First Health All Commercial Plans $77.42 ↑ +57%
Multiplan/PHCS All Commercial Plans $78.40 ↑ +59%
Cigna All Commercial Plans $79.77 ↑ +62%
Ambetter Coordinated Care Exchange $80.21 ↑ +63%
Aetna All Commercial Plans $271.05 ↑ +451%
Kaiser HMO/PPO not published by hospital

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Thromboxane urine at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. Joseph Medical Center Tacoma $51.19 $35.11 – $115.91
MultiCare Allenmore Hospital Tacoma $49.20 $22.71 – $68.82
Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus Seattle $121.92 $31.60 – $165.02
Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital Spokane $382.90 $35.11 – $126.40
Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill Seattle $121.92 $31.60 – $159.75
Swedish Issaquah Issaquah $121.92 $31.60 – $165.02
St. Michael Medical Center Silverdale $68.21 $35.11 – $139.09
St. Anne Hospital Burien $47.19 $35.11 – $139.09

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