Virus isolation addl studies ea at MultiCare Mary Bridge Children's Hospital
317 Martin Luther King Jr Way, Tacoma, WA · Multicare · · NPI 1306952726
$51.20
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.
$128.00
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.
$5.09 with WellPoint vs $155.94 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.
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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| WellPoint | Apple Health | $5.09 | ↓ -90% |
| Molina | Apple Health | $5.09 | ↓ -90% |
| Coordinated Care | Apple Health | $5.50 | ↓ -89% |
| United Healthcare | Apple Health | $5.50 | ↓ -89% |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | Apple Health | $5.50 | ↓ -89% |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | Cascade Care | $16.04 | ↓ -69% |
| Ambetter | Coordinated Care Exchange | $18.08 | ↓ -65% |
| SCAN | MedAdvantage | $19.80 | ↓ -61% |
| Premera | HMO | $20.20 | ↓ -61% |
| Premera | Prime | $20.20 | ↓ -61% |
| Premera | Signature | $20.20 | ↓ -61% |
| Regence | MCC/AHN | $20.33 | ↓ -60% |
| Regence | Blue High Performance | $20.33 | ↓ -60% |
| Aetna | MedAdvantage | $20.39 | ↓ -60% |
| Regence | MedAdvantage | $20.39 | ↓ -60% |
| United Healthcare | MedAdvantage HMO | $20.59 | ↓ -60% |
| Molina | MedAdvantage | $20.79 | ↓ -59% |
| WellCare | MedAdvantage | $20.79 | ↓ -59% |
| Regence | RealValue | $20.91 | ↓ -59% |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | MedAdvantage | $21.78 | ↓ -57% |
| Uniform Medical | All Commercial Plans | $23.23 | ↓ -55% |
| Regence | Commercial | $23.23 | ↓ -55% |
| United Healthcare | All Commercial Plans | $24.24 | ↓ -53% |
| Premera | Other Commercial Plans | $25.25 | ↓ -51% |
| First Choice | MHS Employee MCC/PPO | $65.88 | ↑ +29% |
| First Choice | MCC Wellfound Employee | $76.60 | ↑ +50% |
| First Choice | First Choice PPO | $76.60 | ↑ +50% |
| First Health | All Commercial Plans | $80.58 | ↑ +57% |
| Multiplan/PHCS | All Commercial Plans | $81.60 | ↑ +59% |
| Cigna | All Commercial Plans | $83.03 | ↑ +62% |
| Aetna | All Commercial Plans | $155.94 | ↑ +205% |
| Kaiser | HMO/PPO | not published by hospital | — |
Visitor-reported prices
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Virus isolation addl studies ea at other Washington hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| St. Joseph Medical Center | Tacoma | $96.08 | $20.20 – $217.56 |
| MultiCare Allenmore Hospital | Tacoma | $51.20 | $5.12 – $39.59 |
| Providence St Joseph Hospital | Chewelah | $110.60 | not published |
| Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus | Seattle | $93.60 | $18.18 – $94.94 |
| Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital | Spokane | $178.50 | $20.20 – $72.72 |
| Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill | Seattle | $93.60 | $18.18 – $91.91 |
| Swedish Issaquah | Issaquah | $93.60 | $18.18 – $94.94 |
| Central Medical Center | Seattle | $91.20 | $15.00 – $15.00 |