Warde 1003990 aldosterone 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

$94.40

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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.

$236.00

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.

$8.89 with WellPoint vs $314.59 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
WellPoint Apple Health $8.89 ↓ -91%
Molina Apple Health $8.89 ↓ -91%
Coordinated Care Apple Health $9.60 ↓ -90%
United Healthcare Apple Health $9.60 ↓ -90%
Community Health Plan of Washington Apple Health $9.60 ↓ -90%
Community Health Plan of Washington Cascade Care $28.00 ↓ -70%
Ambetter Coordinated Care Exchange $31.56 ↓ -67%
SCAN MedAdvantage $39.94 ↓ -58%
Premera HMO $40.75 ↓ -57%
Premera Prime $40.75 ↓ -57%
Premera Signature $40.75 ↓ -57%
Regence MCC/AHN $41.00 ↓ -57%
Regence Blue High Performance $41.00 ↓ -57%
Aetna MedAdvantage $41.13 ↓ -56%
Regence MedAdvantage $41.13 ↓ -56%
United Healthcare MedAdvantage HMO $41.53 ↓ -56%
Molina MedAdvantage $41.93 ↓ -56%
WellCare MedAdvantage $41.93 ↓ -56%
Regence RealValue $42.18 ↓ -55%
Community Health Plan of Washington MedAdvantage $43.93 ↓ -53%
Uniform Medical All Commercial Plans $46.86 ↓ -50%
Regence Commercial $46.86 ↓ -50%
United Healthcare All Commercial Plans $48.90 ↓ -48%
Premera Other Commercial Plans $50.94 ↓ -46%
First Choice MHS Employee MCC/PPO $122.08 ↑ +29%
First Choice MCC Wellfound Employee $141.94 ↑ +50%
First Choice First Choice PPO $141.94 ↑ +50%
First Health All Commercial Plans $149.31 ↑ +58%
Multiplan/PHCS All Commercial Plans $151.20 ↑ +60%
Cigna All Commercial Plans $153.85 ↑ +63%
Aetna All Commercial Plans $314.59 ↑ +233%
Kaiser HMO/PPO not published by hospital

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Warde 1003990 aldosterone at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. Joseph Medical Center Tacoma $171.80 $40.75 – $389.03
MultiCare Allenmore Hospital Tacoma $94.40 $8.93 – $79.87
Providence St Luke's Rehabilitation Medical Center Spokane $403.83 $40.75 – $44.82
Providence St Joseph Hospital Chewelah $210.70 not published
Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus Seattle $292.80 $36.68 – $191.53
Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital Spokane $535.50 $40.75 – $146.70
Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill Seattle $292.80 $36.68 – $185.41
Swedish Issaquah Issaquah $292.80 $36.68 – $191.53

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