Warde apolipoprotein b 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

$37.60

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.

$94.00

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.

$8.59 with Molina vs $162.81 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 $8.59 ↓ -77%
WellPoint Apple Health $8.59 ↓ -77%
United Healthcare Apple Health $9.28 ↓ -75%
Community Health Plan of Washington Apple Health $9.28 ↓ -75%
Coordinated Care Apple Health $9.28 ↓ -75%
SCAN MedAdvantage $20.67 ↓ -45%
Premera HMO $21.09 ↓ -44%
Premera Signature $21.09 ↓ -44%
Premera Prime $21.09 ↓ -44%
Regence Blue High Performance $21.22 ↓ -44%
Regence MCC/AHN $21.22 ↓ -44%
Regence MedAdvantage $21.29 ↓ -43%
Aetna MedAdvantage $21.29 ↓ -43%
United Healthcare MedAdvantage HMO $21.49 ↓ -43%
WellCare MedAdvantage $21.70 ↓ -42%
Molina MedAdvantage $21.70 ↓ -42%
Regence RealValue $21.83 ↓ -42%
Community Health Plan of Washington MedAdvantage $22.74 ↓ -40%
Uniform Medical All Commercial Plans $24.25 ↓ -36%
Regence Commercial $24.25 ↓ -36%
United Healthcare All Commercial Plans $25.31 ↓ -33%
Premera Other Commercial Plans $26.36 ↓ -30%
Community Health Plan of Washington Cascade Care $27.06 ↓ -28%
Ambetter Coordinated Care Exchange $30.49 ↓ -19%
First Choice MHS Employee MCC/PPO $48.44 ↑ +29%
First Choice First Choice PPO $56.33 ↑ +50%
First Choice MCC Wellfound Employee $56.33 ↑ +50%
First Health All Commercial Plans $59.25 ↑ +58%
Multiplan/PHCS All Commercial Plans $60.00 ↑ +60%
Cigna All Commercial Plans $61.05 ↑ +62%
Aetna All Commercial Plans $162.81 ↑ +333%
Kaiser HMO/PPO not published by hospital

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Warde apolipoprotein b at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. Joseph Medical Center Tacoma $38.99 $21.09 – $94.17
MultiCare Allenmore Hospital Tacoma $37.60 $8.63 – $41.34
Providence St Luke's Rehabilitation Medical Center Spokane $65.52 $21.09 – $23.20
Providence St Joseph Hospital Chewelah $86.80 not published
Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus Seattle $111.36 $18.98 – $99.12
Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital Spokane $103.60 $21.09 – $75.92
Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill Seattle $111.36 $18.98 – $95.96
Swedish Issaquah Issaquah $111.36 $18.98 – $99.12

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