Warde protein c antigen 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

$29.60

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.

$74.00

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.

$2.63 with WellPoint vs $92.72 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 $2.63 ↓ -91%
Molina Apple Health $2.63 ↓ -91%
Coordinated Care Apple Health $2.84 ↓ -90%
United Healthcare Apple Health $2.84 ↓ -90%
Community Health Plan of Washington Apple Health $2.84 ↓ -90%
Community Health Plan of Washington Cascade Care $8.28 ↓ -72%
Ambetter Coordinated Care Exchange $9.33 ↓ -68%
SCAN MedAdvantage $11.77 ↓ -60%
Premera HMO $12.01 ↓ -59%
Premera Prime $12.01 ↓ -59%
Premera Signature $12.01 ↓ -59%
Regence MCC/AHN $12.09 ↓ -59%
Regence Blue High Performance $12.09 ↓ -59%
Aetna MedAdvantage $12.12 ↓ -59%
Regence MedAdvantage $12.12 ↓ -59%
United Healthcare MedAdvantage HMO $12.24 ↓ -59%
Molina MedAdvantage $12.36 ↓ -58%
WellCare MedAdvantage $12.36 ↓ -58%
Regence RealValue $12.43 ↓ -58%
Community Health Plan of Washington MedAdvantage $12.95 ↓ -56%
Uniform Medical All Commercial Plans $13.81 ↓ -53%
Regence Commercial $13.81 ↓ -53%
United Healthcare All Commercial Plans $14.41 ↓ -51%
Premera Other Commercial Plans $15.01 ↓ -49%
First Choice MHS Employee MCC/PPO $38.11 ↑ +29%
First Choice MCC Wellfound Employee $44.31 ↑ +50%
First Choice First Choice PPO $44.31 ↑ +50%
First Health All Commercial Plans $46.61 ↑ +57%
Multiplan/PHCS All Commercial Plans $47.20 ↑ +59%
Cigna All Commercial Plans $48.03 ↑ +62%
Aetna All Commercial Plans $92.72 ↑ +213%
Kaiser HMO/PPO not published by hospital

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Warde protein c antigen at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. Joseph Medical Center Tacoma $184.97 $12.01 – $418.86
MultiCare Allenmore Hospital Tacoma $29.60 $2.64 – $23.54
Providence St Luke's Rehabilitation Medical Center Spokane $167.58 $12.01 – $13.21
Providence St Joseph Hospital Chewelah $161.70 not published
Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus Seattle $84.00 $10.81 – $56.45
Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital Spokane $186.20 $12.01 – $43.24
Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill Seattle $84.00 $10.81 – $54.65
Swedish Issaquah Issaquah $84.00 $10.81 – $56.45

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