Warde topiramate therapeutic drug level 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

$31.20

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.

$78.00

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.

$7.41 with Molina vs $92.02 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 $7.41 ↓ -76%
WellPoint Apple Health $7.41 ↓ -76%
United Healthcare Apple Health $8.01 ↓ -74%
Community Health Plan of Washington Apple Health $8.01 ↓ -74%
Coordinated Care Apple Health $8.01 ↓ -74%
SCAN MedAdvantage $11.68 ↓ -63%
Premera HMO $11.92 ↓ -62%
Premera Signature $11.92 ↓ -62%
Premera Prime $11.92 ↓ -62%
Regence Blue High Performance $11.99 ↓ -62%
Regence MCC/AHN $11.99 ↓ -62%
Regence MedAdvantage $12.03 ↓ -61%
Aetna MedAdvantage $12.03 ↓ -61%
United Healthcare MedAdvantage HMO $12.15 ↓ -61%
WellCare MedAdvantage $12.27 ↓ -61%
Molina MedAdvantage $12.27 ↓ -61%
Regence RealValue $12.34 ↓ -60%
Community Health Plan of Washington MedAdvantage $12.85 ↓ -59%
Uniform Medical All Commercial Plans $13.71 ↓ -56%
Regence Commercial $13.71 ↓ -56%
United Healthcare All Commercial Plans $14.30 ↓ -54%
Premera Other Commercial Plans $14.90 ↓ -52%
Community Health Plan of Washington Cascade Care $23.35 ↓ -25%
Ambetter Coordinated Care Exchange $26.32 ↓ -16%
First Choice MHS Employee MCC/PPO $40.05 ↑ +28%
First Choice First Choice PPO $46.56 ↑ +49%
First Choice MCC Wellfound Employee $46.56 ↑ +49%
First Health All Commercial Plans $48.98 ↑ +57%
Multiplan/PHCS All Commercial Plans $49.60 ↑ +59%
Cigna All Commercial Plans $50.47 ↑ +62%
Aetna All Commercial Plans $92.02 ↑ +195%
Kaiser HMO/PPO not published by hospital

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Warde topiramate therapeutic drug level at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. Joseph Medical Center Tacoma $90.83 $11.92 – $205.68
MultiCare Allenmore Hospital Tacoma $31.20 $7.45 – $23.36
Providence St Joseph Hospital Chewelah $140.70 not published
Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus Seattle $65.28 $10.73 – $56.02
Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital Spokane $240.80 $11.92 – $42.91
Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill Seattle $65.28 $10.73 – $54.24
Swedish Issaquah Issaquah $65.28 $10.73 – $56.02
Central Medical Center Seattle $53.60 $9.00 – $9.00

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