Warde vitamin c (ascorbic acid) at MultiCare Mary Bridge Children's Hospital
317 Martin Luther King Jr Way, Tacoma, WA · Multicare · · NPI 1306952726
$25.20
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.
$63.00
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.
$3.45 with Molina vs $76.35 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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| Molina | Apple Health | $3.45 | ↓ -86% |
| WellPoint | Apple Health | $3.45 | ↓ -86% |
| United Healthcare | Apple Health | $3.73 | ↓ -85% |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | Apple Health | $3.73 | ↓ -85% |
| Coordinated Care | Apple Health | $3.73 | ↓ -85% |
| SCAN | MedAdvantage | $9.69 | ↓ -62% |
| Premera | HMO | $9.89 | ↓ -61% |
| Premera | Signature | $9.89 | ↓ -61% |
| Premera | Prime | $9.89 | ↓ -61% |
| Regence | Blue High Performance | $9.95 | ↓ -61% |
| Regence | MCC/AHN | $9.95 | ↓ -61% |
| Regence | MedAdvantage | $9.98 | ↓ -60% |
| Aetna | MedAdvantage | $9.98 | ↓ -60% |
| United Healthcare | MedAdvantage HMO | $10.08 | ↓ -60% |
| WellCare | MedAdvantage | $10.18 | ↓ -60% |
| Molina | MedAdvantage | $10.18 | ↓ -60% |
| Regence | RealValue | $10.24 | ↓ -59% |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | MedAdvantage | $10.66 | ↓ -58% |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | Cascade Care | $10.87 | ↓ -57% |
| Regence | Commercial | $11.37 | ↓ -55% |
| Uniform Medical | All Commercial Plans | $11.37 | ↓ -55% |
| United Healthcare | All Commercial Plans | $11.87 | ↓ -53% |
| Ambetter | Coordinated Care Exchange | $12.25 | ↓ -51% |
| Premera | Other Commercial Plans | $12.36 | ↓ -51% |
| First Choice | MHS Employee MCC/PPO | $32.30 | ↑ +28% |
| First Choice | MCC Wellfound Employee | $37.55 | ↑ +49% |
| First Choice | First Choice PPO | $37.55 | ↑ +49% |
| First Health | All Commercial Plans | $39.50 | ↑ +57% |
| Multiplan/PHCS | All Commercial Plans | $40.00 | ↑ +59% |
| Cigna | All Commercial Plans | $40.70 | ↑ +62% |
| Aetna | All Commercial Plans | $76.35 | ↑ +203% |
| Kaiser | HMO/PPO | not published by hospital | — |
Visitor-reported prices
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Warde vitamin c (ascorbic acid) at other Washington hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| St. Joseph Medical Center | Tacoma | $41.50 | $9.89 – $93.98 |
| MultiCare Allenmore Hospital | Tacoma | $25.20 | $3.47 – $19.38 |
| Providence St Joseph Hospital | Chewelah | $47.60 | not published |
| Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus | Seattle | $45.60 | $8.90 – $46.48 |
| Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital | Spokane | $42.70 | $9.89 – $35.60 |
| Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill | Seattle | $45.60 | $8.90 – $45.00 |
| Swedish Issaquah | Issaquah | $45.60 | $8.90 – $46.48 |
| Central Medical Center | Seattle | $44.00 | $8.00 – $8.00 |