Whole blood for transfusion at MultiCare Mary Bridge Children's Hospital
317 Martin Luther King Jr Way, Tacoma, WA · Multicare · · NPI 1306952726
$630.00
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.
$1,575.00
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.
$105.11 with Molina vs $1,790.15 with Kaiser — 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 | $105.11 | ↓ -83% |
| United Healthcare | Apple Health | $113.52 | ↓ -82% |
| WellPoint | Apple Health | $113.52 | ↓ -82% |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | Apple Health | $113.52 | ↓ -82% |
| Coordinated Care | Apple Health | $113.52 | ↓ -82% |
| SCAN | MedAdvantage | $212.52 | ↓ -66% |
| Aetna | MedAdvantage | $218.90 | ↓ -65% |
| Regence | MedAdvantage | $218.90 | ↓ -65% |
| United Healthcare | MedAdvantage HMO | $221.02 | ↓ -65% |
| WellCare | MedAdvantage | $223.15 | ↓ -65% |
| Molina | MedAdvantage | $223.15 | ↓ -65% |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | MedAdvantage | $233.77 | ↓ -63% |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | Cascade Care | $331.10 | ↓ -47% |
| Ambetter | Coordinated Care Exchange | $373.14 | ↓ -41% |
| Premera | HMO | $426.40 | ↓ -32% |
| Premera | Signature | $778.85 | ↑ +24% |
| Premera | Prime | $796.37 | ↑ +26% |
| First Choice | MHS Employee MCC/PPO | $813.83 | ↑ +29% |
| First Choice | MCC Wellfound Employee | $946.26 | ↑ +50% |
| First Choice | First Choice PPO | $946.26 | ↑ +50% |
| Premera | Other Commercial Plans | $978.76 | ↑ +55% |
| First Health | All Commercial Plans | $995.40 | ↑ +58% |
| Multiplan/PHCS | All Commercial Plans | $1,008.00 | ↑ +60% |
| Cigna | All Commercial Plans | $1,025.64 | ↑ +63% |
| Regence | Blue High Performance | $1,082.98 | ↑ +72% |
| Regence | MCC/AHN | $1,082.98 | ↑ +72% |
| Regence | RealValue | $1,113.92 | ↑ +77% |
| Regence | Commercial | $1,237.69 | ↑ +96% |
| Uniform Medical | All Commercial Plans | $1,252.11 | ↑ +99% |
| Aetna | All Commercial Plans | $1,540.01 | ↑ +144% |
| United Healthcare | All Commercial Plans | $1,748.06 | ↑ +177% |
| Kaiser | HMO/PPO | $1,790.15 | ↑ +184% |
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Whole blood for transfusion at other Washington hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| MultiCare Allenmore Hospital | Tacoma | $630.00 | $105.64 – $1,053.83 |
| Providence St Luke's Rehabilitation Medical Center | Spokane | $1,548.40 | $189.84 – $208.82 |
| Providence St Joseph Hospital | Chewelah | $1,057.00 | not published |
| Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus | Seattle | $288.00 | $189.84 – $576.73 |
| Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital | Spokane | $1,548.40 | $189.84 – $483.14 |
| Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill | Seattle | $288.00 | $189.84 – $534.24 |
| Swedish Issaquah | Issaquah | $288.00 | $189.84 – $566.04 |
| Central Medical Center | Seattle | $200.80 | not published |