Abdominal paracentesis w/image guidance at MultiCare Auburn Medical Center
202 North Division Street, Auburn, WA · Multicare · · NPI 1255327201
$953.20
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.
$2,383.00
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.
$512.79 with Molina vs $4,998.45 with First Choice — 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 | $512.79 | ↓ -46% |
| United Healthcare | Apple Health | $553.81 | ↓ -42% |
| WellPoint | Apple Health | $553.81 | ↓ -42% |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | Apple Health | $553.81 | ↓ -42% |
| Coordinated Care | Apple Health | $553.81 | ↓ -42% |
| SCAN | MedAdvantage | $1,032.16 | ↑ +8% |
| Molina | MedAdvantage | $1,032.16 | ↑ +8% |
| Regence | MedAdvantage | $1,063.13 | ↑ +12% |
| Aetna | MedAdvantage | $1,063.13 | ↑ +12% |
| United Healthcare | MedAdvantage | $1,073.45 | ↑ +13% |
| WellCare | MedAdvantage | $1,083.77 | ↑ +14% |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | MedAdvantage | $1,135.38 | ↑ +19% |
| Premera | HMO | $1,449.82 | ↑ +52% |
| First Health | All Commercial Plans | $1,739.59 | ↑ +83% |
| Multiplan/PHCS | All Commercial Plans | $1,739.59 | ↑ +83% |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | Cascade Care | $1,740.22 | ↑ +83% |
| Ambetter | Coordinated Care Exchange | $2,064.32 | ↑ +117% |
| Uniform Medical | All Commercial Plans | $2,206.73 | ↑ +132% |
| First Choice | MHS Employee MCC/PPO | $2,649.18 | ↑ +178% |
| Regence | Blue High Performance | $2,976.06 | ↑ +212% |
| Regence | MCC/AHN | $2,976.06 | ↑ +212% |
| Regence | RealValue | $3,061.09 | ↑ +221% |
| Premera | Signature | $3,312.06 | ↑ +247% |
| Premera | Prime | $3,386.59 | ↑ +255% |
| Regence | Commercial | $3,401.21 | ↑ +257% |
| First Choice | MCC Wellfound Employee | $3,698.85 | ↑ +288% |
| Kaiser | PPO | $3,822.11 | ↑ +301% |
| Premera | Other Commercial Plans | $4,162.19 | ↑ +337% |
| Cigna | All Commercial Plans | $4,353.73 | ↑ +357% |
| Aetna | All Commercial Plans | $4,373.99 | ↑ +359% |
| United Healthcare | All Commercial Plans | $4,628.33 | ↑ +386% |
| First Choice | PPO | $4,998.45 | ↑ +424% |
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Abdominal paracentesis w/image guidance at other Washington hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Providence St Joseph Hospital | Chewelah | $800.10 | not published |
| Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus | Seattle | $2,480.64 | $1,050.28 – $3,693.82 |
| Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital | Spokane | $2,401.70 | $1,010.69 – $2,572.22 |
| Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill | Seattle | $2,480.64 | $1,050.28 – $3,575.94 |
| Swedish Issaquah | Issaquah | $2,480.64 | $1,053.23 – $3,693.82 |
| Providence Centralia Hospital | Centralia | $1,761.76 | $1,050.28 – $4,597.63 |
| Providence Mount Carmel Hospital | Colville | $2,263.80 | not published |
| Providence St Mary Medical Center | Walla Walla | $1,879.50 | $803.23 – $3,568.08 |