Albumin (human), 5%, 250 ml at MultiCare Auburn Medical Center

202 North Division Street, Auburn, WA · Multicare · · NPI 1255327201

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Aug 27, 2026 · Ingested Sep 17, 2026

$59.33

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.

$148.32

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.

$47.91 with United Healthcare vs $280.13 with United Healthcare — 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
United Healthcare All Commercial Plans $47.91 ↓ -19%
SCAN MedAdvantage $52.02 ↓ -12%
Molina MedAdvantage $52.02 ↓ -12%
Regence MedAdvantage $53.58 ↓ -10%
Aetna MedAdvantage $53.58 ↓ -10%
United Healthcare MedAdvantage $54.10 ↓ -9%
WellCare MedAdvantage $54.62 ↓ -8%
Community Health Plan of Washington MedAdvantage $57.22 ↓ -4%
First Health All Commercial Plans $59.28 ↓ -0%
Multiplan/PHCS All Commercial Plans $59.28 ↓ -0%
Uniform Medical All Commercial Plans $63.70 ↑ +7%
Cigna All Commercial Plans $74.31 ↑ +25%
Premera HMO $84.44 ↑ +42%
Community Health Plan of Washington Cascade Care $87.70 ↑ +48%
Ambetter Coordinated Care Exchange $104.03 ↑ +75%
Aetna All Commercial Plans $109.34 ↑ +84%
Premera Signature $122.08 ↑ +106%
Premera Prime $122.08 ↑ +106%
Regence MCC/AHN $125.40 ↑ +111%
Regence Blue High Performance $125.40 ↑ +111%
Regence RealValue $128.98 ↑ +117%
First Choice MHS Employee MCC/PPO $136.77 ↑ +131%
Regence Commercial $143.32 ↑ +142%
Premera Other Commercial Plans $148.62 ↑ +150%
First Choice MCC Wellfound Employee $190.96 ↑ +222%
Kaiser PPO $245.76 ↑ +314%
First Choice PPO $258.05 ↑ +335%
Molina Apple Health $259.38 ↑ +337%
Coordinated Care Apple Health $280.13 ↑ +372%
Community Health Plan of Washington Apple Health $280.13 ↑ +372%
WellPoint Apple Health $280.13 ↑ +372%
United Healthcare Apple Health $280.13 ↑ +372%

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Albumin (human), 5%, 250 ml at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Providence St Luke's Rehabilitation Medical Center Spokane $350.60 $53.08 – $58.38
Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus Seattle $110.47 $53.08 – $144.76
Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital Spokane $1,081.59 $41.40 – $120.64
Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill Seattle $110.47 $53.08 – $104.90
Swedish Issaquah Issaquah $91.71 $53.08 – $144.76
Central Medical Center Seattle $95.50 not published
Providence Centralia Hospital Centralia $175.90 $53.08 – $198.45
Providence Mount Carmel Hospital Colville $1,081.59 not published

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