Amputate leg at thigh 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

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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.

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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.

$3,723.58 with SCAN vs $85,568.78 with Premera — 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
SCAN MedAdvantage $3,723.58
Molina MedAdvantage $3,723.58
Regence MedAdvantage $3,835.29
Aetna MedAdvantage $3,835.29
United Healthcare MedAdvantage $3,872.52
WellCare MedAdvantage $3,909.76
Community Health Plan of Washington MedAdvantage $4,095.94
Community Health Plan of Washington Cascade Care $6,277.96
Ambetter Coordinated Care Exchange $7,447.16
Cigna All Commercial Plans $15,706.36
Uniform Medical All Commercial Plans $40,543.07
Premera HMO $41,021.76
Regence MCC/AHN $54,677.61
Regence Blue High Performance $54,677.61
Regence RealValue $56,239.83
Regence Commercial $62,488.70
Premera Signature $68,091.29
Premera Prime $69,623.44
Premera Other Commercial Plans $85,568.78

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Amputate leg at thigh at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Providence St Luke's Rehabilitation Medical Center Spokane not published $2,208.41 – $4,010.75
Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus Seattle not published $3,788.94 – $44,359.36
Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital Spokane not published $3,646.14 – $9,279.41
Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill Seattle not published $3,788.94 – $8,866.13
Swedish Issaquah Issaquah not published $3,799.57 – $8,435.05
Providence Centralia Hospital Centralia not published $3,788.94 – $7,009.54
Swedish Edmonds Hospital Edmonds not published $3,726.16 – $9,464.46
Providence St Mary Medical Center Walla Walla not published $3,646.14 – $6,745.35

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