Appl cast figure-of-eight 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.

$130.66 with Molina vs $1,461.66 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.

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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
Molina Apple Health $130.66
United Healthcare Apple Health $141.12
Coordinated Care Apple Health $141.12
Community Health Plan of Washington Apple Health $141.12
WellPoint Apple Health $141.12
SCAN MedAdvantage $318.29
Molina MedAdvantage $318.29
Aetna MedAdvantage $327.84
Regence MedAdvantage $327.84
United Healthcare MedAdvantage $331.03
WellCare MedAdvantage $334.21
Community Health Plan of Washington MedAdvantage $350.12
Premera HMO $449.44
Community Health Plan of Washington Cascade Care $536.64
Ambetter Coordinated Care Exchange $636.59
Uniform Medical All Commercial Plans $653.77
First Choice MHS Employee MCC/PPO $774.68
Regence MCC/AHN $881.70
Regence Blue High Performance $881.70
Regence RealValue $906.89
Premera Signature $981.24
Premera Prime $1,003.32
Regence Commercial $1,007.66
First Choice MCC Wellfound Employee $1,081.62
Kaiser PPO $1,110.78
Premera Other Commercial Plans $1,233.11
Aetna All Commercial Plans $1,239.01
Cigna All Commercial Plans $1,342.61
First Choice PPO $1,461.66

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Appl cast figure-of-eight at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Providence St Joseph Hospital Chewelah $359.10 not published
Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus Seattle $796.80 $323.88 – $1,080.15
Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital Spokane $568.40 $311.67 – $793.21
Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill Seattle $796.80 $323.88 – $1,045.68
Swedish Issaquah Issaquah $796.80 $324.79 – $1,080.15
Providence Centralia Hospital Centralia $554.32 $323.88 – $1,344.45
Providence Mount Carmel Hospital Colville $420.00 not published
Providence St Mary Medical Center Walla Walla $517.30 $237.97 – $1,043.38

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