Aspiration peritonsillar abscess 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.

$269.54 with SCAN vs $1,497.13 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
SCAN MedAdvantage $269.54
Molina MedAdvantage $269.54
Regence MedAdvantage $277.62
Aetna MedAdvantage $277.62
United Healthcare MedAdvantage $280.32
WellCare MedAdvantage $283.02
Community Health Plan of Washington MedAdvantage $296.49
Premera HMO $389.33
Community Health Plan of Washington Cascade Care $454.44
Ambetter Coordinated Care Exchange $539.08
Uniform Medical All Commercial Plans $594.63
First Choice MHS Employee MCC/PPO $686.43
Regence MCC/AHN $801.93
Regence Blue High Performance $801.93
Regence RealValue $824.84
Premera Signature $892.48
Premera Prime $912.56
Regence Commercial $916.49
First Choice MCC Wellfound Employee $958.41
Kaiser PPO $962.25
Aetna All Commercial Plans $1,083.39
Premera Other Commercial Plans $1,121.56
Cigna All Commercial Plans $1,136.96
First Choice PPO $1,295.15
Molina Apple Health $1,386.23
WellPoint Apple Health $1,497.13
Coordinated Care Apple Health $1,497.13
Community Health Plan of Washington Apple Health $1,497.13
United Healthcare Apple Health $1,497.13

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Aspiration peritonsillar abscess at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Providence St Joseph Hospital Chewelah $400.40 not published
Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital Spokane $627.90 $263.93 – $671.71
Providence Mount Carmel Hospital Colville $481.60 not published
Providence St Mary Medical Center Walla Walla $685.30 $216.44 – $924.53
Providence Holy Family Hospital Spokane $548.80 $263.93 – $3,379.00
Providence Regional Medical Center Everett - Colby Campus Everett $1,840.28 $269.73 – $7,246.00
MultiCare Valley Hospital Spokane Valley $326.00 $266.41 – $1,368.53
Virginia Mason Medical Center Seattle $456.96 $177.07 – $753.94

All Washington hospitals for this procedure →