Assay of androsterone 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

$51.20

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.

$128.00

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.

$8.73 with Molina vs $118.55 with Aetna — 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 $8.73 ↓ -83%
WellPoint Apple Health $8.73 ↓ -83%
United Healthcare Apple Health $9.43 ↓ -82%
Community Health Plan of Washington Apple Health $9.43 ↓ -82%
Coordinated Care Apple Health $9.43 ↓ -82%
SCAN MedAdvantage $25.04 ↓ -51%
Molina MedAdvantage $25.04 ↓ -51%
Premera Prime $25.55 ↓ -50%
Premera Signature $25.55 ↓ -50%
Premera HMO $25.55 ↓ -50%
Regence MCC/AHN $25.71 ↓ -50%
Regence Blue High Performance $25.71 ↓ -50%
First Choice MHS Employee MCC/PPO $25.73 ↓ -50%
Aetna MedAdvantage $25.79 ↓ -50%
Regence MedAdvantage $25.79 ↓ -50%
United Healthcare MedAdvantage $26.04 ↓ -49%
WellCare MedAdvantage $26.29 ↓ -49%
Regence RealValue $26.44 ↓ -48%
Community Health Plan of Washington MedAdvantage $27.54 ↓ -46%
Kaiser PPO $28.11 ↓ -45%
Regence Commercial $29.38 ↓ -43%
Uniform Medical All Commercial Plans $29.38 ↓ -43%
United Healthcare All Commercial Plans $30.66 ↓ -40%
Cigna All Commercial Plans $30.66 ↓ -40%
Premera Other Commercial Plans $31.94 ↓ -38%
First Choice MCC Wellfound Employee $35.92 ↓ -30%
Community Health Plan of Washington Cascade Care $42.22 ↓ -18%
First Choice PPO $48.55 ↓ -5%
Ambetter Coordinated Care Exchange $50.08 ↓ -2%
Multiplan/PHCS All Commercial Plans $74.46 ↑ +45%
First Health All Commercial Plans $74.46 ↑ +45%
Aetna All Commercial Plans $118.55 ↑ +132%

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Assay of androsterone at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Central Medical Center Seattle $115.20 $20.00 – $20.00
MultiCare Valley Hospital Spokane Valley $40.80 $8.53 – $46.32
MultiCare Yakima Memorial Hospital Yakima $40.80 $26.44 – $45.86
MultiCare Good Samaritan Hospital Puyallup $51.20 $8.93 – $50.08
MultiCare Capital Medical Center Olympia $40.80 $9.39 – $46.32
MultiCare Covington Medical Center Covington $51.20 $8.73 – $50.08
MultiCare Mary Bridge Children's Hospital Tacoma $51.20 $8.89 – $31.56
MultiCare Allenmore Hospital Tacoma $51.20 $8.93 – $50.08

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