Assay of glucosidase 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

$54.40

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.

$136.00

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.

$8.43 with Molina vs $99.67 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 $8.43 ↓ -85%
WellPoint Apple Health $8.43 ↓ -85%
United Healthcare Apple Health $9.11 ↓ -83%
Community Health Plan of Washington Apple Health $9.11 ↓ -83%
Coordinated Care Apple Health $9.11 ↓ -83%
SCAN MedAdvantage $21.05 ↓ -61%
Molina MedAdvantage $21.05 ↓ -61%
Premera Prime $21.48 ↓ -61%
Premera Signature $21.48 ↓ -61%
Premera HMO $21.48 ↓ -61%
Regence MCC/AHN $21.61 ↓ -60%
Regence Blue High Performance $21.61 ↓ -60%
First Choice MHS Employee MCC/PPO $21.63 ↓ -60%
Aetna MedAdvantage $21.68 ↓ -60%
Regence MedAdvantage $21.68 ↓ -60%
United Healthcare MedAdvantage $21.89 ↓ -60%
WellCare MedAdvantage $22.10 ↓ -59%
Regence RealValue $22.23 ↓ -59%
Community Health Plan of Washington MedAdvantage $23.16 ↓ -57%
Kaiser PPO $23.63 ↓ -57%
Regence Commercial $24.70 ↓ -55%
Uniform Medical All Commercial Plans $24.70 ↓ -55%
United Healthcare All Commercial Plans $25.78 ↓ -53%
Cigna All Commercial Plans $25.78 ↓ -53%
Premera Other Commercial Plans $26.85 ↓ -51%
First Choice MCC Wellfound Employee $30.20 ↓ -44%
Community Health Plan of Washington Cascade Care $35.49 ↓ -35%
First Choice PPO $40.81 ↓ -25%
Ambetter Coordinated Care Exchange $42.10 ↓ -23%
Multiplan/PHCS All Commercial Plans $79.57 ↑ +46%
First Health All Commercial Plans $79.57 ↑ +46%
Aetna All Commercial Plans $99.67 ↑ +83%

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Assay of glucosidase at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Central Medical Center Seattle $96.80 $17.00 – $17.00
Providence St Mary Medical Center Walla Walla $178.50 $21.48 – $39.74
MultiCare Good Samaritan Hospital Puyallup $54.40 $8.63 – $42.10
Virginia Mason Medical Center Seattle $74.46 $15.04 – $67.14
MultiCare Capital Medical Center Olympia $236.80 $9.08 – $38.94
MultiCare Covington Medical Center Covington $54.40 $8.43 – $42.10
MultiCare Mary Bridge Children's Hospital Tacoma $54.40 $8.59 – $30.49
MultiCare Allenmore Hospital Tacoma $54.40 $8.63 – $42.10

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