Assay of progesterone 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.

$22.46 with Molina vs $301.04 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 $22.46
WellPoint Apple Health $22.46
United Healthcare Apple Health $24.26
Coordinated Care Apple Health $24.26
Community Health Plan of Washington Apple Health $24.26
SCAN MedAdvantage $63.58
Molina MedAdvantage $63.58
Premera HMO $64.88
Premera Prime $64.88
Premera Signature $64.88
Regence Blue High Performance $65.29
Regence MCC/AHN $65.29
First Choice MHS Employee MCC/PPO $65.33
Regence MedAdvantage $65.49
Aetna MedAdvantage $65.49
United Healthcare MedAdvantage $66.13
WellCare MedAdvantage $66.76
Regence RealValue $67.15
Community Health Plan of Washington MedAdvantage $69.94
Kaiser PPO $71.37
Uniform Medical All Commercial Plans $74.61
Regence Commercial $74.61
Cigna All Commercial Plans $77.86
Premera Other Commercial Plans $81.10
First Choice MCC Wellfound Employee $91.22
Community Health Plan of Washington Cascade Care $107.20
First Choice PPO $123.27
Ambetter Coordinated Care Exchange $127.16
Aetna All Commercial Plans $301.04

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Assay of progesterone at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Central Medical Center Seattle $292.00 $49.00 – $49.00
Virginia Mason Medical Center Seattle $185.13 $45.42 – $202.80
Providence St Luke's Rehabilitation Medical Center Spokane not published $64.88 – $71.37
Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus Seattle not published $58.39 – $304.94
Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital Spokane not published $64.88 – $233.57
Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill Seattle not published $58.39 – $295.20
Swedish Issaquah Issaquah not published $58.39 – $304.94
Providence Centralia Hospital Centralia not published $64.88 – $404.20

All Washington hospitals for this procedure →