Bile acids cholylglycine 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.

$8.43 with Molina vs $123.33 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
WellPoint Apple Health $8.43
United Healthcare Apple Health $9.11
Coordinated Care Apple Health $9.11
Community Health Plan of Washington Apple Health $9.11
SCAN MedAdvantage $26.05
Molina MedAdvantage $26.05
Premera HMO $26.58
Premera Prime $26.58
Premera Signature $26.58
Regence Blue High Performance $26.75
Regence MCC/AHN $26.75
First Choice MHS Employee MCC/PPO $26.77
Regence MedAdvantage $26.83
Aetna MedAdvantage $26.83
United Healthcare MedAdvantage $27.09
WellCare MedAdvantage $27.35
Regence RealValue $27.51
Community Health Plan of Washington MedAdvantage $28.65
Kaiser PPO $29.24
Uniform Medical All Commercial Plans $30.57
Regence Commercial $30.57
Cigna All Commercial Plans $31.90
Premera Other Commercial Plans $33.22
First Choice MCC Wellfound Employee $37.37
Community Health Plan of Washington Cascade Care $43.92
First Choice PPO $50.50
Ambetter Coordinated Care Exchange $52.10
Aetna All Commercial Plans $123.33

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Bile acids cholylglycine at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Central Medical Center Seattle $119.20 $20.00 – $20.00
Virginia Mason Medical Center Seattle $76.50 $18.61 – $83.08
Providence St Luke's Rehabilitation Medical Center Spokane not published $26.58 – $29.24
Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus Seattle not published $23.92 – $124.93
Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital Spokane not published $26.58 – $95.69
Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill Seattle not published $23.92 – $120.94
Swedish Issaquah Issaquah not published $23.92 – $124.93
Providence Centralia Hospital Centralia not published $26.58 – $165.59

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