Biliary endoscopy thru skin at MultiCare Auburn Medical Center
202 North Division Street, Auburn, WA · Multicare · · NPI 1255327201
$2,970.00
Cash price 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.
$7,425.00
Gross charge 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.
$2,981.02 with Molina vs $54,243.94 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
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| Molina | Apple Health | $2,981.02 | ↑ +0% |
| Coordinated Care | Apple Health | $3,219.50 | ↑ +8% |
| WellPoint | Apple Health | $3,219.50 | ↑ +8% |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | Apple Health | $3,219.50 | ↑ +8% |
| United Healthcare | Apple Health | $3,219.50 | ↑ +8% |
| First Health | All Commercial Plans | $5,420.25 | ↑ +83% |
| Multiplan/PHCS | All Commercial Plans | $5,420.25 | ↑ +83% |
| First Choice | MHS Employee MCC/PPO | $8,069.88 | ↑ +172% |
| First Choice | MCC Wellfound Employee | $11,267.38 | ↑ +279% |
| SCAN | MedAdvantage | $12,096.90 | ↑ +307% |
| Molina | MedAdvantage | $12,096.90 | ↑ +307% |
| Regence | MedAdvantage | $12,459.80 | ↑ +320% |
| Aetna | MedAdvantage | $12,459.80 | ↑ +320% |
| United Healthcare | MedAdvantage | $12,580.77 | ↑ +324% |
| WellCare | MedAdvantage | $12,701.74 | ↑ +328% |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | MedAdvantage | $13,306.59 | ↑ +348% |
| First Choice | PPO | $15,226.19 | ↑ +413% |
| Premera | HMO | $15,959.65 | ↑ +437% |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | Cascade Care | $20,395.37 | ↑ +587% |
| Kaiser | PPO | $24,132.25 | ↑ +713% |
| Ambetter | Coordinated Care Exchange | $24,193.79 | ↑ +715% |
| Uniform Medical | All Commercial Plans | $25,058.83 | ↑ +744% |
| Regence | MCC/AHN | $33,795.09 | ↑ +1038% |
| Regence | Blue High Performance | $33,795.09 | ↑ +1038% |
| Regence | RealValue | $34,760.66 | ↑ +1070% |
| Premera | Signature | $37,610.54 | ↑ +1166% |
| Premera | Prime | $38,456.83 | ↑ +1195% |
| Regence | Commercial | $38,622.96 | ↑ +1200% |
| Premera | Other Commercial Plans | $47,264.31 | ↑ +1491% |
| Aetna | All Commercial Plans | $48,571.45 | ↑ +1535% |
| Cigna | All Commercial Plans | $51,025.66 | ↑ +1618% |
| United Healthcare | All Commercial Plans | $54,243.94 | ↑ +1726% |
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Biliary endoscopy thru skin at other Washington hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus | Seattle | $12,943.68 | $7,277.00 – $37,395.46 |
| Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital | Spokane | $8,659.70 | $11,845.30 – $30,146.28 |
| Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill | Seattle | $12,943.68 | $7,277.00 – $28,803.62 |
| Swedish Issaquah | Issaquah | $12,943.68 | $7,277.00 – $27,403.18 |
| Providence Holy Family Hospital | Spokane | $10,841.60 | $11,845.30 – $31,093.90 |
| Providence Regional Medical Center Everett - Colby Campus | Everett | $10,575.76 | $10,334.00 – $28,084.26 |
| MultiCare Valley Hospital | Spokane Valley | $10,156.40 | $2,914.39 – $33,386.28 |
| MultiCare Yakima Memorial Hospital | Yakima | $10,156.40 | $8,020.09 – $32,037.81 |