Bk knee joints single axis p 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.

$432.96 with Regence vs $2,232.91 with Kaiser — 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
Regence MCC/AHN $432.96
Regence Blue High Performance $432.96
Regence RealValue $445.33
Uniform Medical All Commercial Plans $494.81
Regence Commercial $494.81
First Choice MHS Employee MCC/PPO $502.40
SCAN MedAdvantage $506.48
Molina MedAdvantage $506.48
Regence MedAdvantage $521.68
Aetna MedAdvantage $521.68
United Healthcare MedAdvantage $526.74
WellCare MedAdvantage $531.81
Community Health Plan of Washington MedAdvantage $557.13
Aetna All Commercial Plans $678.96
First Choice MCC Wellfound Employee $701.46
Cigna All Commercial Plans $709.37
Premera HMO $771.63
Community Health Plan of Washington Cascade Care $853.93
Premera Signature $890.66
Premera Prime $890.66
First Choice PPO $947.93
Ambetter Coordinated Care Exchange $1,012.97
Premera Other Commercial Plans $1,088.58
Kaiser PPO $2,232.91

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Bk knee joints single axis p at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus Seattle $685.44 $516.82 – $1,570.10
Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill Seattle $685.44 $516.82 – $1,263.90
Swedish Issaquah Issaquah $685.44 $516.82 – $1,147.34
Providence St Luke's Rehabilitation Medical Center Spokane not published $516.82 – $568.50
Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital Spokane not published $516.82 – $1,315.31
Providence Centralia Hospital Centralia not published $516.82 – $977.42
Swedish Edmonds Hospital Edmonds not published $516.82 – $1,685.20
Kadlec Regional Medical Center Richland not published $516.82 – $956.12

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