Block brachial plexus w/cath plmt w/img 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.

$804.85 with Molina vs $5,164.64 with First Choice — 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 $804.85
United Healthcare Apple Health $869.24
Coordinated Care Apple Health $869.24
Community Health Plan of Washington Apple Health $869.24
WellPoint Apple Health $869.24
SCAN MedAdvantage $1,006.54
Molina MedAdvantage $1,006.54
Aetna MedAdvantage $1,036.74
Regence MedAdvantage $1,036.74
United Healthcare MedAdvantage $1,046.80
WellCare MedAdvantage $1,056.87
Community Health Plan of Washington MedAdvantage $1,107.20
Premera HMO $1,496.65
Community Health Plan of Washington Cascade Care $1,697.03
Ambetter Coordinated Care Exchange $2,013.08
Uniform Medical All Commercial Plans $2,218.89
First Choice MHS Employee MCC/PPO $2,737.26
Regence MCC/AHN $2,992.46
Regence Blue High Performance $2,992.46
Regence RealValue $3,077.96
Premera Signature $3,330.29
Premera Prime $3,405.23
Regence Commercial $3,419.96
First Choice MCC Wellfound Employee $3,821.83
Kaiser PPO $3,945.59
Aetna All Commercial Plans $4,153.47
Premera Other Commercial Plans $4,185.10
Cigna All Commercial Plans $4,245.66
First Choice PPO $5,164.64

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Block brachial plexus w/cath plmt w/img at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Providence St Joseph Hospital Chewelah $1,275.40 not published
Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus Seattle $2,542.08 $1,024.21 – $3,816.64
Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital Spokane $2,023.70 $985.61 – $2,517.36
Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill Seattle $2,542.08 $1,024.21 – $3,694.83
Swedish Issaquah Issaquah $2,542.08 $1,027.08 – $3,816.64
Providence Centralia Hospital Centralia $1,968.72 $1,024.21 – $4,750.49
Providence Mount Carmel Hospital Colville $1,491.00 not published
Providence St Mary Medical Center Walla Walla $2,223.90 $807.66 – $3,686.71

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