Bone/joint imaging ltd area 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

$1,188.00

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.

$2,970.00

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.

$266.25 with Molina vs $2,341.31 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 $266.25 ↓ -78%
United Healthcare Apple Health $287.55 ↓ -76%
WellPoint Apple Health $287.55 ↓ -76%
Community Health Plan of Washington Apple Health $287.55 ↓ -76%
Coordinated Care Apple Health $287.55 ↓ -76%
SCAN MedAdvantage $454.95 ↓ -62%
Molina MedAdvantage $454.95 ↓ -62%
Regence MedAdvantage $468.59 ↓ -61%
Aetna MedAdvantage $468.59 ↓ -61%
United Healthcare MedAdvantage $473.14 ↓ -60%
WellCare MedAdvantage $477.69 ↓ -60%
Community Health Plan of Washington MedAdvantage $500.44 ↓ -58%
Premera HMO $728.14 ↓ -39%
Community Health Plan of Washington Cascade Care $767.04 ↓ -35%
Ambetter Coordinated Care Exchange $909.89 ↓ -23%
Uniform Medical All Commercial Plans $1,004.04 ↓ -15%
First Choice MHS Employee MCC/PPO $1,240.89 ↑ +4%
Regence Blue High Performance $1,354.08 ↑ +14%
Regence MCC/AHN $1,354.08 ↑ +14%
Regence RealValue $1,392.76 ↑ +17%
Premera Signature $1,506.97 ↑ +27%
Premera Prime $1,540.88 ↑ +30%
Regence Commercial $1,547.52 ↑ +30%
First Choice MCC Wellfound Employee $1,732.57 ↑ +46%
First Health All Commercial Plans $1,734.48 ↑ +46%
Multiplan/PHCS All Commercial Plans $1,734.48 ↑ +46%
Kaiser PPO $1,799.59 ↑ +51%
Aetna All Commercial Plans $1,874.66 ↑ +58%
Premera Other Commercial Plans $1,893.77 ↑ +59%
Cigna All Commercial Plans $1,919.01 ↑ +62%
United Healthcare All Commercial Plans $2,040.04 ↑ +72%
First Choice PPO $2,341.31 ↑ +97%

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Bone/joint imaging ltd area at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus Seattle $4,099.68 $462.93 – $1,730.21
Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital Spokane $1,986.60 $445.48 – $1,325.27
Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill Seattle $4,099.68 $462.93 – $1,674.99
Swedish Issaquah Issaquah $4,099.68 $464.23 – $1,730.21
Central Medical Center Seattle $1,382.40 $402.00 – $402.00
Providence Mount Carmel Hospital Colville $555.80 not published
Providence St Mary Medical Center Walla Walla $815.50 $365.46 – $824.14
Kadlec Regional Medical Center Richland $544.60 $371.19 – $1,439.39

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