Brachy source palladium-103 nonstranded 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.

$71.82 with SCAN vs $2,799.63 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.

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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
SCAN MedAdvantage $71.82
Molina MedAdvantage $71.82
Aetna MedAdvantage $73.98
Regence MedAdvantage $73.98
United Healthcare MedAdvantage $74.70
WellCare MedAdvantage $75.41
Community Health Plan of Washington MedAdvantage $79.01
Community Health Plan of Washington Cascade Care $121.09
Ambetter Coordinated Care Exchange $143.65
Premera HMO $151.72
Uniform Medical All Commercial Plans $188.71
Regence MCC/AHN $254.50
Regence Blue High Performance $254.50
First Choice MHS Employee MCC/PPO $259.28
Regence RealValue $261.77
Premera Signature $283.22
Premera Prime $289.59
Regence Commercial $290.86
Cigna All Commercial Plans $302.98
Premera Other Commercial Plans $355.91
First Choice MCC Wellfound Employee $362.01
Aetna All Commercial Plans $372.15
Kaiser PPO $374.98
First Choice PPO $489.20
Molina Apple Health $2,592.25
WellPoint Apple Health $2,799.63
Coordinated Care Apple Health $2,799.63
Community Health Plan of Washington Apple Health $2,799.63
United Healthcare Apple Health $2,799.63

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Brachy source palladium-103 nonstranded at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus Seattle $128.59 $64.48 – $326.13
Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill Seattle $128.59 $64.48 – $291.44
Swedish Issaquah Issaquah $128.59 $64.48 – $326.13
Central Medical Center Seattle $112.00 not published
Swedish Edmonds Hospital Edmonds $128.59 $64.48 – $284.50
St. Michael Medical Center Silverdale $174.13 $248.55 – $381.71
St. Anne Hospital Burien $120.47 $169.65 – $355.07
St. Anthony Hospital Gig Harbor $120.00 $176.55 – $295.89

All Washington hospitals for this procedure →