Bx breast 1st lesion strtctc 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

$1,998.80

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.

$4,997.00

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.

$970.79 with Molina vs $8,428.11 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
Molina Apple Health $970.79 ↓ -51%
United Healthcare Apple Health $1,048.46 ↓ -48%
WellPoint Apple Health $1,048.46 ↓ -48%
Community Health Plan of Washington Apple Health $1,048.46 ↓ -48%
Coordinated Care Apple Health $1,048.46 ↓ -48%
SCAN MedAdvantage $1,879.54 ↓ -6%
Molina MedAdvantage $1,879.54 ↓ -6%
Regence MedAdvantage $1,935.93 ↓ -3%
Aetna MedAdvantage $1,935.93 ↓ -3%
United Healthcare MedAdvantage $1,954.72 ↓ -2%
WellCare MedAdvantage $1,973.52 ↓ -1%
Community Health Plan of Washington MedAdvantage $2,067.49 ↑ +3%
First Choice MHS Employee MCC/PPO $2,291.56 ↑ +15%
Premera HMO $2,809.17 ↑ +41%
Community Health Plan of Washington Cascade Care $3,168.91 ↑ +59%
First Choice MCC Wellfound Employee $3,199.53 ↑ +60%
Multiplan/PHCS All Commercial Plans $3,647.81 ↑ +83%
First Health All Commercial Plans $3,647.81 ↑ +83%
Ambetter Coordinated Care Exchange $3,759.08 ↑ +88%
Uniform Medical All Commercial Plans $3,946.84 ↑ +97%
First Choice PPO $4,323.69 ↑ +116%
Regence MCC/AHN $5,322.82 ↑ +166%
Regence Blue High Performance $5,322.82 ↑ +166%
Regence RealValue $5,474.90 ↑ +174%
Premera Signature $5,923.75 ↑ +196%
Premera Prime $6,057.05 ↑ +203%
Regence Commercial $6,083.23 ↑ +204%
Kaiser PPO $6,942.92 ↑ +247%
Premera Other Commercial Plans $7,444.25 ↑ +272%
Aetna All Commercial Plans $7,558.89 ↑ +278%
Cigna All Commercial Plans $7,928.07 ↑ +297%
United Healthcare All Commercial Plans $8,428.11 ↑ +322%

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Bx breast 1st lesion strtctc at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus Seattle $4,378.56 $1,912.53 – $6,684.56
Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital Spokane $1,816.50 $1,840.45 – $4,683.94
Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill Seattle $4,378.56 $1,912.53 – $6,437.49
Swedish Issaquah Issaquah $4,378.56 $1,917.90 – $6,684.56
Central Medical Center Seattle $3,440.00 not published
Providence St Mary Medical Center Walla Walla $3,305.40 $1,436.62 – $3,404.83
Kadlec Regional Medical Center Richland $5,586.00 $275.95 – $5,092.35
Providence Holy Family Hospital Spokane $1,710.80 $1,840.45 – $6,462.00

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