Calcitonin stimul panel 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.

$22.46 with Molina vs $372.92 with Aetna — 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 $22.46
WellPoint Apple Health $22.46
United Healthcare Apple Health $24.26
Coordinated Care Apple Health $24.26
Community Health Plan of Washington Apple Health $24.26
SCAN MedAdvantage $78.76
Molina MedAdvantage $78.76
Premera HMO $80.37
Premera Prime $80.37
Premera Signature $80.37
Regence Blue High Performance $80.87
Regence MCC/AHN $80.87
First Choice MHS Employee MCC/PPO $80.93
Regence MedAdvantage $81.13
Aetna MedAdvantage $81.13
United Healthcare MedAdvantage $81.91
WellCare MedAdvantage $82.70
Regence RealValue $83.18
Community Health Plan of Washington MedAdvantage $86.64
Kaiser PPO $88.41
Uniform Medical All Commercial Plans $92.43
Regence Commercial $92.43
Cigna All Commercial Plans $96.44
Premera Other Commercial Plans $100.46
First Choice MCC Wellfound Employee $113.00
Community Health Plan of Washington Cascade Care $132.79
First Choice PPO $152.70
Ambetter Coordinated Care Exchange $157.53
Aetna All Commercial Plans $372.92

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Calcitonin stimul panel at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Central Medical Center Seattle $360.80 $61.00 – $61.00
Virginia Mason Medical Center Seattle $229.50 $56.26 – $251.21
Providence St Luke's Rehabilitation Medical Center Spokane not published $80.37 – $88.41
Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus Seattle not published $72.33 – $377.74
Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital Spokane not published $80.37 – $289.33
Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill Seattle not published $72.33 – $365.68
Swedish Issaquah Issaquah not published $72.33 – $377.74
Providence Centralia Hospital Centralia not published $80.37 – $500.71

All Washington hospitals for this procedure →