Catheter stripping venous 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

$2,565.60

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.

$6,414.00

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.

$507.19 with Molina vs $16,112.59 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 $507.19 ↓ -80%
United Healthcare Apple Health $547.77 ↓ -79%
WellPoint Apple Health $547.77 ↓ -79%
Community Health Plan of Washington Apple Health $547.77 ↓ -79%
Coordinated Care Apple Health $547.77 ↓ -79%
SCAN MedAdvantage $3,593.26 ↑ +40%
Molina MedAdvantage $3,593.26 ↑ +40%
Regence MedAdvantage $3,701.05 ↑ +44%
Aetna MedAdvantage $3,701.05 ↑ +44%
United Healthcare MedAdvantage $3,736.99 ↑ +46%
WellCare MedAdvantage $3,772.92 ↑ +47%
Community Health Plan of Washington MedAdvantage $3,952.58 ↑ +54%
First Choice MHS Employee MCC/PPO $4,626.65 ↑ +80%
Multiplan/PHCS All Commercial Plans $4,682.22 ↑ +83%
First Health All Commercial Plans $4,682.22 ↑ +83%
Premera HMO $5,231.86 ↑ +104%
Community Health Plan of Washington Cascade Care $6,058.23 ↑ +136%
First Choice MCC Wellfound Employee $6,459.85 ↑ +152%
Ambetter Coordinated Care Exchange $7,186.51 ↑ +180%
Uniform Medical All Commercial Plans $7,759.56 ↑ +202%
First Choice PPO $8,729.53 ↑ +240%
Regence MCC/AHN $10,464.78 ↑ +308%
Regence Blue High Performance $10,464.78 ↑ +308%
Regence RealValue $10,763.77 ↑ +320%
Premera Signature $11,646.25 ↑ +354%
Premera Prime $11,908.31 ↑ +364%
Regence Commercial $11,959.75 ↑ +366%
Kaiser PPO $13,792.63 ↑ +438%
Premera Other Commercial Plans $14,635.58 ↑ +470%
Aetna All Commercial Plans $14,684.01 ↑ +472%
Cigna All Commercial Plans $15,156.63 ↑ +491%
United Healthcare All Commercial Plans $16,112.59 ↑ +528%

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Catheter stripping venous at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus Seattle $8,367.36 $3,656.33 – $13,496.13
Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital Spokane $5,275.90 $3,518.52 – $8,954.64
Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill Seattle $8,367.36 $3,656.33 – $12,997.30
Swedish Issaquah Issaquah $8,367.36 $3,666.59 – $13,496.13
Central Medical Center Seattle $7,280.00 not published
Kadlec Regional Medical Center Richland $6,834.80 $303.50 – $10,281.45
Providence Holy Family Hospital Spokane $5,704.30 $3,313.00 – $15,653.00
Providence Regional Medical Center Everett - Colby Campus Everett $6,846.32 $3,595.75 – $10,503.15

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