Change stent via transureth 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

$942.00

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.

$2,355.00

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.

$1,047.26 with Molina vs $10,667.23 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 $1,047.26 ↑ +11%
Coordinated Care Apple Health $1,131.04 ↑ +20%
United Healthcare Apple Health $1,131.04 ↑ +20%
WellPoint Apple Health $1,131.04 ↑ +20%
Community Health Plan of Washington Apple Health $1,131.04 ↑ +20%
Multiplan/PHCS All Commercial Plans $1,719.15 ↑ +83%
First Health All Commercial Plans $1,719.15 ↑ +83%
SCAN MedAdvantage $2,378.89 ↑ +153%
Molina MedAdvantage $2,378.89 ↑ +153%
Aetna MedAdvantage $2,450.25 ↑ +160%
Regence MedAdvantage $2,450.25 ↑ +160%
United Healthcare MedAdvantage $2,474.04 ↑ +163%
WellCare MedAdvantage $2,497.83 ↑ +165%
Community Health Plan of Washington MedAdvantage $2,616.77 ↑ +178%
First Choice MHS Employee MCC/PPO $2,957.60 ↑ +214%
Premera HMO $3,257.63 ↑ +246%
Community Health Plan of Washington Cascade Care $4,010.80 ↑ +326%
First Choice MCC Wellfound Employee $4,129.48 ↑ +338%
Ambetter Coordinated Care Exchange $4,757.77 ↑ +405%
Uniform Medical All Commercial Plans $4,958.39 ↑ +426%
First Choice PPO $5,580.38 ↑ +492%
Regence MCC/AHN $6,687.03 ↑ +610%
Regence Blue High Performance $6,687.03 ↑ +610%
Regence RealValue $6,878.09 ↑ +630%
Premera Signature $7,441.98 ↑ +690%
Premera Prime $7,609.44 ↑ +708%
Regence Commercial $7,642.32 ↑ +711%
Kaiser PPO $8,588.09 ↑ +812%
Premera Other Commercial Plans $9,352.17 ↑ +893%
Aetna All Commercial Plans $9,556.89 ↑ +915%
Cigna All Commercial Plans $10,034.34 ↑ +965%
United Healthcare All Commercial Plans $10,667.23 ↑ +1032%

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Change stent via transureth at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital Spokane $5,191.20 $2,329.41 – $5,928.34
Kadlec Regional Medical Center Richland $10,899.00 $360.30 – $6,572.45
Providence Holy Family Hospital Spokane $4,902.80 $2,329.41 – $7,132.00
MultiCare Valley Hospital Spokane Valley $1,610.80 $1,023.85 – $8,254.22
St. Michael Medical Center Silverdale $1,603.51 $2,288.91 – $8,742.05
St. Anne Hospital Burien $1,109.42 $1,562.28 – $3,269.88
St. Anthony Hospital Gig Harbor $1,105.03 $2,615.90 – $5,046.94
MultiCare Good Samaritan Hospital Puyallup $942.00 $1,071.48 – $10,034.34

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