Consult comp w/report rfrd material 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

$446.00

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.

$1,115.00

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.

$25.55 with Molina vs $869.41 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 $25.55 ↓ -94%
WellPoint Apple Health $25.55 ↓ -94%
United Healthcare Apple Health $27.60 ↓ -94%
Community Health Plan of Washington Apple Health $27.60 ↓ -94%
Coordinated Care Apple Health $27.60 ↓ -94%
First Choice MHS Employee MCC/PPO $166.75 ↓ -63%
SCAN MedAdvantage $193.88 ↓ -57%
Molina MedAdvantage $193.88 ↓ -57%
Aetna MedAdvantage $199.70 ↓ -55%
Regence MedAdvantage $199.70 ↓ -55%
United Healthcare MedAdvantage $201.64 ↓ -55%
WellCare MedAdvantage $203.58 ↓ -54%
Community Health Plan of Washington MedAdvantage $213.27 ↓ -52%
First Choice MCC Wellfound Employee $232.83 ↓ -48%
Premera HMO $294.59 ↓ -34%
First Choice PPO $314.63 ↓ -29%
Community Health Plan of Washington Cascade Care $326.89 ↓ -27%
Ambetter Coordinated Care Exchange $387.77 ↓ -13%
Uniform Medical All Commercial Plans $415.80 ↓ -7%
Regence MCC/AHN $560.76 ↑ +26%
Regence Blue High Performance $560.76 ↑ +26%
Regence RealValue $576.78 ↑ +29%
Premera Signature $624.07 ↑ +40%
Premera Prime $638.11 ↑ +43%
Regence Commercial $640.87 ↑ +44%
First Health All Commercial Plans $651.16 ↑ +46%
Multiplan/PHCS All Commercial Plans $651.16 ↑ +46%
Kaiser PPO $728.07 ↑ +63%
Premera Other Commercial Plans $784.26 ↑ +76%
Aetna All Commercial Plans $799.47 ↑ +79%
Cigna All Commercial Plans $817.83 ↑ +83%
United Healthcare All Commercial Plans $869.41 ↑ +95%

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Consult comp w/report rfrd material at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital Spokane $440.30 $178.09 – $483.17
Central Medical Center Seattle $882.40 $587.00 – $587.00
MultiCare Good Samaritan Hospital Puyallup $446.00 $26.14 – $817.83
Virginia Mason Medical Center Seattle $110.16 $465.77 – $465.77
MultiCare Capital Medical Center Olympia $356.80 $27.50 – $881.47
MultiCare Covington Medical Center Covington $446.00 $25.55 – $817.83
MultiCare Mary Bridge Children's Hospital Tacoma $446.00 $26.02 – $1,236.77
MultiCare Allenmore Hospital Tacoma $446.00 $26.15 – $817.83

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