Cryopreserve stem cells 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

$1,133.60

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.

$2,834.00

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.

$502.06 with Molina vs $2,467.93 with First Choice — 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 MedAdvantage $502.06 ↓ -56%
SCAN MedAdvantage $502.06 ↓ -56%
Aetna MedAdvantage $517.12 ↓ -54%
Regence MedAdvantage $517.12 ↓ -54%
United Healthcare MedAdvantage $522.15 ↓ -54%
WellCare MedAdvantage $527.17 ↓ -53%
Community Health Plan of Washington MedAdvantage $552.27 ↓ -51%
Premera HMO $763.86 ↓ -33%
Community Health Plan of Washington Cascade Care $846.48 ↓ -25%
Ambetter Coordinated Care Exchange $1,004.13 ↓ -11%
Uniform Medical All Commercial Plans $1,056.77 ↓ -7%
Molina Apple Health $1,187.35 ↑ +5%
WellPoint Apple Health $1,282.34 ↑ +13%
United Healthcare Apple Health $1,282.34 ↑ +13%
Coordinated Care Apple Health $1,282.34 ↑ +13%
Community Health Plan of Washington Apple Health $1,282.34 ↑ +13%
First Choice MHS Employee MCC/PPO $1,308.01 ↑ +15%
Regence MCC/AHN $1,425.20 ↑ +26%
Regence Blue High Performance $1,425.20 ↑ +26%
Regence RealValue $1,465.92 ↑ +29%
Premera Signature $1,586.12 ↑ +40%
Premera Prime $1,621.80 ↑ +43%
Regence Commercial $1,628.80 ↑ +44%
First Choice MCC Wellfound Employee $1,826.27 ↑ +61%
Kaiser PPO $1,887.88 ↑ +67%
Premera Other Commercial Plans $1,993.23 ↑ +76%
Aetna All Commercial Plans $2,039.56 ↑ +80%
Multiplan/PHCS All Commercial Plans $2,068.82 ↑ +83%
First Health All Commercial Plans $2,068.82 ↑ +83%
Cigna All Commercial Plans $2,117.74 ↑ +87%
United Healthcare All Commercial Plans $2,251.31 ↑ +99%
First Choice PPO $2,467.93 ↑ +118%

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Cryopreserve stem cells at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus Seattle $1,738.08 $510.88 – $1,823.79
Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital Spokane $1,155.00 $491.62 – $1,396.94
Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill Seattle $1,738.08 $510.88 – $1,765.58
Swedish Issaquah Issaquah $1,738.08 $512.31 – $1,823.79
MultiCare Valley Hospital Spokane Valley $855.60 $496.24 – $1,814.49
St. Michael Medical Center Silverdale $2,457.13 $1,921.73 – $4,772.00
St. Anne Hospital Burien $1,700.02 $1,319.29 – $4,772.00
St. Anthony Hospital Gig Harbor $1,693.30 $1,109.45 – $3,976.67

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