Cystoscopy and treatment 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.

$793.53 with Molina vs $3,539.53 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 $793.53
SCAN MedAdvantage $793.53
Regence MedAdvantage $817.34
Aetna MedAdvantage $817.34
United Healthcare MedAdvantage $825.27
WellCare MedAdvantage $833.21
Community Health Plan of Washington MedAdvantage $872.89
Premera HMO $1,171.47
Community Health Plan of Washington Cascade Care $1,337.90
Ambetter Coordinated Care Exchange $1,587.07
Uniform Medical All Commercial Plans $1,662.95
First Choice MHS Employee MCC/PPO $1,875.95
Molina Apple Health $2,038.28
WellPoint Apple Health $2,201.34
Coordinated Care Apple Health $2,201.34
Community Health Plan of Washington Apple Health $2,201.34
United Healthcare Apple Health $2,201.34
Regence Blue High Performance $2,242.70
Regence MCC/AHN $2,242.70
Regence RealValue $2,306.78
Premera Signature $2,495.88
Premera Prime $2,552.05
Regence Commercial $2,563.09
First Choice MCC Wellfound Employee $2,619.25
Kaiser PPO $2,895.32
Aetna All Commercial Plans $3,113.93
Premera Other Commercial Plans $3,136.52
Cigna All Commercial Plans $3,347.17
First Choice PPO $3,539.53

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Cystoscopy and treatment at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Virginia Mason Medical Center Seattle $2,549.49 $5.50 – $931.05
Providence St Luke's Rehabilitation Medical Center Spokane not published $777.03 – $854.73
Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus Seattle not published $807.46 – $2,615.69
Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital Spokane not published $777.03 – $1,977.54
Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill Seattle not published $807.46 – $2,532.21
Swedish Issaquah Issaquah not published $809.73 – $2,615.69
Central Medical Center Seattle not published not published
Providence Centralia Hospital Centralia not published $807.46 – $3,255.70

All Washington hospitals for this procedure →