Cytopath c/v index add-on 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.

$11.99 with Molina vs $67.98 with Aetna — 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 $11.99
WellPoint Apple Health $11.99
United Healthcare Apple Health $12.95
Coordinated Care Apple Health $12.95
Community Health Plan of Washington Apple Health $12.95
SCAN MedAdvantage $14.36
Molina MedAdvantage $14.36
Premera HMO $14.65
Premera Prime $14.65
Premera Signature $14.65
Regence Blue High Performance $14.74
Regence MCC/AHN $14.74
First Choice MHS Employee MCC/PPO $14.75
Regence MedAdvantage $14.79
Aetna MedAdvantage $14.79
United Healthcare MedAdvantage $14.93
WellCare MedAdvantage $15.07
Regence RealValue $15.16
Community Health Plan of Washington MedAdvantage $15.79
Kaiser PPO $16.12
Uniform Medical All Commercial Plans $16.85
Regence Commercial $16.85
Cigna All Commercial Plans $17.58
Premera Other Commercial Plans $18.31
First Choice MCC Wellfound Employee $20.60
Community Health Plan of Washington Cascade Care $24.21
First Choice PPO $27.84
Ambetter Coordinated Care Exchange $28.71
Aetna All Commercial Plans $67.98

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Cytopath c/v index add-on at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Providence St Joseph Hospital Chewelah $28.00 not published
Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus Seattle $37.44 $13.18 – $68.86
Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital Spokane $56.70 $14.65 – $52.74
Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill Seattle $37.44 $13.18 – $66.66
Swedish Issaquah Issaquah $37.44 $13.18 – $68.86
Central Medical Center Seattle $80.00 $17.00 – $17.00
Providence Mount Carmel Hospital Colville $26.60 not published
Providence Holy Family Hospital Spokane $45.50 $14.65 – $62.52

All Washington hospitals for this procedure →