Demonstration/evaluation utilization aersol generator/nebulizer/metered dose inhaler/ippb device 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

$135.60

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.

$339.00

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.

$36.11 with Molina vs $1,169.99 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 Apple Health $36.11 ↓ -73%
Coordinated Care Apple Health $39.00 ↓ -71%
United Healthcare Apple Health $39.00 ↓ -71%
WellPoint Apple Health $39.00 ↓ -71%
Community Health Plan of Washington Apple Health $39.00 ↓ -71%
Multiplan/PHCS All Commercial Plans $247.47 ↑ +83%
First Health All Commercial Plans $247.47 ↑ +83%
SCAN MedAdvantage $249.20 ↑ +84%
Molina MedAdvantage $249.20 ↑ +84%
Aetna MedAdvantage $256.67 ↑ +89%
Regence MedAdvantage $256.67 ↑ +89%
United Healthcare MedAdvantage $259.17 ↑ +91%
WellCare MedAdvantage $261.66 ↑ +93%
Community Health Plan of Washington MedAdvantage $274.12 ↑ +102%
Premera HMO $358.74 ↑ +165%
Community Health Plan of Washington Cascade Care $420.15 ↑ +210%
Ambetter Coordinated Care Exchange $498.40 ↑ +268%
Uniform Medical All Commercial Plans $519.23 ↑ +283%
First Choice MHS Employee MCC/PPO $620.09 ↑ +357%
Regence Blue High Performance $700.25 ↑ +416%
Regence MCC/AHN $700.25 ↑ +416%
Regence RealValue $720.25 ↑ +431%
Premera Signature $779.32 ↑ +475%
Premera Prime $796.85 ↑ +488%
Regence Commercial $800.28 ↑ +490%
First Choice MCC Wellfound Employee $865.79 ↑ +538%
Kaiser PPO $886.65 ↑ +554%
Aetna All Commercial Plans $948.90 ↑ +600%
Premera Other Commercial Plans $979.35 ↑ +622%
Cigna All Commercial Plans $1,051.14 ↑ +675%
United Healthcare All Commercial Plans $1,117.44 ↑ +724%
First Choice PPO $1,169.99 ↑ +763%

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Demonstration/evaluation utilization aersol generator/nebulizer/metered dose inhaler/ippb device at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Providence St Joseph Hospital Chewelah $234.50 not published
Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus Seattle $576.96 $253.57 – $864.61
Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital Spokane $453.60 $244.02 – $662.26
Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill Seattle $576.96 $253.57 – $837.02
Swedish Issaquah Issaquah $576.96 $254.28 – $864.61
Providence Centralia Hospital Centralia $442.52 $253.57 – $1,146.07
Providence Mount Carmel Hospital Colville $335.30 not published
Providence St Mary Medical Center Walla Walla $211.40 $188.99 – $451.43

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