Dilation of anal sphincter at MultiCare Auburn Medical Center
202 North Division Street, Auburn, WA · Multicare · · NPI 1255327201
$1,995.20
Cash price 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.
$4,988.00
Gross charge 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.
$1,022.08 with Molina vs $6,386.84 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
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| Molina | Apple Health | $1,022.08 | ↓ -49% |
| United Healthcare | Apple Health | $1,103.84 | ↓ -45% |
| WellPoint | Apple Health | $1,103.84 | ↓ -45% |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | Apple Health | $1,103.84 | ↓ -45% |
| Coordinated Care | Apple Health | $1,103.84 | ↓ -45% |
| SCAN | MedAdvantage | $1,361.79 | ↓ -32% |
| Molina | MedAdvantage | $1,361.79 | ↓ -32% |
| Regence | MedAdvantage | $1,402.65 | ↓ -30% |
| Aetna | MedAdvantage | $1,402.65 | ↓ -30% |
| United Healthcare | MedAdvantage | $1,416.27 | ↓ -29% |
| WellCare | MedAdvantage | $1,429.88 | ↓ -28% |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | MedAdvantage | $1,497.97 | ↓ -25% |
| Premera | HMO | $1,901.87 | ↓ -5% |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | Cascade Care | $2,295.99 | ↑ +15% |
| Ambetter | Coordinated Care Exchange | $2,723.59 | ↑ +37% |
| Uniform Medical | All Commercial Plans | $2,872.74 | ↑ +44% |
| First Choice | MHS Employee MCC/PPO | $3,385.02 | ↑ +70% |
| Multiplan/PHCS | All Commercial Plans | $3,641.24 | ↑ +83% |
| First Health | All Commercial Plans | $3,641.24 | ↑ +83% |
| Regence | Blue High Performance | $3,874.26 | ↑ +94% |
| Regence | MCC/AHN | $3,874.26 | ↑ +94% |
| Regence | RealValue | $3,984.96 | ↑ +100% |
| Premera | Signature | $4,311.67 | ↑ +116% |
| Premera | Prime | $4,408.69 | ↑ +121% |
| Regence | Commercial | $4,427.73 | ↑ +122% |
| First Choice | MCC Wellfound Employee | $4,726.26 | ↑ +137% |
| Kaiser | PPO | $5,013.87 | ↑ +151% |
| Premera | Other Commercial Plans | $5,418.38 | ↑ +172% |
| Aetna | All Commercial Plans | $5,500.77 | ↑ +176% |
| Cigna | All Commercial Plans | $5,744.14 | ↑ +188% |
| United Healthcare | All Commercial Plans | $6,106.43 | ↑ +206% |
| First Choice | PPO | $6,386.84 | ↑ +220% |
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Dilation of anal sphincter at other Washington hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| MultiCare Good Samaritan Hospital | Puyallup | $1,995.20 | $1,045.71 – $5,744.14 |
| Virginia Mason Medical Center | Seattle | $2,918.73 | $2.37 – $740.84 |
| MultiCare Capital Medical Center | Olympia | $1,995.20 | $1,099.92 – $6,191.09 |
| MultiCare Covington Medical Center | Covington | $1,995.20 | $1,022.08 – $5,744.14 |
| MultiCare Mary Bridge Children's Hospital | Tacoma | $1,995.20 | $1,040.91 – $8,517.09 |
| MultiCare Allenmore Hospital | Tacoma | $1,995.20 | $1,046.12 – $5,744.14 |
| Providence St Luke's Rehabilitation Medical Center | Spokane | not published | $1,333.47 – $1,466.82 |
| Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus | Seattle | not published | $1,385.70 – $4,719.83 |