Doppler upper/lower extremity arteries limited bilateral 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

$340.00

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.

Full explanation →

What you pay up front if you don't use insurance.

$850.00

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.

Full explanation →

The hospital's undiscounted list price — almost no one pays this.

$76.75 with Molina vs $693.43 with First Choice — same scan, same building. Share

Negotiated rates by payer
?

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
Molina Apple Health $76.75 ↓ -77%
United Healthcare Apple Health $82.89 ↓ -76%
WellPoint Apple Health $82.89 ↓ -76%
Community Health Plan of Washington Apple Health $82.89 ↓ -76%
Coordinated Care Apple Health $82.89 ↓ -76%
SCAN MedAdvantage $151.41 ↓ -55%
Molina MedAdvantage $151.41 ↓ -55%
Regence MedAdvantage $155.95 ↓ -54%
Aetna MedAdvantage $155.95 ↓ -54%
United Healthcare MedAdvantage $157.47 ↓ -54%
WellCare MedAdvantage $158.98 ↓ -53%
Community Health Plan of Washington MedAdvantage $166.55 ↓ -51%
Premera HMO $217.52 ↓ -36%
Community Health Plan of Washington Cascade Care $255.28 ↓ -25%
Ambetter Coordinated Care Exchange $302.82 ↓ -11%
Uniform Medical All Commercial Plans $310.97 ↓ -9%
First Choice MHS Employee MCC/PPO $367.52 ↑ +8%
Regence MCC/AHN $419.38 ↑ +23%
Regence Blue High Performance $419.38 ↑ +23%
Regence RealValue $431.36 ↑ +27%
Premera Signature $466.71 ↑ +37%
Premera Prime $477.22 ↑ +40%
Regence Commercial $479.29 ↑ +41%
First Health All Commercial Plans $496.40 ↑ +46%
Multiplan/PHCS All Commercial Plans $496.40 ↑ +46%
First Choice MCC Wellfound Employee $513.14 ↑ +51%
Kaiser PPO $537.59 ↑ +58%
Premera Other Commercial Plans $586.51 ↑ +73%
Aetna All Commercial Plans $601.37 ↑ +77%
Cigna All Commercial Plans $638.68 ↑ +88%
United Healthcare All Commercial Plans $678.96 ↑ +100%
First Choice PPO $693.43 ↑ +104%

Visitor-reported prices

visitor-reported
Report what you paid sign in to post

Comments

Add a comment sign in to post

Doppler upper/lower extremity arteries limited bilateral at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Providence St Joseph Hospital Chewelah $349.30 not published
Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus Seattle $175.68 $154.07 – $512.44
Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital Spokane $1,202.60 $148.26 – $392.51
Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill Seattle $175.68 $154.07 – $496.09
Swedish Issaquah Issaquah $175.68 $154.50 – $512.44
Central Medical Center Seattle $488.80 not published
Providence Centralia Hospital Centralia $397.28 $154.07 – $679.26
Providence Mount Carmel Hospital Colville $563.50 not published

All Washington hospitals for this procedure →