Drain cerebro spinal fluid 62272 at MultiCare Auburn Medical Center
202 North Division Street, Auburn, WA · Multicare · · NPI 1255327201
$648.00
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.
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What you pay up front if you don't use insurance.
$1,620.00
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.
$593.50 with Molina vs $3,975.32 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Molina | Apple Health | $593.50 | ↓ -8% |
| WellPoint | Apple Health | $640.98 | ↓ -1% |
| United Healthcare | Apple Health | $640.98 | ↓ -1% |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | Apple Health | $640.98 | ↓ -1% |
| Coordinated Care | Apple Health | $640.98 | ↓ -1% |
| SCAN | MedAdvantage | $803.30 | ↑ +24% |
| Molina | MedAdvantage | $803.30 | ↑ +24% |
| Aetna | MedAdvantage | $827.40 | ↑ +28% |
| Regence | MedAdvantage | $827.40 | ↑ +28% |
| United Healthcare | MedAdvantage | $835.43 | ↑ +29% |
| WellCare | MedAdvantage | $843.47 | ↑ +30% |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | MedAdvantage | $883.63 | ↑ +36% |
| Premera | HMO | $1,131.63 | ↑ +75% |
| First Health | All Commercial Plans | $1,182.60 | ↑ +83% |
| Multiplan/PHCS | All Commercial Plans | $1,182.60 | ↑ +83% |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | Cascade Care | $1,354.37 | ↑ +109% |
| Ambetter | Coordinated Care Exchange | $1,606.60 | ↑ +148% |
| Uniform Medical | All Commercial Plans | $1,683.49 | ↑ +160% |
| First Choice | MHS Employee MCC/PPO | $2,106.92 | ↑ +225% |
| Regence | MCC/AHN | $2,270.40 | ↑ +250% |
| Regence | Blue High Performance | $2,270.40 | ↑ +250% |
| Regence | RealValue | $2,335.27 | ↑ +260% |
| Premera | Signature | $2,526.71 | ↑ +290% |
| Premera | Prime | $2,583.57 | ↑ +299% |
| Regence | Commercial | $2,594.75 | ↑ +300% |
| First Choice | MCC Wellfound Employee | $2,941.74 | ↑ +354% |
| Kaiser | PPO | $2,983.29 | ↑ +360% |
| Premera | Other Commercial Plans | $3,175.26 | ↑ +390% |
| Aetna | All Commercial Plans | $3,230.82 | ↑ +399% |
| Cigna | All Commercial Plans | $3,388.40 | ↑ +423% |
| United Healthcare | All Commercial Plans | $3,602.12 | ↑ +456% |
| First Choice | PPO | $3,975.32 | ↑ +513% |
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Drain cerebro spinal fluid 62272 at other Washington hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Providence St Joseph Hospital | Chewelah | $775.60 | not published |
| Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus | Seattle | $2,256.96 | $817.40 – $2,937.74 |
| Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital | Spokane | $1,003.80 | $786.59 – $2,001.88 |
| Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill | Seattle | $2,256.96 | $817.40 – $2,843.98 |
| Swedish Issaquah | Issaquah | $2,256.96 | $819.70 – $2,937.74 |
| Providence Centralia Hospital | Centralia | $1,662.44 | $817.40 – $3,656.54 |
| Providence Mount Carmel Hospital | Colville | $416.50 | not published |
| Providence St Mary Medical Center | Walla Walla | $377.30 | $612.78 – $2,837.73 |