Echo tee probe placement image acquisition interpretation & report 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

$1,889.20

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.

$4,723.00

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.

$321.98 with Molina vs $3,062.85 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 $321.98 ↓ -83%
United Healthcare Apple Health $347.74 ↓ -82%
WellPoint Apple Health $347.74 ↓ -82%
Community Health Plan of Washington Apple Health $347.74 ↓ -82%
Coordinated Care Apple Health $347.74 ↓ -82%
SCAN MedAdvantage $621.83 ↓ -67%
Molina MedAdvantage $621.83 ↓ -67%
Regence MedAdvantage $640.48 ↓ -66%
Aetna MedAdvantage $640.48 ↓ -66%
United Healthcare MedAdvantage $646.70 ↓ -66%
WellCare MedAdvantage $652.92 ↓ -65%
Community Health Plan of Washington MedAdvantage $684.01 ↓ -64%
Premera HMO $942.53 ↓ -50%
Community Health Plan of Washington Cascade Care $1,048.40 ↓ -45%
Ambetter Coordinated Care Exchange $1,243.66 ↓ -34%
Uniform Medical All Commercial Plans $1,342.98 ↓ -29%
First Choice MHS Employee MCC/PPO $1,623.31 ↓ -14%
Regence Blue High Performance $1,811.19 ↓ -4%
Regence MCC/AHN $1,811.19 ↓ -4%
Regence RealValue $1,862.94 ↓ -1%
Premera Signature $2,015.67 ↑ +7%
Premera Prime $2,061.02 ↑ +9%
Regence Commercial $2,069.93 ↑ +10%
First Choice MCC Wellfound Employee $2,266.51 ↑ +20%
Kaiser PPO $2,329.49 ↑ +23%
Premera Other Commercial Plans $2,533.04 ↑ +34%
Aetna All Commercial Plans $2,557.98 ↑ +35%
Cigna All Commercial Plans $2,622.93 ↑ +39%
Multiplan/PHCS All Commercial Plans $2,757.94 ↑ +46%
First Health All Commercial Plans $2,757.94 ↑ +46%
United Healthcare All Commercial Plans $2,788.36 ↑ +48%
First Choice PPO $3,062.85 ↑ +62%

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Echo tee probe placement image acquisition interpretation & report at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus Seattle $3,720.00 $632.74 – $2,263.43
Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital Spokane $1,871.10 $608.89 – $1,733.69
Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill Seattle $3,720.00 $632.74 – $2,191.19
Swedish Issaquah Issaquah $3,720.00 $612.38 – $2,263.43
Central Medical Center Seattle $2,537.60 not published
Providence St Mary Medical Center Walla Walla $2,697.80 $488.84 – $1,126.45
Kadlec Regional Medical Center Richland $1,518.30 $409.63 – $1,882.98
Providence Holy Family Hospital Spokane $1,771.70 $608.89 – $1,598.35

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