ER Visit (level 3) at MultiCare Auburn Medical Center
202 North Division Street, Auburn, WA · Multicare · · NPI 1255327201
$702.00
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.
$1,755.00
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.
$310.65 with Molina vs $1,876.79 with Cigna — 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 | MedAdvantage | $310.65 | ↓ -56% |
| SCAN | MedAdvantage | $310.65 | ↓ -56% |
| Regence | MedAdvantage | $319.97 | ↓ -54% |
| Aetna | MedAdvantage | $319.97 | ↓ -54% |
| United Healthcare | MedAdvantage | $323.08 | ↓ -54% |
| WellCare | MedAdvantage | $326.18 | ↓ -54% |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | MedAdvantage | $341.72 | ↓ -51% |
| First Choice | MHS Employee MCC/PPO | $396.54 | ↓ -44% |
| Premera | HMO | $459.02 | ↓ -35% |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | Cascade Care | $523.76 | ↓ -25% |
| First Choice | MCC Wellfound Employee | $553.66 | ↓ -21% |
| Ambetter | Coordinated Care Exchange | $621.30 | ↓ -11% |
| Uniform Medical | All Commercial Plans | $694.58 | ↓ -1% |
| First Choice | PPO | $748.19 | ↑ +7% |
| Regence | MCC/AHN | $936.73 | ↑ +33% |
| Regence | Blue High Performance | $936.73 | ↑ +33% |
| Regence | RealValue | $963.49 | ↑ +37% |
| Premera | Signature | $1,042.50 | ↑ +49% |
| Premera | Prime | $1,065.96 | ↑ +52% |
| Regence | Commercial | $1,070.55 | ↑ +53% |
| Kaiser | PPO | $1,134.49 | ↑ +62% |
| Multiplan/PHCS | All Commercial Plans | $1,281.15 | ↑ +83% |
| First Health | All Commercial Plans | $1,281.15 | ↑ +83% |
| Aetna | All Commercial Plans | $1,291.76 | ↑ +84% |
| Premera | Other Commercial Plans | $1,310.08 | ↑ +87% |
| United Healthcare | All Commercial Plans | $1,393.00 | ↑ +98% |
| Cigna | All Commercial Plans | $1,876.79 | ↑ +167% |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | Apple Health | not published by hospital | — |
| Coordinated Care | Apple Health | not published by hospital | — |
| Molina | Apple Health | not published by hospital | — |
| United Healthcare | Apple Health | not published by hospital | — |
| WellPoint | Apple Health | not published by hospital | — |
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ER Visit (level 3) at other Washington hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Providence St Joseph Hospital | Chewelah | $345.80 | not published |
| Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus | Seattle | $630.72 | $316.11 – $1,087.67 |
| Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital | Spokane | $599.20 | $304.19 – $774.17 |
| Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill | Seattle | $630.72 | $316.11 – $1,047.46 |
| Swedish Issaquah | Issaquah | $630.72 | $316.99 – $1,087.67 |
| Central Medical Center | Seattle | $1,180.80 | $451.00 – $451.00 |
| Providence Centralia Hospital | Centralia | $826.80 | $316.11 – $1,391.41 |
| Providence Mount Carmel Hospital | Colville | $308.70 | not published |