Excise mandible lesion 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

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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.

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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.

$2,740.01 with Molina vs $15,914.98 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.

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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 $2,740.01
United Healthcare Apple Health $2,959.21
Coordinated Care Apple Health $2,959.21
Community Health Plan of Washington Apple Health $2,959.21
WellPoint Apple Health $2,959.21
SCAN MedAdvantage $3,773.04
Molina MedAdvantage $3,773.04
Aetna MedAdvantage $3,886.23
Regence MedAdvantage $3,886.23
United Healthcare MedAdvantage $3,923.96
WellCare MedAdvantage $3,961.69
Community Health Plan of Washington MedAdvantage $4,150.34
First Choice MHS Employee MCC/PPO $4,372.90
Premera HMO $4,996.60
First Choice MCC Wellfound Employee $6,105.56
Community Health Plan of Washington Cascade Care $6,361.34
Ambetter Coordinated Care Exchange $7,546.08
Uniform Medical All Commercial Plans $7,837.77
First Choice PPO $8,250.76
Regence MCC/AHN $10,570.25
Regence Blue High Performance $10,570.25
Regence RealValue $10,872.26
Premera Signature $11,763.64
Premera Prime $12,028.33
Regence Commercial $12,080.29
Kaiser PPO $13,172.49
Premera Other Commercial Plans $14,783.09
Aetna All Commercial Plans $15,129.88
Cigna All Commercial Plans $15,914.98

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Excise mandible lesion at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. Michael Medical Center Silverdale $3,533.00 $5,043.15 – $13,408.63
St. Anne Hospital Burien $2,444.38 $3,442.15 – $7,204.50
St. Anthony Hospital Gig Harbor $2,434.72 $5,763.60 – $7,741.04
St. Joseph Medical Center Tacoma $2,651.24 $5,763.60 – $7,741.04
St. Elizabeth Hospital Enumclaw $2,828.69 $1,360.85 – $7,204.50
St. Francis Hospital Federal Way $2,512.16 $5,763.60 – $7,741.04
St. Clare Hospital Lakewood $2,307.37 $5,763.60 – $7,741.04
Providence St Luke's Rehabilitation Medical Center Spokane not published $3,694.56 – $4,064.02

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