Fatty acids nonesterified 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

$27.20

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.

$68.00

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.

$8.43 with Molina vs $87.09 with Aetna — 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 $8.43 ↓ -69%
WellPoint Apple Health $8.43 ↓ -69%
United Healthcare Apple Health $9.11 ↓ -67%
Community Health Plan of Washington Apple Health $9.11 ↓ -67%
Coordinated Care Apple Health $9.11 ↓ -67%
SCAN MedAdvantage $18.39 ↓ -32%
Molina MedAdvantage $18.39 ↓ -32%
Premera Prime $18.77 ↓ -31%
Premera Signature $18.77 ↓ -31%
Premera HMO $18.77 ↓ -31%
Regence MCC/AHN $18.89 ↓ -31%
Regence Blue High Performance $18.89 ↓ -31%
First Choice MHS Employee MCC/PPO $18.90 ↓ -31%
Aetna MedAdvantage $18.95 ↓ -30%
Regence MedAdvantage $18.95 ↓ -30%
United Healthcare MedAdvantage $19.13 ↓ -30%
WellCare MedAdvantage $19.31 ↓ -29%
Regence RealValue $19.43 ↓ -29%
Community Health Plan of Washington MedAdvantage $20.23 ↓ -26%
Kaiser PPO $20.65 ↓ -24%
Regence Commercial $21.59 ↓ -21%
Uniform Medical All Commercial Plans $21.59 ↓ -21%
United Healthcare All Commercial Plans $22.52 ↓ -17%
Cigna All Commercial Plans $22.52 ↓ -17%
Premera Other Commercial Plans $23.46 ↓ -14%
First Choice MCC Wellfound Employee $26.39 ↓ -3%
Community Health Plan of Washington Cascade Care $31.01 ↑ +14%
First Choice PPO $35.66 ↑ +31%
Ambetter Coordinated Care Exchange $36.79 ↑ +35%
Multiplan/PHCS All Commercial Plans $39.42 ↑ +45%
First Health All Commercial Plans $39.42 ↑ +45%
Aetna All Commercial Plans $87.09 ↑ +220%

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Fatty acids nonesterified at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Providence St Joseph Hospital Chewelah $240.10 not published
Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus Seattle $76.80 $16.89 – $88.22
Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill Seattle $76.80 $16.89 – $85.40
Swedish Issaquah Issaquah $76.80 $16.89 – $88.22
Central Medical Center Seattle $84.80 $14.00 – $14.00
Swedish Edmonds Hospital Edmonds $76.80 $18.77 – $84.47
Providence St Mary Medical Center Walla Walla $75.60 $18.77 – $34.72
MultiCare Valley Hospital Spokane Valley $67.60 $8.25 – $34.03

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