Fetal shunt placement w/us at MultiCare Auburn Medical Center
202 North Division Street, Auburn, WA · Multicare · · NPI 1255327201
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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.
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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.
$346.79 with Molina vs $1,721.78 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 |
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| Molina | MedAdvantage | $346.79 | — |
| SCAN | MedAdvantage | $346.79 | — |
| Regence | MedAdvantage | $357.19 | — |
| Aetna | MedAdvantage | $357.19 | — |
| United Healthcare | MedAdvantage | $360.66 | — |
| WellCare | MedAdvantage | $364.13 | — |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | MedAdvantage | $381.47 | — |
| Premera | HMO | $546.93 | — |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | Cascade Care | $584.68 | — |
| Ambetter | Coordinated Care Exchange | $693.57 | — |
| Molina | Apple Health | $697.19 | — |
| WellPoint | Apple Health | $752.97 | — |
| Coordinated Care | Apple Health | $752.97 | — |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | Apple Health | $752.97 | — |
| United Healthcare | Apple Health | $752.97 | — |
| Uniform Medical | All Commercial Plans | $780.96 | — |
| First Choice | MHS Employee MCC/PPO | $912.54 | — |
| Regence | MCC/AHN | $1,053.23 | — |
| Regence | Blue High Performance | $1,053.23 | — |
| Regence | RealValue | $1,083.32 | — |
| Premera | Signature | $1,172.14 | — |
| Premera | Prime | $1,198.52 | — |
| Regence | Commercial | $1,203.69 | — |
| First Choice | MCC Wellfound Employee | $1,274.12 | — |
| Kaiser | PPO | $1,351.77 | — |
| Aetna | All Commercial Plans | $1,419.14 | — |
| Cigna | All Commercial Plans | $1,462.78 | — |
| Premera | Other Commercial Plans | $1,473.01 | — |
| First Choice | PPO | $1,721.78 | — |
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Fetal shunt placement w/us at other Washington hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| St. Michael Medical Center | Silverdale | $337.01 | $481.05 – $1,376.01 |
| St. Anne Hospital | Burien | $233.17 | $328.34 – $687.22 |
| St. Anthony Hospital | Gig Harbor | $232.24 | $549.78 – $794.39 |
| St. Joseph Medical Center | Tacoma | $252.90 | $549.78 – $794.39 |
| St. Elizabeth Hospital | Enumclaw | $269.82 | $129.81 – $687.22 |
| Virginia Mason Medical Center | Seattle | $504.39 | $1.04 – $2,526.02 |
| St. Francis Hospital | Federal Way | $239.63 | $549.78 – $794.39 |
| St. Clare Hospital | Lakewood | $220.10 | $549.78 – $794.39 |