Gel cap app device for trach 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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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.

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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.

$63.53 with Regence vs $327.67 with Kaiser — 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
Regence MCC/AHN $63.53
Regence Blue High Performance $63.53
Regence RealValue $65.35
Uniform Medical All Commercial Plans $72.61
Regence Commercial $72.61
First Choice MHS Employee MCC/PPO $73.73
SCAN MedAdvantage $74.32
Molina MedAdvantage $74.32
Regence MedAdvantage $76.55
Aetna MedAdvantage $76.55
United Healthcare MedAdvantage $77.30
WellCare MedAdvantage $78.04
Community Health Plan of Washington MedAdvantage $81.76
Aetna All Commercial Plans $99.63
First Choice MCC Wellfound Employee $102.95
Cigna All Commercial Plans $104.09
Premera HMO $113.23
Community Health Plan of Washington Cascade Care $125.31
Premera Signature $130.70
Premera Prime $130.70
First Choice PPO $139.12
Ambetter Coordinated Care Exchange $148.65
Premera Other Commercial Plans $159.74
Kaiser PPO $327.67

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Gel cap app device for trach at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Providence St Luke's Rehabilitation Medical Center Spokane not published $75.84 – $83.42
Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus Seattle not published $75.84 – $230.40
Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital Spokane not published $75.84 – $193.01
Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill Seattle not published $75.84 – $185.49
Swedish Issaquah Issaquah not published $75.84 – $168.36
Providence Centralia Hospital Centralia not published $75.84 – $143.45
Swedish Edmonds Hospital Edmonds not published $75.84 – $247.32
Kadlec Regional Medical Center Richland not published $75.84 – $140.30

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