Ghs eye exam 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.
$151.51 with SCAN vs $777.89 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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| SCAN | MedAdvantage | $151.51 | — |
| Molina | MedAdvantage | $151.51 | — |
| Regence | MedAdvantage | $156.06 | — |
| Aetna | MedAdvantage | $156.06 | — |
| United Healthcare | MedAdvantage | $157.57 | — |
| WellCare | MedAdvantage | $159.09 | — |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | MedAdvantage | $166.66 | — |
| Premera | HMO | $226.42 | — |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | Cascade Care | $255.45 | — |
| Ambetter | Coordinated Care Exchange | $303.02 | — |
| Uniform Medical | All Commercial Plans | $321.80 | — |
| First Choice | MHS Employee MCC/PPO | $412.28 | — |
| Regence | Blue High Performance | $433.99 | — |
| Regence | MCC/AHN | $433.99 | — |
| Regence | RealValue | $446.39 | — |
| Premera | Signature | $483.00 | — |
| Premera | Prime | $493.87 | — |
| Regence | Commercial | $495.99 | — |
| Kaiser | PPO | $559.58 | — |
| First Choice | MCC Wellfound Employee | $575.64 | — |
| Aetna | All Commercial Plans | $601.20 | — |
| Premera | Other Commercial Plans | $606.97 | — |
| Cigna | All Commercial Plans | $639.07 | — |
| First Choice | PPO | $777.89 | — |
Visitor-reported prices
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Ghs eye exam at other Washington hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Providence St Joseph Hospital | Chewelah | $232.40 | not published |
| Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital | Spokane | $301.00 | $148.36 – $417.35 |
| Providence Centralia Hospital | Centralia | $261.04 | $154.17 – $722.24 |
| Providence Mount Carmel Hospital | Colville | $211.40 | not published |
| Providence St Mary Medical Center | Walla Walla | $179.90 | $117.13 – $274.47 |
| Kadlec Regional Medical Center | Richland | $198.10 | $61.22 – $453.29 |
| Providence Holy Family Hospital | Spokane | $280.00 | $148.36 – $389.44 |
| Providence St Peter Hospital | Olympia | $261.04 | $130.15 – $649.21 |