Ghs layer closure 2.5 cm or less - 12031 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

$541.20

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.

$1,353.00

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.

$260.86 with Molina vs $2,074.43 with United Healthcare — 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 $260.86 ↓ -52%
WellPoint Apple Health $281.73 ↓ -48%
United Healthcare Apple Health $281.73 ↓ -48%
Community Health Plan of Washington Apple Health $281.73 ↓ -48%
Coordinated Care Apple Health $281.73 ↓ -48%
SCAN MedAdvantage $462.62 ↓ -15%
Molina MedAdvantage $462.62 ↓ -15%
Aetna MedAdvantage $476.50 ↓ -12%
Regence MedAdvantage $476.50 ↓ -12%
United Healthcare MedAdvantage $481.12 ↓ -11%
WellCare MedAdvantage $485.75 ↓ -10%
Community Health Plan of Washington MedAdvantage $508.88 ↓ -6%
Premera HMO $698.88 ↑ +29%
Community Health Plan of Washington Cascade Care $779.98 ↑ +44%
Ambetter Coordinated Care Exchange $925.24 ↑ +71%
Uniform Medical All Commercial Plans $970.70 ↑ +79%
First Health All Commercial Plans $987.69 ↑ +83%
Multiplan/PHCS All Commercial Plans $987.69 ↑ +83%
First Choice MHS Employee MCC/PPO $1,077.00 ↑ +99%
Regence Blue High Performance $1,309.11 ↑ +142%
Regence MCC/AHN $1,309.11 ↑ +142%
Regence RealValue $1,346.51 ↑ +149%
Premera Signature $1,456.90 ↑ +169%
Premera Prime $1,489.69 ↑ +175%
Regence Commercial $1,496.12 ↑ +176%
First Choice MCC Wellfound Employee $1,503.74 ↑ +178%
Kaiser PPO $1,727.31 ↑ +219%
Premera Other Commercial Plans $1,830.86 ↑ +238%
Aetna All Commercial Plans $1,863.93 ↑ +244%
Cigna All Commercial Plans $1,951.35 ↑ +261%
First Choice PPO $2,032.08 ↑ +275%
United Healthcare All Commercial Plans $2,074.43 ↑ +283%

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Ghs layer closure 2.5 cm or less - 12031 at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Providence St Joseph Hospital Chewelah $308.00 not published
Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus Seattle $1,035.36 $470.74 – $1,501.70
Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital Spokane $702.10 $453.00 – $1,152.88
Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill Seattle $1,035.36 $470.74 – $1,453.77
Swedish Issaquah Issaquah $1,035.36 $472.06 – $1,501.70
Providence Centralia Hospital Centralia $950.04 $470.74 – $1,869.13
Providence Mount Carmel Hospital Colville $347.90 not published
Providence St Mary Medical Center Walla Walla $583.10 $353.33 – $1,450.58

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