Glucagon tolerance panel 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.

$22.46 with Molina vs $213.76 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 $22.46
WellPoint Apple Health $22.46
United Healthcare Apple Health $24.26
Coordinated Care Apple Health $24.26
Community Health Plan of Washington Apple Health $24.26
SCAN MedAdvantage $45.15
Molina MedAdvantage $45.15
Premera HMO $46.07
Premera Prime $46.07
Premera Signature $46.07
Regence Blue High Performance $46.36
Regence MCC/AHN $46.36
First Choice MHS Employee MCC/PPO $46.39
Regence MedAdvantage $46.50
Aetna MedAdvantage $46.50
United Healthcare MedAdvantage $46.95
WellCare MedAdvantage $47.41
Regence RealValue $47.68
Community Health Plan of Washington MedAdvantage $49.66
Kaiser PPO $50.68
Uniform Medical All Commercial Plans $52.98
Regence Commercial $52.98
Cigna All Commercial Plans $55.28
Premera Other Commercial Plans $57.59
First Choice MCC Wellfound Employee $64.77
Community Health Plan of Washington Cascade Care $76.12
First Choice PPO $87.53
Ambetter Coordinated Care Exchange $90.30
Aetna All Commercial Plans $213.76

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Glucagon tolerance panel at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Central Medical Center Seattle $207.20 $35.00 – $35.00
Virginia Mason Medical Center Seattle $132.09 $32.25 – $144.00
Providence St Luke's Rehabilitation Medical Center Spokane not published $46.07 – $50.68
Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus Seattle not published $41.46 – $216.53
Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital Spokane not published $46.07 – $165.85
Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill Seattle not published $41.46 – $209.62
Swedish Issaquah Issaquah not published $41.46 – $216.53
Providence Centralia Hospital Centralia not published $46.07 – $287.02

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