Injection(s) diagnostic/therapeutic agent facet lumbar/sacral single level at MultiCare Auburn Medical Center
202 North Division Street, Auburn, WA · Multicare · · NPI 1255327201
$896.80
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.
$2,242.00
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.
$593.50 with Molina vs $5,164.64 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 | Apple Health | $593.50 | ↓ -34% |
| United Healthcare | Apple Health | $640.98 | ↓ -29% |
| WellPoint | Apple Health | $640.98 | ↓ -29% |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | Apple Health | $640.98 | ↓ -29% |
| Coordinated Care | Apple Health | $640.98 | ↓ -29% |
| SCAN | MedAdvantage | $1,006.54 | ↑ +12% |
| Molina | MedAdvantage | $1,006.54 | ↑ +12% |
| Regence | MedAdvantage | $1,036.74 | ↑ +16% |
| Aetna | MedAdvantage | $1,036.74 | ↑ +16% |
| United Healthcare | MedAdvantage | $1,046.80 | ↑ +17% |
| WellCare | MedAdvantage | $1,056.87 | ↑ +18% |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | MedAdvantage | $1,107.20 | ↑ +23% |
| Premera | HMO | $1,496.65 | ↑ +67% |
| First Health | All Commercial Plans | $1,636.66 | ↑ +83% |
| Multiplan/PHCS | All Commercial Plans | $1,636.66 | ↑ +83% |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | Cascade Care | $1,697.03 | ↑ +89% |
| Ambetter | Coordinated Care Exchange | $2,013.08 | ↑ +124% |
| Uniform Medical | All Commercial Plans | $2,218.89 | ↑ +147% |
| First Choice | MHS Employee MCC/PPO | $2,737.26 | ↑ +205% |
| Regence | Blue High Performance | $2,992.46 | ↑ +234% |
| Regence | MCC/AHN | $2,992.46 | ↑ +234% |
| Regence | RealValue | $3,077.96 | ↑ +243% |
| Premera | Signature | $3,330.29 | ↑ +271% |
| Premera | Prime | $3,405.23 | ↑ +280% |
| Regence | Commercial | $3,419.96 | ↑ +281% |
| First Choice | MCC Wellfound Employee | $3,821.83 | ↑ +326% |
| Kaiser | PPO | $3,945.59 | ↑ +340% |
| Aetna | All Commercial Plans | $4,153.47 | ↑ +363% |
| Premera | Other Commercial Plans | $4,185.10 | ↑ +367% |
| Cigna | All Commercial Plans | $4,245.66 | ↑ +373% |
| United Healthcare | All Commercial Plans | $4,513.45 | ↑ +403% |
| First Choice | PPO | $5,164.64 | ↑ +476% |
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Injection(s) diagnostic/therapeutic agent facet lumbar/sacral single level at other Washington hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus | Seattle | $2,542.08 | $1,024.21 – $3,816.64 |
| Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital | Spokane | $1,995.00 | $985.61 – $2,517.36 |
| Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill | Seattle | $2,542.08 | $1,024.21 – $3,694.83 |
| Swedish Issaquah | Issaquah | $2,542.08 | $1,027.08 – $3,816.64 |
| Providence St Mary Medical Center | Walla Walla | $3,021.20 | $807.66 – $3,686.71 |
| Kadlec Regional Medical Center | Richland | $2,702.70 | $150.89 – $3,012.71 |
| Providence Holy Family Hospital | Spokane | $4,909.10 | $985.61 – $3,379.00 |
| Providence Regional Medical Center Everett - Colby Campus | Everett | $2,506.40 | $1,007.24 – $5,987.00 |