Insert sq defib electrode 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

$4,875.60

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.

$12,189.00

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.

$1,179.01 with Molina vs $42,229.20 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 $1,179.01 ↓ -76%
Coordinated Care Apple Health $1,273.33 ↓ -74%
United Healthcare Apple Health $1,273.33 ↓ -74%
WellPoint Apple Health $1,273.33 ↓ -74%
Community Health Plan of Washington Apple Health $1,273.33 ↓ -74%
Multiplan/PHCS All Commercial Plans $8,897.97 ↑ +83%
First Health All Commercial Plans $8,897.97 ↑ +83%
SCAN MedAdvantage $9,417.51 ↑ +93%
Molina MedAdvantage $9,417.51 ↑ +93%
Aetna MedAdvantage $9,700.03 ↑ +99%
Regence MedAdvantage $9,700.03 ↑ +99%
United Healthcare MedAdvantage $9,794.21 ↑ +101%
WellCare MedAdvantage $9,888.38 ↑ +103%
Community Health Plan of Washington MedAdvantage $10,359.26 ↑ +112%
First Choice MHS Employee MCC/PPO $12,758.07 ↑ +162%
Premera HMO $15,291.67 ↑ +214%
Community Health Plan of Washington Cascade Care $15,877.92 ↑ +226%
First Choice MCC Wellfound Employee $17,813.15 ↑ +265%
Ambetter Coordinated Care Exchange $18,835.02 ↑ +286%
Uniform Medical All Commercial Plans $20,681.73 ↑ +324%
First Choice PPO $24,071.83 ↑ +394%
Regence MCC/AHN $27,892.00 ↑ +472%
Regence Blue High Performance $27,892.00 ↑ +472%
Regence RealValue $28,688.92 ↑ +488%
Premera Signature $31,040.96 ↑ +537%
Premera Prime $31,739.43 ↑ +551%
Regence Commercial $31,876.57 ↑ +554%
Kaiser PPO $37,793.63 ↑ +675%
Aetna All Commercial Plans $38,609.92 ↑ +692%
Premera Other Commercial Plans $39,008.47 ↑ +700%
Cigna All Commercial Plans $39,723.75 ↑ +715%
United Healthcare All Commercial Plans $42,229.20 ↑ +766%

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Insert sq defib electrode at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus Seattle $8,167.68 $7,277.00 – $37,215.81
Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital Spokane $19,708.50 $5,419.00 – $23,689.74
Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill Seattle $8,167.68 $7,277.00 – $35,840.28
Swedish Issaquah Issaquah $8,167.68 $7,277.00 – $37,215.81
St. Michael Medical Center Silverdale $3,966.03 $5,661.29 – $38,471.14
St. Anne Hospital Burien $2,743.98 $3,864.05 – $8,087.55
St. Anthony Hospital Gig Harbor $2,733.13 $6,470.04 – $22,210.08
MultiCare Good Samaritan Hospital Puyallup $4,875.60 $1,206.27 – $39,723.75

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