Insitu hybridization (fish) 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.

$28.04 with Molina vs $1,802.49 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.

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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 $28.04
WellPoint Apple Health $28.04
United Healthcare Apple Health $30.28
Coordinated Care Apple Health $30.28
Community Health Plan of Washington Apple Health $30.28
SCAN MedAdvantage $193.88
Molina MedAdvantage $193.88
Aetna MedAdvantage $199.70
Regence MedAdvantage $199.70
United Healthcare MedAdvantage $201.64
WellCare MedAdvantage $203.58
Community Health Plan of Washington MedAdvantage $213.27
Premera HMO $294.59
Community Health Plan of Washington Cascade Care $326.89
Ambetter Coordinated Care Exchange $387.77
Uniform Medical All Commercial Plans $415.80
Regence Blue High Performance $560.76
Regence MCC/AHN $560.76
Regence RealValue $576.78
Premera Signature $624.07
Premera Prime $638.11
Regence Commercial $640.87
Premera Other Commercial Plans $784.26
Aetna All Commercial Plans $799.47
Cigna All Commercial Plans $817.83
First Choice MHS Employee MCC/PPO $955.32
First Choice MCC Wellfound Employee $1,333.84
Kaiser PPO $1,500.63
First Choice PPO $1,802.49

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Insitu hybridization (fish) at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Central Medical Center Seattle $1,343.20 $1,039.00 – $1,039.00
Swedish Edmonds Hospital Edmonds $680.16 $194.02 – $1,275.35
Providence St Mary Medical Center Walla Walla $304.50 $151.35 – $351.22
Providence Regional Medical Center Everett - Colby Campus Everett $297.44 $194.02 – $1,190.32
MultiCare Valley Hospital Spokane Valley $458.80 $27.41 – $1,442.29
St. Michael Medical Center Silverdale $451.88 $526.96 – $1,527.53
St. Anne Hospital Burien $312.64 $297.73 – $921.47
St. Anthony Hospital Gig Harbor $311.41 $297.73 – $881.87

All Washington hospitals for this procedure →