Irradiation of blood product each unit reference 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

$121.20

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.

$303.00

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.

$18.45 with Molina vs $212.61 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 $18.45 ↓ -85%
WellPoint Apple Health $18.45 ↓ -85%
United Healthcare Apple Health $19.93 ↓ -84%
Community Health Plan of Washington Apple Health $19.93 ↓ -84%
Coordinated Care Apple Health $19.93 ↓ -84%
SCAN MedAdvantage $42.51 ↓ -65%
Molina MedAdvantage $42.51 ↓ -65%
Regence MedAdvantage $43.78 ↓ -64%
Aetna MedAdvantage $43.78 ↓ -64%
United Healthcare MedAdvantage $44.21 ↓ -64%
WellCare MedAdvantage $44.63 ↓ -63%
Community Health Plan of Washington MedAdvantage $46.76 ↓ -61%
Premera HMO $63.62 ↓ -48%
Community Health Plan of Washington Cascade Care $71.67 ↓ -41%
Ambetter Coordinated Care Exchange $85.01 ↓ -30%
Uniform Medical All Commercial Plans $97.63 ↓ -19%
First Choice MHS Employee MCC/PPO $112.69 ↓ -7%
Regence MCC/AHN $131.66 ↑ +9%
Regence Blue High Performance $131.66 ↑ +9%
Regence RealValue $135.42 ↑ +12%
Premera Signature $146.53 ↑ +21%
Premera Prime $149.83 ↑ +24%
Regence Commercial $150.47 ↑ +24%
Kaiser PPO $157.23 ↑ +30%
First Choice MCC Wellfound Employee $157.33 ↑ +30%
First Health All Commercial Plans $176.66 ↑ +46%
Multiplan/PHCS All Commercial Plans $176.66 ↑ +46%
Cigna All Commercial Plans $179.28 ↑ +48%
Aetna All Commercial Plans $183.12 ↑ +51%
Premera Other Commercial Plans $184.15 ↑ +52%
United Healthcare All Commercial Plans $190.58 ↑ +57%
First Choice PPO $212.61 ↑ +75%

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Irradiation of blood product each unit reference at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Providence St Joseph Hospital Chewelah $56.00 not published
Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus Seattle $162.72 $1.65 – $157.12
Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill Seattle $162.72 $1.65 – $152.11
Swedish Issaquah Issaquah $162.72 $1.65 – $157.12
Central Medical Center Seattle $125.60 $40.00 – $40.00
Providence Mount Carmel Hospital Colville $65.10 not published
Kadlec Regional Medical Center Richland $109.20 $1.82 – $130.71
MultiCare Valley Hospital Spokane Valley $96.00 $18.04 – $151.12

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