Kafo sng/dbl mechanical act 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.

$4,117.65 with Regence vs $21,236.14 with Kaiser — 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
Regence MCC/AHN $4,117.65
Regence Blue High Performance $4,117.65
Regence RealValue $4,235.30
Uniform Medical All Commercial Plans $4,705.89
Regence Commercial $4,705.89
First Choice MHS Employee MCC/PPO $4,778.09
SCAN MedAdvantage $4,816.91
Molina MedAdvantage $4,816.91
Regence MedAdvantage $4,961.41
Aetna MedAdvantage $4,961.41
United Healthcare MedAdvantage $5,009.58
WellCare MedAdvantage $5,057.75
Community Health Plan of Washington MedAdvantage $5,298.60
Aetna All Commercial Plans $6,457.23
First Choice MCC Wellfound Employee $6,671.29
Cigna All Commercial Plans $6,746.36
Premera HMO $7,338.62
Community Health Plan of Washington Cascade Care $8,121.30
Premera Signature $8,470.60
Premera Prime $8,470.60
First Choice PPO $9,015.26
Ambetter Coordinated Care Exchange $9,633.81
Premera Other Commercial Plans $10,352.96
Kaiser PPO $21,236.14

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Kafo sng/dbl mechanical act at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Providence St Luke's Rehabilitation Medical Center Spokane not published $4,915.21 – $5,406.73
Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus Seattle not published $4,915.21 – $14,932.41
Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital Spokane not published $4,915.21 – $12,509.21
Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill Seattle not published $4,915.21 – $12,020.34
Swedish Issaquah Issaquah not published $4,915.21 – $10,911.77
Providence Centralia Hospital Centralia not published $4,915.21 – $9,295.73
Swedish Edmonds Hospital Edmonds not published $4,915.21 – $16,027.12
Kadlec Regional Medical Center Richland not published $4,915.21 – $9,093.14

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