L/s ratio fetal lung 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

$47.60

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.

$119.00

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.

$8.43 with Molina vs $102.03 with Aetna — 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 $8.43 ↓ -82%
WellPoint Apple Health $8.43 ↓ -82%
United Healthcare Apple Health $9.11 ↓ -81%
Community Health Plan of Washington Apple Health $9.11 ↓ -81%
Coordinated Care Apple Health $9.11 ↓ -81%
SCAN MedAdvantage $21.55 ↓ -55%
Molina MedAdvantage $21.55 ↓ -55%
Premera Prime $21.99 ↓ -54%
Premera Signature $21.99 ↓ -54%
Premera HMO $21.99 ↓ -54%
Regence MCC/AHN $22.13 ↓ -54%
Regence Blue High Performance $22.13 ↓ -54%
First Choice MHS Employee MCC/PPO $22.14 ↓ -53%
Aetna MedAdvantage $22.20 ↓ -53%
Regence MedAdvantage $22.20 ↓ -53%
United Healthcare MedAdvantage $22.41 ↓ -53%
WellCare MedAdvantage $22.63 ↓ -52%
Regence RealValue $22.76 ↓ -52%
Community Health Plan of Washington MedAdvantage $23.71 ↓ -50%
Kaiser PPO $24.19 ↓ -49%
Regence Commercial $25.29 ↓ -47%
Uniform Medical All Commercial Plans $25.29 ↓ -47%
United Healthcare All Commercial Plans $26.39 ↓ -45%
Cigna All Commercial Plans $26.39 ↓ -45%
Premera Other Commercial Plans $27.49 ↓ -42%
First Choice MCC Wellfound Employee $30.92 ↓ -35%
Community Health Plan of Washington Cascade Care $36.33 ↓ -24%
First Choice PPO $41.78 ↓ -12%
Ambetter Coordinated Care Exchange $43.10 ↓ -9%
Multiplan/PHCS All Commercial Plans $69.35 ↑ +46%
First Health All Commercial Plans $69.35 ↑ +46%
Aetna All Commercial Plans $102.03 ↑ +114%

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L/s ratio fetal lung at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Central Medical Center Seattle $99.20 $17.00 – $17.00
Providence Holy Family Hospital Spokane $54.60 $21.99 – $93.84
MultiCare Valley Hospital Spokane Valley $97.20 $8.25 – $39.87
MultiCare Yakima Memorial Hospital Yakima $46.00 $22.76 – $39.47
MultiCare Good Samaritan Hospital Puyallup $47.60 $8.63 – $43.10
Virginia Mason Medical Center Seattle $49.98 $15.39 – $68.73
MultiCare Capital Medical Center Olympia $404.80 $9.08 – $39.87
MultiCare Covington Medical Center Covington $47.60 $8.43 – $43.10

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