Prgrmg dev eval scrms ip 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

$93.20

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.

$233.00

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.

$26.73 with Molina vs $230.55 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 $26.73 ↓ -71%
United Healthcare Apple Health $28.87 ↓ -69%
WellPoint Apple Health $28.87 ↓ -69%
Community Health Plan of Washington Apple Health $28.87 ↓ -69%
Coordinated Care Apple Health $28.87 ↓ -69%
SCAN MedAdvantage $42.47 ↓ -54%
Molina MedAdvantage $42.47 ↓ -54%
Regence MedAdvantage $43.75 ↓ -53%
Aetna MedAdvantage $43.75 ↓ -53%
United Healthcare MedAdvantage $44.17 ↓ -53%
WellCare MedAdvantage $44.60 ↓ -52%
Community Health Plan of Washington MedAdvantage $46.72 ↓ -50%
Premera HMO $65.57 ↓ -30%
Community Health Plan of Washington Cascade Care $71.61 ↓ -23%
Ambetter Coordinated Care Exchange $84.95 ↓ -9%
Uniform Medical All Commercial Plans $91.80 ↓ -2%
First Choice MHS Employee MCC/PPO $122.19 ↑ +31%
Regence Blue High Performance $123.81 ↑ +33%
Regence MCC/AHN $123.81 ↑ +33%
Regence RealValue $127.34 ↑ +37%
Premera Signature $137.79 ↑ +48%
Premera Prime $140.89 ↑ +51%
Regence Commercial $141.49 ↑ +52%
Kaiser PPO $162.05 ↑ +74%
First Health All Commercial Plans $170.09 ↑ +83%
Multiplan/PHCS All Commercial Plans $170.09 ↑ +83%
First Choice MCC Wellfound Employee $170.61 ↑ +83%
Premera Other Commercial Plans $173.16 ↑ +86%
Aetna All Commercial Plans $173.97 ↑ +87%
Cigna All Commercial Plans $179.15 ↑ +92%
United Healthcare All Commercial Plans $190.45 ↑ +104%
First Choice PPO $230.55 ↑ +147%

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Prgrmg dev eval scrms ip at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus Seattle $121.92 $43.22 – $170.38
Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill Seattle $121.92 $43.22 – $164.94
Swedish Issaquah Issaquah $121.92 $43.34 – $170.38
Providence Mount Carmel Hospital Colville $69.30 not published
MultiCare Yakima Memorial Hospital Yakima $47.20 $44.52 – $117.37
MultiCare Good Samaritan Hospital Puyallup $93.20 $27.35 – $179.15
Virginia Mason Medical Center Seattle $58.14 $1.73 – $224.04
MultiCare Capital Medical Center Olympia $93.20 $28.76 – $193.09

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