Rmvl sq defib electrode 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

$3,366.00

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.

$8,415.00

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.

$1,179.01 with Molina vs $19,069.67 with United Healthcare — 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 $1,179.01 ↓ -65%
United Healthcare Apple Health $1,273.33 ↓ -62%
WellPoint Apple Health $1,273.33 ↓ -62%
Community Health Plan of Washington Apple Health $1,273.33 ↓ -62%
Coordinated Care Apple Health $1,273.33 ↓ -62%
SCAN MedAdvantage $4,252.71 ↑ +26%
Molina MedAdvantage $4,252.71 ↑ +26%
Regence MedAdvantage $4,380.29 ↑ +30%
Aetna MedAdvantage $4,380.29 ↑ +30%
United Healthcare MedAdvantage $4,422.82 ↑ +31%
WellCare MedAdvantage $4,465.35 ↑ +33%
Community Health Plan of Washington MedAdvantage $4,677.98 ↑ +39%
First Health All Commercial Plans $6,142.95 ↑ +83%
Multiplan/PHCS All Commercial Plans $6,142.95 ↑ +83%
Premera HMO $6,277.43 ↑ +86%
Community Health Plan of Washington Cascade Care $7,170.07 ↑ +113%
Ambetter Coordinated Care Exchange $8,505.42 ↑ +153%
Uniform Medical All Commercial Plans $9,559.84 ↑ +184%
First Choice MHS Employee MCC/PPO $10,058.50 ↑ +199%
Regence Blue High Performance $12,892.69 ↑ +283%
Regence MCC/AHN $12,892.69 ↑ +283%
Regence RealValue $13,261.05 ↑ +294%
First Choice MCC Wellfound Employee $14,043.94 ↑ +317%
Premera Signature $14,348.25 ↑ +326%
Premera Prime $14,671.11 ↑ +336%
Regence Commercial $14,734.50 ↑ +338%
Kaiser PPO $15,514.81 ↑ +361%
Aetna All Commercial Plans $16,978.42 ↑ +404%
Cigna All Commercial Plans $17,938.27 ↑ +433%
Premera Other Commercial Plans $18,031.12 ↑ +436%
First Choice PPO $18,978.30 ↑ +464%
United Healthcare All Commercial Plans $19,069.67 ↑ +467%

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Rmvl sq defib electrode at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus Seattle $8,626.56 $4,327.36 – $14,024.85
Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital Spokane $7,067.90 $4,164.26 – $10,598.04
Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill Seattle $8,626.56 $4,327.36 – $13,577.25
Swedish Issaquah Issaquah $8,626.56 $4,339.50 – $14,024.85
Kadlec Regional Medical Center Richland $5,310.90 $590.35 – $11,070.68
St. Michael Medical Center Silverdale $2,275.35 $3,247.93 – $15,792.93
St. Anne Hospital Burien $1,574.25 $2,216.84 – $4,639.90
St. Anthony Hospital Gig Harbor $1,568.03 $3,711.92 – $9,117.55

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