Trichomonas assay w/optic 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

$29.20

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.

$73.00

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.

$5.00 with Molina vs $70.95 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 $5.00 ↓ -83%
WellPoint Apple Health $5.00 ↓ -83%
United Healthcare Apple Health $5.40 ↓ -82%
Community Health Plan of Washington Apple Health $5.40 ↓ -82%
Coordinated Care Apple Health $5.40 ↓ -82%
SCAN MedAdvantage $14.98 ↓ -49%
Molina MedAdvantage $14.98 ↓ -49%
Premera Prime $15.29 ↓ -48%
Premera Signature $15.29 ↓ -48%
Premera HMO $15.29 ↓ -48%
Regence MCC/AHN $15.39 ↓ -47%
Regence Blue High Performance $15.39 ↓ -47%
First Choice MHS Employee MCC/PPO $15.40 ↓ -47%
Aetna MedAdvantage $15.43 ↓ -47%
Regence MedAdvantage $15.43 ↓ -47%
United Healthcare MedAdvantage $15.58 ↓ -47%
WellCare MedAdvantage $15.73 ↓ -46%
Regence RealValue $15.83 ↓ -46%
Community Health Plan of Washington MedAdvantage $16.48 ↓ -44%
Kaiser PPO $16.82 ↓ -42%
Regence Commercial $17.58 ↓ -40%
Uniform Medical All Commercial Plans $17.58 ↓ -40%
United Healthcare All Commercial Plans $18.35 ↓ -37%
Cigna All Commercial Plans $18.35 ↓ -37%
Premera Other Commercial Plans $19.11 ↓ -35%
First Choice MCC Wellfound Employee $21.50 ↓ -26%
Community Health Plan of Washington Cascade Care $25.26 ↓ -13%
First Choice PPO $29.05 ↓ -1%
Ambetter Coordinated Care Exchange $29.97 ↑ +3%
Multiplan/PHCS All Commercial Plans $42.34 ↑ +45%
First Health All Commercial Plans $42.34 ↑ +45%
Aetna All Commercial Plans $70.95 ↑ +143%

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Trichomonas assay w/optic at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
MultiCare Valley Hospital Spokane Valley $10.00 $4.89 – $27.72
MultiCare Yakima Memorial Hospital Yakima $21.20 $15.82 – $27.44
MultiCare Good Samaritan Hospital Puyallup $29.20 $5.12 – $29.97
Virginia Mason Medical Center Seattle $40.29 $10.70 – $47.79
MultiCare Capital Medical Center Olympia $23.20 $5.38 – $27.72
MultiCare Covington Medical Center Covington $29.20 $5.00 – $29.97
MultiCare Mary Bridge Children's Hospital Tacoma $29.20 $5.09 – $18.08
Navos Multi-Treatment Center Seattle $23.20 not published

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