44/100
#1,472 nationally
Multicare Auburn Medical Center
202 North Division Street Plaza One, Auburn, WA 98001 · (253) 833-7711
Charges well above the national norm
For every $1 of care Medicare actually paid for here, Multicare Auburn Medical Center billed $4.45 in list charges. That gap does not change a Medicare patient's bill — but it is where an uninsured or out-of-network bill starts.
- Charge-to-payment
- 4.5x
- volume-weighted across all its priced work
- Procedures priced
- 43
- inpatient and outpatient combined
- Rank in WA
- #24
- lower markup ranks higher
- CMS quality stars
- 2/5
- shown for context, not in the grade
How this grade was reached
Each component is scored against every other U.S. hospital in the same federal files, so the grade is a position in the country, not a pass mark we invented.
Better than 55% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 31% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 40% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 51% of U.S. hospitals.
What this hospital treats most
The ten procedures it billed Medicare for most often, with its charge beside the national middle.
| Procedure | Patients | Charged | Actually paid | vs national |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Sepsis (severe)
MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay |
184 | $60,854 | $17,484 | -7% |
|
Heart Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay |
73 | $47,879 | $11,748 | +10% |
|
Level 5 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5115 · Hospital outpatient visit |
52 | $83,657 | $12,512 | +34% |
|
Level 1 Laparoscopy and Related Services
APC 5361 · Hospital outpatient visit |
44 | $60,025 | $5,572 | +71% |
|
Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage
APC 5072 · Hospital outpatient visit |
43 | $11,207 | $1,656 | +11% |
|
Pneumonia (severe)
MS-DRG 193 · Inpatient stay |
39 | $43,540 | $12,022 | -7% |
|
Level 3 Vascular Procedures
APC 5183 · Hospital outpatient visit |
36 | $20,030 | $3,183 | +5% |
|
Heart Attack (severe)
MS-DRG 280 · Inpatient stay |
33 | $48,978 | $14,569 | -20% |
|
Level 3 Urology and Related Services
APC 5373 · Hospital outpatient visit |
32 | $7,051 | $2,080 | -45% |
|
Sepsis (without major complications)
MS-DRG 872 · Inpatient stay |
31 | $38,623 | $9,468 | about average |
Where its charges run furthest above the national middle
Only procedures it performed at least eleven times, so a single unusual case cannot produce the headline.
| Procedure | Charged | Actually paid | vs national |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Level 1 Laparoscopy and Related Services
APC 5361 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$60,025 | $5,572 | +71% |
|
Level 4 Urology and Related Services
APC 5374 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$32,470 | $3,560 | +57% |
|
Level 2 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5112 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$17,043 | $1,582 | +52% |
|
Level 4 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5114 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$59,520 | $6,013 | +49% |
|
Level 2 Endovascular Procedures
APC 5192 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$49,563 | $5,620 | +43% |
|
Level 3 Endovascular Procedures
APC 5193 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$91,903 | $10,423 | +36% |
|
Level 5 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5115 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$83,657 | $12,512 | +34% |
|
Level 3 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5113 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$27,077 | $3,118 | +33% |
Where it charges least relative to everyone else
| Procedure | Charged | Actually paid | vs national |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Level 3 Urology and Related Services
APC 5373 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$7,051 | $2,080 | -45% |
|
Digestive Disorder (severe)
MS-DRG 391 · Inpatient stay |
$38,237 | $13,377 | -25% |
|
Fluid and Electrolyte Disorder (severe)
MS-DRG 640 · Inpatient stay |
$36,889 | $11,933 | -24% |
|
Heart Attack (severe)
MS-DRG 280 · Inpatient stay |
$48,978 | $14,569 | -20% |
|
Red Blood Cell Disorders with Major Complications
MS-DRG 811 · Inpatient stay |
$46,605 | $13,279 | -17% |
|
Transient Ischemia without Thrombolytic
MS-DRG 069 · Inpatient stay |
$34,592 | $9,652 | -16% |
|
Respiratory Failure
MS-DRG 189 · Inpatient stay |
$41,327 | $12,558 | -15% |
|
Infection Needing Surgery (severe)
MS-DRG 853 · Inpatient stay |
$154,983 | $43,018 | -13% |
What this page cannot tell you
- It is not your bill. These are averages across Medicare patients. What you pay depends on your insurance, your plan's negotiated rate and your own case.
- It is not a quality rating. A hospital with a high markup may be excellent, and one with a low markup may not be. We checked: across every U.S. hospital, markup and the CMS quality star rating barely move together.
- A charge is not a cost. Hospitals do not collect their list charges from insured patients. The number matters because it is the opening figure on an uninsured or out-of-network bill.
- Ask for the real number. Every U.S. hospital must publish a machine-readable price file and give you a written good-faith estimate on request.