Ablation cryo pq chest wall tumor(s) w/guid at MultiCare Capital Medical Center

3900 Capital Mall DR SW, Olympia, WA · Multicare · · NPI 1841258639

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Aug 27, 2026 · Ingested Sep 17, 2026

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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.

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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.

$279.93 with SCAN vs $1,336.97 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
SCAN MedAdvantage $279.93
Regence MedAdvantage $288.32
Aetna MedAdvantage $288.32
United Healthcare MedAdvantage $291.12
WellCare MedAdvantage $293.92
Community Health Plan of Washington MedAdvantage $307.92
Community Health Plan of Washington Apple Health $331.71
United Healthcare Apple Health $337.85
Molina Apple Health $337.85
Coordinated Care Apple Health $337.85
Premera HMO $387.81
Community Health Plan of Washington Cascade Care $471.95
WellPoint Apple Health $491.42
Ambetter Coordinated Care Exchange $517.86
Regence RealValue $553.32
Uniform Medical All Commercial Plans $589.02
Regence MCC/AHN $614.80
Regence Commercial $614.80
Regence Blue High Performance $614.80
Premera Other Commercial Plans $619.73
Premera Signature $619.73
Premera Prime $619.73
Aetna All Commercial Plans $778.81
First Choice MHS Employee MCC/PPO $815.55
Kaiser PPO $962.60
Cigna All Commercial Plans $1,276.21
First Choice PPO $1,336.97
First Choice MCC Wellfound Employee $1,336.97

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Ablation cryo pq chest wall tumor(s) w/guid at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Providence St Peter Hospital Olympia $438.36 $241.13 – $3,484.00
Providence St Joseph Hospital Chewelah $177.10 not published
Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital Spokane $455.00 $274.87 – $699.55
Providence Centralia Hospital Centralia $438.36 $285.64 – $1,261.49
Providence Mount Carmel Hospital Colville $261.10 not published
Providence St Mary Medical Center Walla Walla $4,879.70 $208.96 – $979.01
Kadlec Regional Medical Center Richland $4,495.40 $274.87 – $800.02
Providence Holy Family Hospital Spokane $354.20 $274.87 – $3,379.00

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