Abltj 1/+thyr ndul 1lobe prq 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.

$1,874.28 with SCAN vs $8,544.95 with Cigna — 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 $1,874.28
Aetna MedAdvantage $1,930.51
Regence MedAdvantage $1,930.51
United Healthcare MedAdvantage $1,949.25
WellCare MedAdvantage $1,968.00
Community Health Plan of Washington MedAdvantage $2,061.71
Community Health Plan of Washington Cascade Care $3,160.04
Ambetter Coordinated Care Exchange $3,467.42
Premera Prime $4,260.78
Premera Signature $4,260.78
Premera Other Commercial Plans $4,260.78
Aetna All Commercial Plans $5,260.33
Kaiser PPO $7,534.12
Cigna All Commercial Plans $8,544.95

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Abltj 1/+thyr ndul 1lobe prq at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Providence St Peter Hospital Olympia not published $1,614.55 – $15,536.00
Virginia Mason Medical Center Seattle $2,529.60 $329.47 – $1,077.52
Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus Seattle not published $1,912.53 – $5,810.27
Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital Spokane not published $1,840.45 – $4,683.94
Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill Seattle not published $1,912.53 – $4,475.33
Swedish Issaquah Issaquah not published $1,917.90 – $4,257.73
Central Medical Center Seattle not published not published
Providence Centralia Hospital Centralia not published $1,912.53 – $3,538.19

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