_afb id by dna probe rflx ast 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

$40.40

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.

$101.00

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.

$5.38 with Community Health Plan of Washington vs $116.89 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
Community Health Plan of Washington Apple Health $5.38 ↓ -87%
Molina Apple Health $5.48 ↓ -86%
United Healthcare Apple Health $5.48 ↓ -86%
Coordinated Care Apple Health $5.48 ↓ -86%
WellPoint Apple Health $7.97 ↓ -80%
SCAN MedAdvantage $19.65 ↓ -51%
Premera HMO $20.05 ↓ -50%
Aetna MedAdvantage $20.24 ↓ -50%
Regence MedAdvantage $20.24 ↓ -50%
United Healthcare MedAdvantage $20.43 ↓ -49%
WellCare MedAdvantage $20.63 ↓ -49%
Regence RealValue $20.75 ↓ -49%
Community Health Plan of Washington MedAdvantage $21.61 ↓ -47%
Kaiser PPO $22.06 ↓ -45%
Regence Commercial $23.06 ↓ -43%
Uniform Medical All Commercial Plans $23.06 ↓ -43%
Regence MCC/AHN $23.06 ↓ -43%
Regence Blue High Performance $23.06 ↓ -43%
United Healthcare All Commercial Plans $24.06 ↓ -40%
Cigna All Commercial Plans $24.06 ↓ -40%
Premera Signature $25.06 ↓ -38%
Premera Prime $25.06 ↓ -38%
Premera Other Commercial Plans $25.06 ↓ -38%
First Choice MHS Employee MCC/PPO $30.58 ↓ -24%
Community Health Plan of Washington Cascade Care $33.13 ↓ -18%
Ambetter Coordinated Care Exchange $36.35 ↓ -10%
First Choice PPO $50.13 ↑ +24%
First Choice MCC Wellfound Employee $50.13 ↑ +24%
Multiplan/PHCS All Commercial Plans $73.73 ↑ +83%
First Health All Commercial Plans $85.85 ↑ +113%
Aetna All Commercial Plans $116.89 ↑ +189%

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_afb id by dna probe rflx ast at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Providence St Peter Hospital Olympia not published $17.04 – $112.28
Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus Seattle $127.20 $18.05 – $94.24
Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital Spokane $298.90 $20.05 – $72.18
Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill Seattle $127.20 $18.05 – $91.23
Swedish Issaquah Issaquah $127.20 $18.05 – $94.24
Central Medical Center Seattle $158.40 $15.00 – $15.00
Providence Mount Carmel Hospital Colville $139.30 not published
Swedish Edmonds Hospital Edmonds $127.20 $20.05 – $90.23

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