Albumin serum plasma or whole blood 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

$28.00

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.

$70.00

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.

$3.65 with Community Health Plan of Washington vs $28.86 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 $3.65 ↓ -87%
Molina Apple Health $3.71 ↓ -87%
United Healthcare Apple Health $3.71 ↓ -87%
Coordinated Care Apple Health $3.71 ↓ -87%
SCAN MedAdvantage $4.85 ↓ -83%
Premera HMO $4.95 ↓ -82%
Regence MedAdvantage $5.00 ↓ -82%
Aetna MedAdvantage $5.00 ↓ -82%
United Healthcare MedAdvantage $5.05 ↓ -82%
WellCare MedAdvantage $5.09 ↓ -82%
Regence RealValue $5.12 ↓ -82%
Community Health Plan of Washington MedAdvantage $5.34 ↓ -81%
WellPoint Apple Health $5.40 ↓ -81%
Kaiser PPO $5.44 ↓ -81%
Uniform Medical All Commercial Plans $5.69 ↓ -80%
Regence Commercial $5.69 ↓ -80%
Regence MCC/AHN $5.69 ↓ -80%
Regence Blue High Performance $5.69 ↓ -80%
United Healthcare All Commercial Plans $5.94 ↓ -79%
Cigna All Commercial Plans $5.94 ↓ -79%
Premera Other Commercial Plans $6.19 ↓ -78%
Premera Signature $6.19 ↓ -78%
Premera Prime $6.19 ↓ -78%
First Choice MHS Employee MCC/PPO $7.55 ↓ -73%
Community Health Plan of Washington Cascade Care $8.18 ↓ -71%
Ambetter Coordinated Care Exchange $8.97 ↓ -68%
First Choice MCC Wellfound Employee $12.38 ↓ -56%
First Choice PPO $12.38 ↓ -56%
Multiplan/PHCS All Commercial Plans $18.25 ↓ -35%
First Health All Commercial Plans $21.25 ↓ -24%
Aetna All Commercial Plans $28.86 ↑ +3%

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Albumin serum plasma or whole blood at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Providence St Peter Hospital Olympia $59.80 $4.21 – $27.72
Providence St Luke's Rehabilitation Medical Center Spokane $70.56 $4.95 – $5.44
Providence St Joseph Hospital Chewelah $56.00 not published
Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus Seattle $35.52 $4.46 – $23.27
Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital Spokane $45.50 $4.95 – $17.82
Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill Seattle $35.52 $4.46 – $22.52
Swedish Issaquah Issaquah $35.52 $4.46 – $23.27
Central Medical Center Seattle $44.00 $4.00 – $4.00

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