Amino acid single qual 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

$30.80

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.

$77.00

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.

$9.08 with Community Health Plan of Washington vs $82.67 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 $9.08 ↓ -71%
Molina Apple Health $9.24 ↓ -70%
United Healthcare Apple Health $9.24 ↓ -70%
Coordinated Care Apple Health $9.24 ↓ -70%
WellPoint Apple Health $13.45 ↓ -56%
SCAN MedAdvantage $13.90 ↓ -55%
Premera HMO $14.18 ↓ -54%
Aetna MedAdvantage $14.31 ↓ -54%
Regence MedAdvantage $14.31 ↓ -54%
United Healthcare MedAdvantage $14.45 ↓ -53%
WellCare MedAdvantage $14.59 ↓ -53%
Regence RealValue $14.68 ↓ -52%
Community Health Plan of Washington MedAdvantage $15.29 ↓ -50%
Kaiser PPO $15.60 ↓ -49%
Regence Commercial $16.31 ↓ -47%
Uniform Medical All Commercial Plans $16.31 ↓ -47%
Regence MCC/AHN $16.31 ↓ -47%
Regence Blue High Performance $16.31 ↓ -47%
United Healthcare All Commercial Plans $17.02 ↓ -45%
Cigna All Commercial Plans $17.02 ↓ -45%
Premera Signature $17.72 ↓ -42%
Premera Prime $17.72 ↓ -42%
Premera Other Commercial Plans $17.72 ↓ -42%
First Choice MHS Employee MCC/PPO $21.62 ↓ -30%
Community Health Plan of Washington Cascade Care $23.43 ↓ -24%
Ambetter Coordinated Care Exchange $25.71 ↓ -17%
First Choice PPO $35.45 ↑ +15%
First Choice MCC Wellfound Employee $35.45 ↑ +15%
Multiplan/PHCS All Commercial Plans $56.21 ↑ +83%
First Health All Commercial Plans $65.45 ↑ +113%
Aetna All Commercial Plans $82.67 ↑ +168%

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Amino acid single qual at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Providence St Peter Hospital Olympia not published $12.05 – $79.41
Central Medical Center Seattle $63.20 $11.00 – $11.00
Kadlec Regional Medical Center Richland $93.80 $14.18 – $55.44
MultiCare Auburn Medical Center Auburn $38.40 $8.43 – $27.79
MultiCare Good Samaritan Hospital Puyallup $38.40 $8.63 – $27.79
Virginia Mason Medical Center Seattle $40.29 $9.93 – $44.32
MultiCare Covington Medical Center Covington $38.40 $8.43 – $27.79
MultiCare Mary Bridge Children's Hospital Tacoma $38.40 $8.59 – $30.49

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