Amniotic fluid scan 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

$15.60

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.

$39.00

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 $54.51 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 ↓ -77%
Molina Apple Health $3.71 ↓ -76%
United Healthcare Apple Health $3.71 ↓ -76%
Coordinated Care Apple Health $3.71 ↓ -76%
WellPoint Apple Health $5.40 ↓ -65%
SCAN MedAdvantage $9.16 ↓ -41%
Premera HMO $9.35 ↓ -40%
Aetna MedAdvantage $9.44 ↓ -39%
Regence MedAdvantage $9.44 ↓ -39%
United Healthcare MedAdvantage $9.53 ↓ -39%
WellCare MedAdvantage $9.62 ↓ -38%
Regence RealValue $9.68 ↓ -38%
Community Health Plan of Washington MedAdvantage $10.08 ↓ -35%
Kaiser PPO $10.28 ↓ -34%
Regence Commercial $10.75 ↓ -31%
Uniform Medical All Commercial Plans $10.75 ↓ -31%
Regence MCC/AHN $10.75 ↓ -31%
Regence Blue High Performance $10.75 ↓ -31%
United Healthcare All Commercial Plans $11.22 ↓ -28%
Cigna All Commercial Plans $11.22 ↓ -28%
Premera Signature $11.69 ↓ -25%
Premera Prime $11.69 ↓ -25%
Premera Other Commercial Plans $11.69 ↓ -25%
First Choice MHS Employee MCC/PPO $14.26 ↓ -9%
Community Health Plan of Washington Cascade Care $15.45 ↓ -1%
Ambetter Coordinated Care Exchange $16.95 ↑ +9%
First Choice PPO $23.38 ↑ +50%
First Choice MCC Wellfound Employee $23.38 ↑ +50%
Multiplan/PHCS All Commercial Plans $28.47 ↑ +83%
First Health All Commercial Plans $33.15 ↑ +113%
Aetna All Commercial Plans $54.51 ↑ +249%

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Amniotic fluid scan at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Providence St Peter Hospital Olympia not published $7.95 – $52.36
Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital Spokane $119.00 $9.35 – $33.66
Central Medical Center Seattle $42.40 $7.00 – $7.00
MultiCare Valley Hospital Spokane Valley $33.60 $3.31 – $16.95
St. Michael Medical Center Silverdale $83.28 $9.35 – $169.83
St. Anne Hospital Burien $57.62 $9.35 – $169.83
St. Anthony Hospital Gig Harbor $57.39 $9.35 – $141.52
MultiCare Auburn Medical Center Auburn $19.60 $3.39 – $18.33

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