Apheresis platelets 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

$2,749.60

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.

$6,874.00

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.

$500.66 with SCAN vs $4,773.60 with First Health — 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 $500.66 ↓ -82%
Aetna MedAdvantage $515.68 ↓ -81%
Regence MedAdvantage $515.68 ↓ -81%
United Healthcare MedAdvantage $520.68 ↓ -81%
WellCare MedAdvantage $525.69 ↓ -81%
Community Health Plan of Washington MedAdvantage $550.72 ↓ -80%
Premera HMO $763.86 ↓ -72%
Community Health Plan of Washington Cascade Care $844.11 ↓ -69%
Ambetter Coordinated Care Exchange $926.22 ↓ -66%
Regence RealValue $1,018.55 ↓ -63%
Uniform Medical All Commercial Plans $1,084.28 ↓ -61%
Regence Commercial $1,131.72 ↓ -59%
Regence MCC/AHN $1,131.72 ↓ -59%
Regence Blue High Performance $1,131.72 ↓ -59%
Premera Prime $1,140.84 ↓ -59%
Premera Signature $1,140.84 ↓ -59%
Premera Other Commercial Plans $1,140.84 ↓ -59%
Community Health Plan of Washington Apple Health $1,277.78 ↓ -54%
Coordinated Care Apple Health $1,301.44 ↓ -53%
Molina Apple Health $1,301.44 ↓ -53%
United Healthcare Apple Health $1,301.44 ↓ -53%
Aetna All Commercial Plans $1,419.36 ↓ -48%
First Choice MHS Employee MCC/PPO $1,503.07 ↓ -45%
WellPoint Apple Health $1,893.01 ↓ -31%
Kaiser PPO $1,896.04 ↓ -31%
Cigna All Commercial Plans $2,282.52 ↓ -17%
First Choice MCC Wellfound Employee $2,464.05 ↓ -10%
First Choice PPO $2,464.05 ↓ -10%
United Healthcare All Commercial Plans $2,515.20 ↓ -9%
Multiplan/PHCS All Commercial Plans $4,099.68 ↑ +49%
First Health All Commercial Plans $4,773.60 ↑ +74%

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Apheresis platelets at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Providence St Peter Hospital Olympia not published $431.28 – $3,484.00
Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus Seattle $1,305.12 $510.88 – $1,823.79
Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital Spokane $1,115.80 $491.62 – $1,396.94
Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill Seattle $1,305.12 $510.88 – $1,765.58
Swedish Issaquah Issaquah $1,305.12 $512.31 – $1,823.79
Central Medical Center Seattle $3,360.00 not published
Kadlec Regional Medical Center Richland $2,310.00 $178.42 – $1,517.24
Providence Holy Family Hospital Spokane $1,544.90 $491.62 – $6,462.00

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