Application of paste boot 29580 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

$368.40

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.

$921.00

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.

$140.61 with Community Health Plan of Washington vs $926.43 with United Healthcare — 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 $140.61 ↓ -62%
Molina Apple Health $143.22 ↓ -61%
United Healthcare Apple Health $143.22 ↓ -61%
Coordinated Care Apple Health $143.22 ↓ -61%
SCAN MedAdvantage $184.41 ↓ -50%
Aetna MedAdvantage $189.94 ↓ -48%
Regence MedAdvantage $189.94 ↓ -48%
United Healthcare MedAdvantage $191.79 ↓ -48%
WellCare MedAdvantage $193.63 ↓ -47%
Community Health Plan of Washington MedAdvantage $202.85 ↓ -45%
WellPoint Apple Health $208.32 ↓ -43%
Premera HMO $273.06 ↓ -26%
Community Health Plan of Washington Cascade Care $310.92 ↓ -16%
Ambetter Coordinated Care Exchange $341.16 ↓ -7%
Regence RealValue $369.71 ↑ +0%
Uniform Medical All Commercial Plans $393.57 ↑ +7%
Regence Commercial $410.79 ↑ +12%
Regence MCC/AHN $410.79 ↑ +12%
Regence Blue High Performance $410.79 ↑ +12%
Premera Signature $414.10 ↑ +12%
Premera Other Commercial Plans $414.10 ↑ +12%
Premera Prime $414.10 ↑ +12%
First Choice MHS Employee MCC/PPO $505.80 ↑ +37%
Aetna All Commercial Plans $512.30 ↑ +39%
Multiplan/PHCS All Commercial Plans $672.33 ↑ +83%
Kaiser PPO $677.78 ↑ +84%
First Health All Commercial Plans $782.85 ↑ +113%
First Choice MCC Wellfound Employee $829.19 ↑ +125%
First Choice PPO $829.19 ↑ +125%
Cigna All Commercial Plans $840.73 ↑ +128%
United Healthcare All Commercial Plans $926.43 ↑ +151%

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Application of paste boot 29580 at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Providence St Peter Hospital Olympia $336.44 $158.86 – $628.58
Providence St Joseph Hospital Chewelah $217.70 not published
Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus Seattle $456.00 $188.17 – $628.58
Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital Spokane $425.60 $181.08 – $460.85
Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill Seattle $456.00 $188.17 – $608.52
Swedish Issaquah Issaquah $456.00 $188.70 – $628.58
Central Medical Center Seattle $561.60 not published
Providence Centralia Hospital Centralia $336.44 $188.17 – $782.38

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