Aqueous shunt eye without graft 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

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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.

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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.

$2,516.30 with Community Health Plan of Washington vs $27,531.00 with Cigna — 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 $2,516.30
United Healthcare Apple Health $2,562.90
Molina Apple Health $2,562.90
Coordinated Care Apple Health $2,562.90
WellPoint Apple Health $3,727.86
SCAN MedAdvantage $6,038.77
Regence MedAdvantage $6,219.94
Aetna MedAdvantage $6,219.94
United Healthcare MedAdvantage $6,280.33
WellCare MedAdvantage $6,340.71
Community Health Plan of Washington MedAdvantage $6,642.65
First Choice MHS Employee MCC/PPO $7,965.80
Community Health Plan of Washington Cascade Care $10,181.37
Ambetter Coordinated Care Exchange $11,171.73
Regence RealValue $12,263.16
Uniform Medical All Commercial Plans $13,054.55
First Choice MCC Wellfound Employee $13,058.69
First Choice PPO $13,058.69
Premera HMO $13,520.92
Regence Commercial $13,625.73
Regence MCC/AHN $13,625.73
Regence Blue High Performance $13,625.73
Premera Other Commercial Plans $13,735.44
Premera Signature $13,735.44
Premera Prime $13,735.44
Aetna All Commercial Plans $16,751.74
Kaiser PPO $18,579.45
Cigna All Commercial Plans $27,531.00

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Aqueous shunt eye without graft at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Providence St Peter Hospital Olympia not published $5,201.95 – $19,981.59
Virginia Mason Medical Center Seattle $5,428.95 $31.18 – $4,446.57
Providence St Luke's Rehabilitation Medical Center Spokane not published $5,929.76 – $6,522.74
Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus Seattle not published $6,162.01 – $18,720.20
Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital Spokane not published $5,929.76 – $15,091.25
Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill Seattle not published $6,162.01 – $17,907.97
Swedish Issaquah Issaquah not published $6,179.30 – $18,595.27
Central Medical Center Seattle not published not published

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