Arthrocentesis/aspiration/inj major joint/bursa without Ultrasound guidance (both sides) at MultiCare Capital Medical Center
3900 Capital Mall DR SW, Olympia, WA · Multicare · · NPI 1841258639
$883.60
Cash price 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.
$2,209.00
Gross charge 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.
$179.61 with Community Health Plan of Washington vs $1,749.97 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
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| Community Health Plan of Washington | Apple Health | $179.61 | ↓ -80% |
| Molina | Apple Health | $182.94 | ↓ -79% |
| United Healthcare | Apple Health | $182.94 | ↓ -79% |
| Coordinated Care | Apple Health | $182.94 | ↓ -79% |
| WellPoint | Apple Health | $266.09 | ↓ -70% |
| SCAN | MedAdvantage | $348.34 | ↓ -61% |
| Aetna | MedAdvantage | $358.79 | ↓ -59% |
| Regence | MedAdvantage | $358.79 | ↓ -59% |
| United Healthcare | MedAdvantage | $362.27 | ↓ -59% |
| WellCare | MedAdvantage | $365.75 | ↓ -59% |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | MedAdvantage | $383.17 | ↓ -57% |
| Premera | HMO | $509.35 | ↓ -42% |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | Cascade Care | $587.30 | ↓ -34% |
| Ambetter | Coordinated Care Exchange | $644.43 | ↓ -27% |
| Regence | RealValue | $694.94 | ↓ -21% |
| Uniform Medical | All Commercial Plans | $739.79 | ↓ -16% |
| Regence | Commercial | $772.16 | ↓ -13% |
| Regence | MCC/AHN | $772.16 | ↓ -13% |
| Regence | Blue High Performance | $772.16 | ↓ -13% |
| Premera | Signature | $778.37 | ↓ -12% |
| Premera | Other Commercial Plans | $778.37 | ↓ -12% |
| Premera | Prime | $778.37 | ↓ -12% |
| Aetna | All Commercial Plans | $958.39 | ↑ +8% |
| First Choice | MHS Employee MCC/PPO | $990.01 | ↑ +12% |
| Kaiser | PPO | $1,264.29 | ↑ +43% |
| Multiplan/PHCS | All Commercial Plans | $1,300.13 | ↑ +47% |
| First Health | All Commercial Plans | $1,513.85 | ↑ +71% |
| Cigna | All Commercial Plans | $1,588.08 | ↑ +80% |
| First Choice | MCC Wellfound Employee | $1,622.97 | ↑ +84% |
| First Choice | PPO | $1,622.97 | ↑ +84% |
| United Healthcare | All Commercial Plans | $1,749.97 | ↑ +98% |
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Arthrocentesis/aspiration/inj major joint/bursa without Ultrasound guidance (both sides) at other Washington hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Providence St Peter Hospital | Olympia | $1,121.12 | $300.07 – $3,870.00 |
| Providence St Luke's Rehabilitation Medical Center | Spokane | $592.20 | $342.05 – $376.25 |
| Providence St Joseph Hospital | Chewelah | $458.50 | not published |
| Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus | Seattle | $911.04 | $355.45 – $1,230.32 |
| Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital | Spokane | $722.40 | $342.05 – $870.52 |
| Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill | Seattle | $911.04 | $355.45 – $1,191.05 |
| Swedish Issaquah | Issaquah | $911.04 | $356.44 – $1,230.32 |
| Central Medical Center | Seattle | $560.00 | not published |