Arthrp ntrcrpl/crp/mtcrp ssp 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.

$2,593.02 with Community Health Plan of Washington vs $16,928.47 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 $2,593.02
United Healthcare Apple Health $2,641.04
Molina Apple Health $2,641.04
Coordinated Care Apple Health $2,641.04
SCAN MedAdvantage $3,713.16
Regence MedAdvantage $3,824.56
Aetna MedAdvantage $3,824.56
WellPoint Apple Health $3,841.51
United Healthcare MedAdvantage $3,861.69
WellCare MedAdvantage $3,898.82
Community Health Plan of Washington MedAdvantage $4,084.48
Community Health Plan of Washington Cascade Care $6,260.39
Ambetter Coordinated Care Exchange $6,869.35
Premera Prime $8,506.49
Premera Signature $8,506.49
Premera Other Commercial Plans $8,506.49
Aetna All Commercial Plans $10,534.09
Kaiser PPO $15,087.44
Cigna All Commercial Plans $16,928.47

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Arthrp ntrcrpl/crp/mtcrp ssp at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Providence St Peter Hospital Olympia not published $3,198.61 – $15,536.00
Central Medical Center Seattle $7,760.00 not published
Virginia Mason Medical Center Seattle $5,065.32 $976.70 – $3,192.74
Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus Seattle not published $3,788.94 – $11,510.81
Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital Spokane not published $3,646.14 – $9,279.41
Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill Seattle not published $3,788.94 – $8,866.13
Swedish Issaquah Issaquah not published $3,799.57 – $8,435.05
Providence Centralia Hospital Centralia not published $3,788.94 – $7,009.54

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