Asp & inj w/heparin pleurx cath at MultiCare Capital Medical Center
3900 Capital Mall DR SW, Olympia, WA · Multicare · · NPI 1841258639
$2,210.80
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.
$5,527.00
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.
$711.29 with Community Health Plan of Washington vs $4,697.95 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.
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 | $711.29 | ↓ -68% |
| SCAN | MedAdvantage | $711.88 | ↓ -68% |
| Coordinated Care | Apple Health | $724.46 | ↓ -67% |
| United Healthcare | Apple Health | $724.46 | ↓ -67% |
| Molina | Apple Health | $724.46 | ↓ -67% |
| Aetna | MedAdvantage | $733.24 | ↓ -67% |
| Regence | MedAdvantage | $733.24 | ↓ -67% |
| United Healthcare | MedAdvantage | $740.36 | ↓ -67% |
| WellCare | MedAdvantage | $747.48 | ↓ -66% |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | MedAdvantage | $783.07 | ↓ -65% |
| WellPoint | Apple Health | $1,053.76 | ↓ -52% |
| Premera | HMO | $1,083.73 | ↓ -51% |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | Cascade Care | $1,200.23 | ↓ -46% |
| Ambetter | Coordinated Care Exchange | $1,316.98 | ↓ -40% |
| Regence | RealValue | $1,473.98 | ↓ -33% |
| Uniform Medical | All Commercial Plans | $1,569.10 | ↓ -29% |
| Regence | Commercial | $1,637.75 | ↓ -26% |
| Regence | MCC/AHN | $1,637.75 | ↓ -26% |
| Regence | Blue High Performance | $1,637.75 | ↓ -26% |
| Premera | Prime | $1,650.94 | ↓ -25% |
| Premera | Signature | $1,650.94 | ↓ -25% |
| Premera | Other Commercial Plans | $1,650.94 | ↓ -25% |
| Aetna | All Commercial Plans | $2,007.28 | ↓ -9% |
| First Choice | MHS Employee MCC/PPO | $2,384.59 | ↑ +8% |
| Kaiser | PPO | $2,690.02 | ↑ +22% |
| Cigna | All Commercial Plans | $3,245.51 | ↑ +47% |
| United Healthcare | All Commercial Plans | $3,576.35 | ↑ +62% |
| First Choice | MCC Wellfound Employee | $3,909.16 | ↑ +77% |
| First Choice | PPO | $3,909.16 | ↑ +77% |
| Multiplan/PHCS | All Commercial Plans | $4,034.71 | ↑ +83% |
| First Health | All Commercial Plans | $4,697.95 | ↑ +113% |
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Asp & inj w/heparin pleurx cath at other Washington hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Providence St Peter Hospital | Olympia | $1,358.24 | $613.23 – $3,484.00 |
| Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus | Seattle | $1,652.16 | $726.41 – $2,963.40 |
| Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital | Spokane | $1,379.70 | $699.03 – $1,954.58 |
| Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill | Seattle | $1,652.16 | $726.41 – $2,868.82 |
| Swedish Issaquah | Issaquah | $1,652.16 | $728.45 – $2,963.40 |
| Central Medical Center | Seattle | $1,440.00 | not published |
| Kadlec Regional Medical Center | Richland | $9,816.80 | $699.03 – $2,339.19 |
| Providence Holy Family Hospital | Spokane | $1,773.80 | $699.03 – $11,241.00 |