Assay of endocrine hormone 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

$104.80

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.

$262.00

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.

$24.17 with Community Health Plan of Washington vs $415.27 with Aetna — 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 $24.17 ↓ -77%
Molina Apple Health $24.62 ↓ -77%
United Healthcare Apple Health $24.62 ↓ -77%
Coordinated Care Apple Health $24.62 ↓ -77%
WellPoint Apple Health $35.81 ↓ -66%
SCAN MedAdvantage $69.81 ↓ -33%
Premera HMO $71.23 ↓ -32%
Aetna MedAdvantage $71.90 ↓ -31%
Regence MedAdvantage $71.90 ↓ -31%
United Healthcare MedAdvantage $72.60 ↓ -31%
WellCare MedAdvantage $73.30 ↓ -30%
Regence RealValue $73.72 ↓ -30%
Community Health Plan of Washington MedAdvantage $76.79 ↓ -27%
Kaiser PPO $78.35 ↓ -25%
Regence Commercial $81.91 ↓ -22%
Uniform Medical All Commercial Plans $81.91 ↓ -22%
Regence MCC/AHN $81.91 ↓ -22%
Regence Blue High Performance $81.91 ↓ -22%
United Healthcare All Commercial Plans $85.48 ↓ -18%
Cigna All Commercial Plans $85.48 ↓ -18%
Premera Signature $89.04 ↓ -15%
Premera Prime $89.04 ↓ -15%
Premera Other Commercial Plans $89.04 ↓ -15%
First Choice MHS Employee MCC/PPO $108.63 ↑ +4%
Community Health Plan of Washington Cascade Care $117.69 ↑ +12%
Ambetter Coordinated Care Exchange $129.14 ↑ +23%
First Choice PPO $178.08 ↑ +70%
First Choice MCC Wellfound Employee $178.08 ↑ +70%
Multiplan/PHCS All Commercial Plans $191.26 ↑ +83%
First Health All Commercial Plans $222.70 ↑ +113%
Aetna All Commercial Plans $415.27 ↑ +296%

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Assay of endocrine hormone at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Providence St Peter Hospital Olympia not published $60.55 – $398.89
Central Medical Center Seattle $320.80 $54.00 – $54.00
MultiCare Valley Hospital Spokane Valley $254.80 $21.96 – $129.14
MultiCare Auburn Medical Center Auburn $131.20 $22.46 – $139.61
MultiCare Good Samaritan Hospital Puyallup $131.20 $22.98 – $139.61
Virginia Mason Medical Center Seattle $149.94 $49.86 – $222.64
MultiCare Covington Medical Center Covington $131.20 $22.46 – $139.61
MultiCare Mary Bridge Children's Hospital Tacoma $131.20 $22.87 – $81.91

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