Assay of glutathione 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

$31.60

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.

$79.00

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.

$9.08 with Community Health Plan of Washington vs $90.07 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 $9.08 ↓ -71%
Molina Apple Health $9.24 ↓ -71%
United Healthcare Apple Health $9.24 ↓ -71%
Coordinated Care Apple Health $9.24 ↓ -71%
WellPoint Apple Health $13.45 ↓ -57%
SCAN MedAdvantage $15.14 ↓ -52%
Premera HMO $15.45 ↓ -51%
Aetna MedAdvantage $15.60 ↓ -51%
Regence MedAdvantage $15.60 ↓ -51%
United Healthcare MedAdvantage $15.75 ↓ -50%
WellCare MedAdvantage $15.90 ↓ -50%
Regence RealValue $15.99 ↓ -49%
Community Health Plan of Washington MedAdvantage $16.66 ↓ -47%
Kaiser PPO $17.00 ↓ -46%
Regence Commercial $17.77 ↓ -44%
Uniform Medical All Commercial Plans $17.77 ↓ -44%
Regence MCC/AHN $17.77 ↓ -44%
Regence Blue High Performance $17.77 ↓ -44%
United Healthcare All Commercial Plans $18.54 ↓ -41%
Cigna All Commercial Plans $18.54 ↓ -41%
Premera Signature $19.31 ↓ -39%
Premera Prime $19.31 ↓ -39%
Premera Other Commercial Plans $19.31 ↓ -39%
First Choice MHS Employee MCC/PPO $23.56 ↓ -25%
Community Health Plan of Washington Cascade Care $25.53 ↓ -19%
Ambetter Coordinated Care Exchange $28.01 ↓ -11%
First Choice PPO $38.63 ↑ +22%
First Choice MCC Wellfound Employee $38.63 ↑ +22%
Multiplan/PHCS All Commercial Plans $57.67 ↑ +83%
First Health All Commercial Plans $67.15 ↑ +113%
Aetna All Commercial Plans $90.07 ↑ +185%

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Assay of glutathione at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Providence St Peter Hospital Olympia not published $13.13 – $86.52
Central Medical Center Seattle $68.80 $12.00 – $12.00
Providence St Mary Medical Center Walla Walla $119.00 $15.45 – $28.58
Kadlec Regional Medical Center Richland $46.20 $15.45 – $60.41
St. Michael Medical Center Silverdale $110.10 $15.45 – $224.52
St. Anne Hospital Burien $76.18 $15.45 – $224.52
St. Anthony Hospital Gig Harbor $75.88 $15.45 – $187.10
MultiCare Auburn Medical Center Auburn $39.60 $8.43 – $30.28

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