Assay of osteocalcin 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

$113.20

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.

$283.00

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.

$9.39 with Community Health Plan of Washington vs $240.55 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.

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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 $9.39 ↓ -92%
Molina Apple Health $9.57 ↓ -92%
United Healthcare Apple Health $9.57 ↓ -92%
Coordinated Care Apple Health $9.57 ↓ -92%
WellPoint Apple Health $13.92 ↓ -88%
SCAN MedAdvantage $29.25 ↓ -74%
Premera HMO $29.85 ↓ -74%
Aetna MedAdvantage $30.13 ↓ -73%
Regence MedAdvantage $30.13 ↓ -73%
United Healthcare MedAdvantage $30.42 ↓ -73%
WellCare MedAdvantage $30.72 ↓ -73%
Regence RealValue $30.89 ↓ -73%
Community Health Plan of Washington MedAdvantage $32.18 ↓ -72%
Kaiser PPO $32.84 ↓ -71%
Regence Commercial $34.33 ↓ -70%
Uniform Medical All Commercial Plans $34.33 ↓ -70%
Regence MCC/AHN $34.33 ↓ -70%
Regence Blue High Performance $34.33 ↓ -70%
United Healthcare All Commercial Plans $35.82 ↓ -68%
Cigna All Commercial Plans $35.82 ↓ -68%
Premera Signature $37.31 ↓ -67%
Premera Prime $37.31 ↓ -67%
Premera Other Commercial Plans $37.31 ↓ -67%
First Choice MHS Employee MCC/PPO $45.52 ↓ -60%
Community Health Plan of Washington Cascade Care $49.32 ↓ -56%
Ambetter Coordinated Care Exchange $54.12 ↓ -52%
First Choice PPO $74.63 ↓ -34%
First Choice MCC Wellfound Employee $74.63 ↓ -34%
Aetna All Commercial Plans $174.03 ↑ +54%
Multiplan/PHCS All Commercial Plans $206.59 ↑ +83%
First Health All Commercial Plans $240.55 ↑ +113%

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Assay of osteocalcin at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Providence St Peter Hospital Olympia not published $25.37 – $167.16
Central Medical Center Seattle $134.40 $23.00 – $23.00
Providence St Mary Medical Center Walla Walla $75.60 $29.85 – $55.22
Kadlec Regional Medical Center Richland $109.20 $29.85 – $116.71
MultiCare Valley Hospital Spokane Valley $131.60 $8.53 – $54.12
St. Michael Medical Center Silverdale $201.97 $29.85 – $411.85
St. Anne Hospital Burien $139.74 $29.85 – $411.85
St. Anthony Hospital Gig Harbor $139.19 $29.85 – $343.21

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