Assay of semen fructose 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.

$9.08 with Community Health Plan of Washington vs $101.09 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
United Healthcare Apple Health $9.24
Molina Apple Health $9.24
Coordinated Care Apple Health $9.24
WellPoint Apple Health $13.45
SCAN MedAdvantage $16.99
Premera HMO $17.34
Regence MedAdvantage $17.50
Aetna MedAdvantage $17.50
United Healthcare MedAdvantage $17.67
WellCare MedAdvantage $17.84
Regence RealValue $17.95
Community Health Plan of Washington MedAdvantage $18.69
Kaiser PPO $19.07
Uniform Medical All Commercial Plans $19.94
Regence MCC/AHN $19.94
Regence Commercial $19.94
Regence Blue High Performance $19.94
Cigna All Commercial Plans $20.81
Premera Signature $21.68
Premera Other Commercial Plans $21.68
Premera Prime $21.68
First Choice MHS Employee MCC/PPO $26.44
Community Health Plan of Washington Cascade Care $28.65
Ambetter Coordinated Care Exchange $31.44
First Choice PPO $43.35
First Choice MCC Wellfound Employee $43.35
Aetna All Commercial Plans $101.09

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Assay of semen fructose at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Providence St Peter Hospital Olympia not published $14.74 – $97.10
Central Medical Center Seattle $77.60 $13.00 – $13.00
St. Michael Medical Center Silverdale $64.79 $17.34 – $132.12
St. Anne Hospital Burien $44.83 $17.34 – $132.12
St. Anthony Hospital Gig Harbor $44.65 $17.34 – $110.10
St. Joseph Medical Center Tacoma $48.62 $17.34 – $110.10
St. Elizabeth Hospital Enumclaw $51.88 $17.34 – $132.12
Virginia Mason Medical Center Seattle $49.98 $12.14 – $54.20

All Washington hospitals for this procedure →