Assay of thiocyanate 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

$120.00

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.

$300.00

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.

$8.19 with Community Health Plan of Washington vs $255.00 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 $8.19 ↓ -93%
Molina Apple Health $8.34 ↓ -93%
United Healthcare Apple Health $8.34 ↓ -93%
Coordinated Care Apple Health $8.34 ↓ -93%
SCAN MedAdvantage $11.40 ↓ -91%
Premera HMO $11.63 ↓ -90%
Aetna MedAdvantage $11.74 ↓ -90%
Regence MedAdvantage $11.74 ↓ -90%
United Healthcare MedAdvantage $11.85 ↓ -90%
WellCare MedAdvantage $11.97 ↓ -90%
Regence RealValue $12.04 ↓ -90%
WellPoint Apple Health $12.14 ↓ -90%
Community Health Plan of Washington MedAdvantage $12.54 ↓ -90%
Kaiser PPO $12.79 ↓ -89%
Regence Commercial $13.37 ↓ -89%
Uniform Medical All Commercial Plans $13.37 ↓ -89%
Regence MCC/AHN $13.37 ↓ -89%
Regence Blue High Performance $13.37 ↓ -89%
Cigna All Commercial Plans $13.96 ↓ -88%
United Healthcare All Commercial Plans $13.96 ↓ -88%
Premera Signature $14.54 ↓ -88%
Premera Other Commercial Plans $14.54 ↓ -88%
Premera Prime $14.54 ↓ -88%
First Choice MHS Employee MCC/PPO $17.74 ↓ -85%
Community Health Plan of Washington Cascade Care $19.22 ↓ -84%
Ambetter Coordinated Care Exchange $21.09 ↓ -82%
First Choice MCC Wellfound Employee $29.08 ↓ -76%
First Choice PPO $29.08 ↓ -76%
Aetna All Commercial Plans $67.80 ↓ -44%
Multiplan/PHCS All Commercial Plans $219.00 ↑ +83%
First Health All Commercial Plans $255.00 ↑ +113%

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Assay of thiocyanate at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Providence St Peter Hospital Olympia not published $9.89 – $65.13
Providence St Joseph Hospital Chewelah $130.20 not published
Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus Seattle $50.88 $10.47 – $54.66
Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital Spokane $356.30 $11.63 – $41.87
Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill Seattle $50.88 $10.47 – $52.92
Swedish Issaquah Issaquah $50.88 $10.47 – $54.66
Central Medical Center Seattle $52.00 $9.00 – $9.00
Providence St Mary Medical Center Walla Walla $50.40 $11.63 – $21.52

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