Biopsy of salivary gland 42400 at MultiCare Capital Medical Center
3900 Capital Mall DR SW, Olympia, WA · Multicare · · NPI 1841258639
$1,701.60
Cash price 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.
$4,254.00
Gross charge 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.
$685.97 with Community Health Plan of Washington vs $4,037.14 with United Healthcare — 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
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| Community Health Plan of Washington | Apple Health | $685.97 | ↓ -60% |
| Molina | Apple Health | $698.68 | ↓ -59% |
| United Healthcare | Apple Health | $698.68 | ↓ -59% |
| Coordinated Care | Apple Health | $698.68 | ↓ -59% |
| SCAN | MedAdvantage | $803.61 | ↓ -53% |
| Aetna | MedAdvantage | $827.72 | ↓ -51% |
| Regence | MedAdvantage | $827.72 | ↓ -51% |
| United Healthcare | MedAdvantage | $835.75 | ↓ -51% |
| WellCare | MedAdvantage | $843.79 | ↓ -50% |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | MedAdvantage | $883.97 | ↓ -48% |
| WellPoint | Apple Health | $1,016.26 | ↓ -40% |
| Premera | HMO | $1,215.75 | ↓ -29% |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | Cascade Care | $1,354.89 | ↓ -20% |
| Ambetter | Coordinated Care Exchange | $1,486.68 | ↓ -13% |
| Regence | RealValue | $1,650.82 | ↓ -3% |
| Uniform Medical | All Commercial Plans | $1,757.35 | ↑ +3% |
| Regence | Commercial | $1,834.24 | ↑ +8% |
| Regence | MCC/AHN | $1,834.24 | ↑ +8% |
| Regence | Blue High Performance | $1,834.24 | ↑ +8% |
| Premera | Prime | $1,849.01 | ↑ +9% |
| Premera | Signature | $1,849.01 | ↑ +9% |
| Premera | Other Commercial Plans | $1,849.01 | ↑ +9% |
| Aetna | All Commercial Plans | $2,284.30 | ↑ +34% |
| First Choice | MHS Employee MCC/PPO | $2,307.06 | ↑ +36% |
| Kaiser | PPO | $3,017.71 | ↑ +77% |
| Multiplan/PHCS | All Commercial Plans | $3,105.42 | ↑ +83% |
| First Health | All Commercial Plans | $3,615.90 | ↑ +113% |
| Cigna | All Commercial Plans | $3,663.67 | ↑ +115% |
| First Choice | MCC Wellfound Employee | $3,782.06 | ↑ +122% |
| First Choice | PPO | $3,782.06 | ↑ +122% |
| United Healthcare | All Commercial Plans | $4,037.14 | ↑ +137% |
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Biopsy of salivary gland 42400 at other Washington hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Providence St Peter Hospital | Olympia | $1,115.92 | $692.25 – $3,870.00 |
| Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus | Seattle | $1,899.84 | $820.01 – $2,867.05 |
| Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital | Spokane | $2,369.50 | $789.10 – $2,008.27 |
| Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill | Seattle | $1,899.84 | $820.01 – $2,775.55 |
| Swedish Issaquah | Issaquah | $1,899.84 | $822.31 – $2,867.05 |
| Providence St Mary Medical Center | Walla Walla | $807.80 | $623.43 – $2,769.45 |
| Kadlec Regional Medical Center | Richland | $3,678.50 | $102.98 – $2,263.14 |
| Providence Holy Family Hospital | Spokane | $1,922.90 | $789.10 – $3,379.00 |