Biopsy of upper nose/throat at MultiCare Capital Medical Center
3900 Capital Mall DR SW, Olympia, WA · Multicare · · NPI 1841258639
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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.
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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 $17,153.32 with Cigna — 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 | — |
| United Healthcare | Apple Health | $698.68 | — |
| Molina | Apple Health | $698.68 | — |
| Coordinated Care | Apple Health | $698.68 | — |
| WellPoint | Apple Health | $1,016.26 | — |
| SCAN | MedAdvantage | $3,762.48 | — |
| Regence | MedAdvantage | $3,875.36 | — |
| Aetna | MedAdvantage | $3,875.36 | — |
| United Healthcare | MedAdvantage | $3,912.98 | — |
| WellCare | MedAdvantage | $3,950.61 | — |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | MedAdvantage | $4,138.73 | — |
| Premera | HMO | $4,996.60 | — |
| First Choice | MHS Employee MCC/PPO | $5,464.36 | — |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | Cascade Care | $6,343.54 | — |
| Ambetter | Coordinated Care Exchange | $6,960.59 | — |
| Regence | RealValue | $7,554.26 | — |
| Uniform Medical | All Commercial Plans | $8,041.77 | — |
| Regence | Blue High Performance | $8,393.62 | — |
| Regence | Commercial | $8,393.62 | — |
| Regence | MCC/AHN | $8,393.62 | — |
| Premera | Prime | $8,461.22 | — |
| Premera | Signature | $8,461.22 | — |
| Premera | Other Commercial Plans | $8,461.22 | — |
| First Choice | MCC Wellfound Employee | $8,957.97 | — |
| First Choice | PPO | $8,957.97 | — |
| Aetna | All Commercial Plans | $10,529.09 | — |
| Kaiser | PPO | $13,229.39 | — |
| Cigna | All Commercial Plans | $17,153.32 | — |
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Biopsy of upper nose/throat at other Washington hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Providence St Peter Hospital | Olympia | not published | $2,769.52 – $12,449.61 |
| Virginia Mason Medical Center | Seattle | $3,471.57 | $6.17 – $514.72 |
| Providence St Luke's Rehabilitation Medical Center | Spokane | not published | $3,694.56 – $4,064.02 |
| Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus | Seattle | not published | $3,839.27 – $12,755.94 |
| Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital | Spokane | not published | $3,694.56 – $9,402.66 |
| Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill | Seattle | not published | $3,839.27 – $12,284.47 |
| Swedish Issaquah | Issaquah | not published | $3,850.04 – $12,755.94 |
| Central Medical Center | Seattle | not published | not published |