Biopsy skin incisional single lesion at MultiCare Capital Medical Center
3900 Capital Mall DR SW, Olympia, WA · Multicare · · NPI 1841258639
$715.20
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.
$1,788.00
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.
$332.70 with Community Health Plan of Washington vs $4,213.54 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 | $332.70 | ↓ -53% |
| Molina | Apple Health | $338.87 | ↓ -53% |
| United Healthcare | Apple Health | $338.87 | ↓ -53% |
| Coordinated Care | Apple Health | $338.87 | ↓ -53% |
| WellPoint | Apple Health | $492.90 | ↓ -31% |
| SCAN | MedAdvantage | $838.72 | ↑ +17% |
| Aetna | MedAdvantage | $863.88 | ↑ +21% |
| Regence | MedAdvantage | $863.88 | ↑ +21% |
| United Healthcare | MedAdvantage | $872.27 | ↑ +22% |
| WellCare | MedAdvantage | $880.66 | ↑ +23% |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | MedAdvantage | $922.59 | ↑ +29% |
| Premera | HMO | $1,088.32 | ↑ +52% |
| First Choice | MHS Employee MCC/PPO | $1,208.39 | ↑ +69% |
| Multiplan/PHCS | All Commercial Plans | $1,305.24 | ↑ +83% |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | Cascade Care | $1,414.08 | ↑ +98% |
| Regence | RealValue | $1,473.61 | ↑ +106% |
| First Health | All Commercial Plans | $1,519.80 | ↑ +113% |
| Ambetter | Coordinated Care Exchange | $1,551.63 | ↑ +117% |
| Uniform Medical | All Commercial Plans | $1,568.71 | ↑ +119% |
| Regence | Blue High Performance | $1,637.34 | ↑ +129% |
| Regence | Commercial | $1,637.34 | ↑ +129% |
| Regence | MCC/AHN | $1,637.34 | ↑ +129% |
| Premera | Signature | $1,650.53 | ↑ +131% |
| Premera | Other Commercial Plans | $1,650.53 | ↑ +131% |
| Premera | Prime | $1,650.53 | ↑ +131% |
| First Choice | MCC Wellfound Employee | $1,980.96 | ↑ +177% |
| First Choice | PPO | $1,980.96 | ↑ +177% |
| Aetna | All Commercial Plans | $1,987.36 | ↑ +178% |
| Kaiser | PPO | $2,701.42 | ↑ +278% |
| Cigna | All Commercial Plans | $3,823.76 | ↑ +435% |
| United Healthcare | All Commercial Plans | $4,213.54 | ↑ +489% |
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Biopsy skin incisional single lesion at other Washington hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Providence St Peter Hospital | Olympia | $960.44 | $722.49 – $3,870.00 |
| Providence St Joseph Hospital | Chewelah | $868.70 | not published |
| Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus | Seattle | $1,160.16 | $855.84 – $2,600.04 |
| Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital | Spokane | $1,375.50 | $823.58 – $2,096.01 |
| Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill | Seattle | $1,160.16 | $855.84 – $2,002.66 |
| Swedish Issaquah | Issaquah | $1,160.16 | $858.24 – $1,905.29 |
| Providence Centralia Hospital | Centralia | $960.44 | $855.84 – $1,869.13 |
| Providence Mount Carmel Hospital | Colville | $1,016.40 | not published |