Bk joint covers pair 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.

$49.91 with Regence vs $387.31 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
Regence RealValue $49.91
Regence MCC/AHN $55.46
Uniform Medical All Commercial Plans $55.46
Regence Commercial $55.46
Regence Blue High Performance $55.46
SCAN MedAdvantage $56.77
Regence MedAdvantage $58.47
Aetna MedAdvantage $58.47
United Healthcare MedAdvantage $59.04
WellCare MedAdvantage $59.61
Community Health Plan of Washington MedAdvantage $62.45
First Choice MHS Employee MCC/PPO $72.01
Cigna All Commercial Plans $79.51
Premera HMO $86.48
Community Health Plan of Washington Cascade Care $95.72
Premera Other Commercial Plans $102.60
Premera Prime $102.60
Premera Signature $102.60
Ambetter Coordinated Care Exchange $105.03
First Choice MCC Wellfound Employee $118.05
First Choice PPO $118.05
Aetna All Commercial Plans $387.31

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Bk joint covers pair at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Providence St Peter Hospital Olympia not published $49.24 – $189.14
Providence St Luke's Rehabilitation Medical Center Spokane not published $57.93 – $63.72
Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus Seattle not published $57.93 – $175.99
Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital Spokane not published $57.93 – $147.43
Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill Seattle not published $57.93 – $141.66
Swedish Issaquah Issaquah not published $57.93 – $128.60
Providence Centralia Hospital Centralia not published $57.93 – $109.55
Swedish Edmonds Hospital Edmonds not published $57.93 – $188.88

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