Bk knee joints polycentric p 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.

$566.87 with Regence vs $4,398.76 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 $566.87
Regence MCC/AHN $629.86
Uniform Medical All Commercial Plans $629.86
Regence Commercial $629.86
Regence Blue High Performance $629.86
SCAN MedAdvantage $644.72
Regence MedAdvantage $664.06
Aetna MedAdvantage $664.06
United Healthcare MedAdvantage $670.51
WellCare MedAdvantage $676.96
Community Health Plan of Washington MedAdvantage $709.19
First Choice MHS Employee MCC/PPO $817.84
Cigna All Commercial Plans $902.97
Premera HMO $982.24
Community Health Plan of Washington Cascade Care $1,087.00
Premera Other Commercial Plans $1,165.24
Premera Prime $1,165.24
Premera Signature $1,165.24
Ambetter Coordinated Care Exchange $1,192.74
First Choice MCC Wellfound Employee $1,340.73
First Choice PPO $1,340.73
Aetna All Commercial Plans $4,398.76

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Bk knee joints polycentric p at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Providence St Peter Hospital Olympia not published $559.20 – $2,147.98
Providence St Luke's Rehabilitation Medical Center Spokane not published $657.88 – $723.67
Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus Seattle not published $657.88 – $1,998.64
Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital Spokane not published $657.88 – $1,674.30
Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill Seattle not published $657.88 – $1,608.87
Swedish Issaquah Issaquah not published $657.88 – $1,460.49
Providence Centralia Hospital Centralia not published $657.88 – $1,244.19
Swedish Edmonds Hospital Edmonds not published $657.88 – $2,145.16

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