Brachy source palladium 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.
$98.04 with SCAN vs $4,132.85 with WellPoint — 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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| SCAN | MedAdvantage | $98.04 | — |
| Regence | MedAdvantage | $100.98 | — |
| Aetna | MedAdvantage | $100.98 | — |
| United Healthcare | MedAdvantage | $101.96 | — |
| WellCare | MedAdvantage | $102.94 | — |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | MedAdvantage | $107.84 | — |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | Cascade Care | $165.29 | — |
| Premera | HMO | $166.04 | — |
| Ambetter | Coordinated Care Exchange | $181.37 | — |
| Regence | RealValue | $187.62 | — |
| Uniform Medical | All Commercial Plans | $199.73 | — |
| Regence | MCC/AHN | $208.47 | — |
| Regence | Commercial | $208.47 | — |
| Regence | Blue High Performance | $208.47 | — |
| Premera | Signature | $210.15 | — |
| Premera | Other Commercial Plans | $210.15 | — |
| Premera | Prime | $210.15 | — |
| Aetna | All Commercial Plans | $226.27 | — |
| First Choice | MHS Employee MCC/PPO | $359.52 | — |
| Cigna | All Commercial Plans | $446.96 | — |
| First Choice | MCC Wellfound Employee | $589.38 | — |
| First Choice | PPO | $589.38 | — |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | Apple Health | $2,789.67 | — |
| United Healthcare | Apple Health | $2,841.33 | — |
| Molina | Apple Health | $2,841.33 | — |
| Coordinated Care | Apple Health | $2,841.33 | — |
| WellPoint | Apple Health | $4,132.85 | — |
Visitor-reported prices
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Brachy source palladium at other Washington hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Providence St Peter Hospital | Olympia | $246.68 | $75.02 – $468.16 |
| Providence St Joseph Hospital | Chewelah | $220.50 | not published |
| Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus | Seattle | $169.04 | $88.26 – $392.92 |
| Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital | Spokane | $232.85 | $88.26 – $300.96 |
| Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill | Seattle | $169.04 | $88.26 – $351.12 |
| Swedish Issaquah | Issaquah | $169.04 | $88.26 – $392.92 |
| Central Medical Center | Seattle | $110.00 | not published |
| Providence Centralia Hospital | Centralia | $246.68 | $88.26 – $520.83 |