Brain MRA (blood vessel MRI, without contrast) at MultiCare Capital Medical Center
3900 Capital Mall DR SW, Olympia, WA · Multicare · · NPI 1841258639
$2,491.20
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.
$6,228.00
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.
$270.77 with SCAN vs $5,293.80 with First Health — 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 | $270.77 | ↓ -89% |
| Regence | MedAdvantage | $278.90 | ↓ -89% |
| Aetna | MedAdvantage | $278.90 | ↓ -89% |
| United Healthcare | MedAdvantage | $281.60 | ↓ -89% |
| WellCare | MedAdvantage | $284.31 | ↓ -89% |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | MedAdvantage | $297.85 | ↓ -88% |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | Apple Health | $372.79 | ↓ -85% |
| Molina | Apple Health | $379.69 | ↓ -85% |
| Coordinated Care | Apple Health | $379.69 | ↓ -85% |
| United Healthcare | Apple Health | $379.69 | ↓ -85% |
| Premera | HMO | $437.46 | ↓ -82% |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | Cascade Care | $456.52 | ↓ -82% |
| Ambetter | Coordinated Care Exchange | $500.93 | ↓ -80% |
| WellPoint | Apple Health | $552.28 | ↓ -78% |
| Regence | RealValue | $574.94 | ↓ -77% |
| Uniform Medical | All Commercial Plans | $612.04 | ↓ -75% |
| Regence | Blue High Performance | $638.82 | ↓ -74% |
| Regence | Commercial | $638.82 | ↓ -74% |
| Regence | MCC/AHN | $638.82 | ↓ -74% |
| Premera | Other Commercial Plans | $643.96 | ↓ -74% |
| Premera | Prime | $643.96 | ↓ -74% |
| Premera | Signature | $643.96 | ↓ -74% |
| Aetna | All Commercial Plans | $784.78 | ↓ -68% |
| First Choice | MHS Employee MCC/PPO | $902.68 | ↓ -64% |
| Kaiser | PPO | $1,085.87 | ↓ -56% |
| Cigna | All Commercial Plans | $1,234.45 | ↓ -50% |
| United Healthcare | All Commercial Plans | $1,360.29 | ↓ -45% |
| First Choice | PPO | $1,479.80 | ↓ -41% |
| First Choice | MCC Wellfound Employee | $1,479.80 | ↓ -41% |
| Multiplan/PHCS | All Commercial Plans | $4,546.44 | ↑ +83% |
| First Health | All Commercial Plans | $5,293.80 | ↑ +113% |
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Brain MRA (blood vessel MRI, without contrast) at other Washington hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Providence St Peter Hospital | Olympia | $812.76 | $233.25 – $1,305.02 |
| Providence St Joseph Hospital | Chewelah | $1,957.20 | not published |
| Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus | Seattle | $1,038.24 | $276.30 – $1,095.29 |
| Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital | Spokane | $2,523.50 | $265.88 – $838.94 |
| Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill | Seattle | $1,038.24 | $276.30 – $1,060.33 |
| Swedish Issaquah | Issaquah | $1,038.24 | $277.07 – $1,095.29 |
| Central Medical Center | Seattle | $1,680.00 | $242.00 – $242.00 |
| Providence Centralia Hospital | Centralia | $812.76 | $276.30 – $1,451.84 |