Carbohydrate urine - sendout 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

$39.20

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.

$98.00

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.

$3.65 with Community Health Plan of Washington vs $83.30 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.

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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
Community Health Plan of Washington Apple Health $3.65 ↓ -91%
Molina Apple Health $3.71 ↓ -91%
United Healthcare Apple Health $3.71 ↓ -91%
Coordinated Care Apple Health $3.71 ↓ -91%
SCAN MedAdvantage $5.39 ↓ -86%
WellPoint Apple Health $5.40 ↓ -86%
Premera HMO $5.50 ↓ -86%
Regence MedAdvantage $5.55 ↓ -86%
Aetna MedAdvantage $5.55 ↓ -86%
United Healthcare MedAdvantage $5.61 ↓ -86%
WellCare MedAdvantage $5.66 ↓ -86%
Regence RealValue $5.69 ↓ -85%
Community Health Plan of Washington MedAdvantage $5.93 ↓ -85%
Kaiser PPO $6.05 ↓ -85%
Regence MCC/AHN $6.33 ↓ -84%
Regence Blue High Performance $6.33 ↓ -84%
Uniform Medical All Commercial Plans $6.33 ↓ -84%
Regence Commercial $6.33 ↓ -84%
United Healthcare All Commercial Plans $6.60 ↓ -83%
Cigna All Commercial Plans $6.60 ↓ -83%
Premera Signature $6.88 ↓ -82%
Premera Other Commercial Plans $6.88 ↓ -82%
Premera Prime $6.88 ↓ -82%
First Choice MHS Employee MCC/PPO $8.39 ↓ -79%
Community Health Plan of Washington Cascade Care $9.09 ↓ -77%
Ambetter Coordinated Care Exchange $9.97 ↓ -75%
First Choice MCC Wellfound Employee $13.75 ↓ -65%
First Choice PPO $13.75 ↓ -65%
Aetna All Commercial Plans $32.06 ↓ -18%
Multiplan/PHCS All Commercial Plans $71.54 ↑ +83%
First Health All Commercial Plans $83.30 ↑ +113%

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Carbohydrate urine - sendout at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Providence St Peter Hospital Olympia not published $4.68 – $30.80
Central Medical Center Seattle $24.80 $4.00 – $4.00
MultiCare Auburn Medical Center Auburn $15.20 $3.39 – $10.78
MultiCare Good Samaritan Hospital Puyallup $15.20 $3.47 – $10.78
Virginia Mason Medical Center Seattle $14.79 $3.85 – $17.19
MultiCare Covington Medical Center Covington $15.20 $3.39 – $10.78
MultiCare Mary Bridge Children's Hospital Tacoma $15.20 $3.45 – $12.25
MultiCare Allenmore Hospital Tacoma $15.20 $3.47 – $10.78

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