#cf-97variants 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

$429.20

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.

$1,073.00

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.

$301.68 with Community Health Plan of Washington vs $1,391.50 with First Choice — 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 $301.68 ↓ -30%
Molina Apple Health $307.26 ↓ -28%
United Healthcare Apple Health $307.26 ↓ -28%
Coordinated Care Apple Health $307.26 ↓ -28%
WellPoint Apple Health $446.93 ↑ +4%
SCAN MedAdvantage $545.47 ↑ +27%
Premera HMO $556.60 ↑ +30%
Aetna MedAdvantage $561.83 ↑ +31%
Regence MedAdvantage $561.83 ↑ +31%
United Healthcare MedAdvantage $567.29 ↑ +32%
WellCare MedAdvantage $572.74 ↑ +33%
Regence RealValue $576.08 ↑ +34%
Community Health Plan of Washington MedAdvantage $600.01 ↑ +40%
Kaiser PPO $612.26 ↑ +43%
Regence Blue High Performance $640.09 ↑ +49%
Regence Commercial $640.09 ↑ +49%
Uniform Medical All Commercial Plans $640.09 ↑ +49%
Regence MCC/AHN $640.09 ↑ +49%
Cigna All Commercial Plans $667.92 ↑ +56%
United Healthcare All Commercial Plans $667.92 ↑ +56%
Premera Signature $695.75 ↑ +62%
Premera Other Commercial Plans $695.75 ↑ +62%
Premera Prime $695.75 ↑ +62%
Multiplan/PHCS All Commercial Plans $783.29 ↑ +83%
First Choice MHS Employee MCC/PPO $848.82 ↑ +98%
Aetna All Commercial Plans $890.59 ↑ +108%
First Health All Commercial Plans $912.05 ↑ +113%
Community Health Plan of Washington Cascade Care $919.66 ↑ +114%
Ambetter Coordinated Care Exchange $1,009.12 ↑ +135%
First Choice PPO $1,391.50 ↑ +224%
First Choice MCC Wellfound Employee $1,391.50 ↑ +224%

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#cf-97variants at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Providence St Peter Hospital Olympia not published $473.11 – $1,817.30
Providence St Joseph Hospital Chewelah $543.20 not published
Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus Seattle $202.08 $500.94 – $1,690.95
Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital Spokane $944.30 $556.60 – $1,416.55
Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill Seattle $202.08 $500.94 – $1,669.80
Swedish Issaquah Issaquah $202.08 $500.94 – $1,235.65
Central Medical Center Seattle $1,732.00 $344.00 – $344.00
Providence Mount Carmel Hospital Colville $683.20 not published

All Washington hospitals for this procedure →