Change nephroureteral cath at MultiCare Capital Medical Center
3900 Capital Mall DR SW, Olympia, WA · Multicare · · NPI 1841258639
$1,122.00
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.
$2,805.00
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.
$1,127.02 with Community Health Plan of Washington vs $11,917.58 with United Healthcare — 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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| Community Health Plan of Washington | Apple Health | $1,127.02 | ↑ +0% |
| Molina | Apple Health | $1,147.89 | ↑ +2% |
| United Healthcare | Apple Health | $1,147.89 | ↑ +2% |
| Coordinated Care | Apple Health | $1,147.89 | ↑ +2% |
| WellPoint | Apple Health | $1,669.66 | ↑ +49% |
| Multiplan/PHCS | All Commercial Plans | $2,047.65 | ↑ +83% |
| SCAN | MedAdvantage | $2,372.23 | ↑ +111% |
| First Health | All Commercial Plans | $2,384.25 | ↑ +113% |
| Aetna | MedAdvantage | $2,443.40 | ↑ +118% |
| Regence | MedAdvantage | $2,443.40 | ↑ +118% |
| United Healthcare | MedAdvantage | $2,467.12 | ↑ +120% |
| WellCare | MedAdvantage | $2,490.84 | ↑ +122% |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | MedAdvantage | $2,609.45 | ↑ +133% |
| Premera | HMO | $3,257.63 | ↑ +190% |
| First Choice | MHS Employee MCC/PPO | $3,695.81 | ↑ +229% |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | Cascade Care | $3,999.58 | ↑ +256% |
| Ambetter | Coordinated Care Exchange | $4,388.62 | ↑ +291% |
| Regence | RealValue | $4,779.03 | ↑ +326% |
| Uniform Medical | All Commercial Plans | $5,087.44 | ↑ +353% |
| Regence | Blue High Performance | $5,310.03 | ↑ +373% |
| Regence | Commercial | $5,310.03 | ↑ +373% |
| Regence | MCC/AHN | $5,310.03 | ↑ +373% |
| Premera | Signature | $5,352.79 | ↑ +377% |
| Premera | Other Commercial Plans | $5,352.79 | ↑ +377% |
| Premera | Prime | $5,352.79 | ↑ +377% |
| First Choice | MCC Wellfound Employee | $6,058.70 | ↑ +440% |
| First Choice | PPO | $6,058.70 | ↑ +440% |
| Aetna | All Commercial Plans | $6,650.77 | ↑ +493% |
| Kaiser | PPO | $8,625.19 | ↑ +669% |
| Cigna | All Commercial Plans | $10,815.11 | ↑ +864% |
| United Healthcare | All Commercial Plans | $11,917.58 | ↑ +962% |
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| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Providence St Peter Hospital | Olympia | $7,541.56 | $2,043.50 – $8,326.29 |
| Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus | Seattle | $5,869.44 | $2,420.64 – $8,627.45 |
| Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital | Spokane | $3,551.10 | $2,329.41 – $5,928.34 |
| Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill | Seattle | $5,869.44 | $2,420.64 – $8,308.57 |
| Swedish Issaquah | Issaquah | $5,869.44 | $2,427.43 – $8,627.45 |
| Kadlec Regional Medical Center | Richland | $3,023.30 | $138.83 – $6,572.45 |
| Providence Holy Family Hospital | Spokane | $3,838.80 | $2,329.41 – $6,114.69 |
| Providence Regional Medical Center Everett - Colby Campus | Everett | $3,681.08 | $1,985.00 – $8,002.00 |