Chlamydia culture 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

$139.60

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.

$349.00

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.

$5.38 with Community Health Plan of Washington vs $296.65 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 $5.38 ↓ -96%
Molina Apple Health $5.48 ↓ -96%
United Healthcare Apple Health $5.48 ↓ -96%
Coordinated Care Apple Health $5.48 ↓ -96%
WellPoint Apple Health $7.97 ↓ -94%
SCAN MedAdvantage $19.21 ↓ -86%
Premera HMO $19.60 ↓ -86%
Aetna MedAdvantage $19.78 ↓ -86%
Regence MedAdvantage $19.78 ↓ -86%
United Healthcare MedAdvantage $19.98 ↓ -86%
WellCare MedAdvantage $20.17 ↓ -86%
Regence RealValue $20.29 ↓ -85%
Community Health Plan of Washington MedAdvantage $21.13 ↓ -85%
Kaiser PPO $21.56 ↓ -85%
Regence Commercial $22.54 ↓ -84%
Uniform Medical All Commercial Plans $22.54 ↓ -84%
Regence MCC/AHN $22.54 ↓ -84%
Regence Blue High Performance $22.54 ↓ -84%
United Healthcare All Commercial Plans $23.52 ↓ -83%
Cigna All Commercial Plans $23.52 ↓ -83%
Premera Signature $24.50 ↓ -82%
Premera Prime $24.50 ↓ -82%
Premera Other Commercial Plans $24.50 ↓ -82%
First Choice MHS Employee MCC/PPO $29.89 ↓ -79%
Community Health Plan of Washington Cascade Care $32.38 ↓ -77%
Ambetter Coordinated Care Exchange $35.53 ↓ -75%
First Choice PPO $49.00 ↓ -65%
First Choice MCC Wellfound Employee $49.00 ↓ -65%
Aetna All Commercial Plans $114.27 ↓ -18%
Multiplan/PHCS All Commercial Plans $254.77 ↑ +83%
First Health All Commercial Plans $296.65 ↑ +113%

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Chlamydia culture at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Providence St Peter Hospital Olympia not published $16.66 – $63.99
Providence St Joseph Hospital Chewelah $161.70 not published
Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus Seattle $123.84 $17.64 – $59.54
Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital Spokane $203.00 $19.60 – $49.88
Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill Seattle $123.84 $17.64 – $58.80
Swedish Issaquah Issaquah $123.84 $17.64 – $43.51
Central Medical Center Seattle $88.00 $15.00 – $15.00
Providence Mount Carmel Hospital Colville $182.00 not published

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