Consult comp w/report rfrd material 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

$356.80

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.

$892.00

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.

$27.50 with Community Health Plan of Washington vs $971.32 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.

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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 $27.50 ↓ -92%
Molina Apple Health $28.01 ↓ -92%
United Healthcare Apple Health $28.01 ↓ -92%
Coordinated Care Apple Health $28.01 ↓ -92%
WellPoint Apple Health $40.74 ↓ -89%
First Choice MHS Employee MCC/PPO $191.62 ↓ -46%
SCAN MedAdvantage $193.34 ↓ -46%
Regence MedAdvantage $199.14 ↓ -44%
Aetna MedAdvantage $199.14 ↓ -44%
United Healthcare MedAdvantage $201.07 ↓ -44%
WellCare MedAdvantage $203.01 ↓ -43%
Community Health Plan of Washington MedAdvantage $212.67 ↓ -40%
Premera HMO $294.59 ↓ -17%
First Choice MCC Wellfound Employee $314.13 ↓ -12%
First Choice PPO $314.13 ↓ -12%
Community Health Plan of Washington Cascade Care $325.97 ↓ -9%
Ambetter Coordinated Care Exchange $357.68 ↑ +0%
Regence RealValue $400.76 ↑ +12%
Uniform Medical All Commercial Plans $426.62 ↑ +20%
Regence Commercial $445.29 ↑ +25%
Regence MCC/AHN $445.29 ↑ +25%
Regence Blue High Performance $445.29 ↑ +25%
Premera Other Commercial Plans $448.88 ↑ +26%
Premera Prime $448.88 ↑ +26%
Premera Signature $448.88 ↑ +26%
Multiplan/PHCS All Commercial Plans $651.16 ↑ +83%
Kaiser PPO $731.21 ↑ +105%
Aetna All Commercial Plans $740.36 ↑ +108%
First Health All Commercial Plans $758.20 ↑ +113%
Cigna All Commercial Plans $881.47 ↑ +147%
United Healthcare All Commercial Plans $971.32 ↑ +172%

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Consult comp w/report rfrd material at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Providence St Peter Hospital Olympia not published $166.55 – $639.74
Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital Spokane $440.30 $178.09 – $483.17
Central Medical Center Seattle $882.40 $587.00 – $587.00
MultiCare Auburn Medical Center Auburn $446.00 $25.55 – $817.83
MultiCare Good Samaritan Hospital Puyallup $446.00 $26.14 – $817.83
Virginia Mason Medical Center Seattle $110.16 $465.77 – $465.77
MultiCare Covington Medical Center Covington $446.00 $25.55 – $817.83
MultiCare Mary Bridge Children's Hospital Tacoma $446.00 $26.02 – $1,236.77

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