Consultation pathology during surgery frozen section first tissue block at MultiCare Capital Medical Center
3900 Capital Mall DR SW, Olympia, WA · Multicare · · NPI 1841258639
$182.40
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.
$456.00
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.
$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.
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 | $27.50 | ↓ -85% |
| Molina | Apple Health | $28.01 | ↓ -85% |
| United Healthcare | Apple Health | $28.01 | ↓ -85% |
| Coordinated Care | Apple Health | $28.01 | ↓ -85% |
| WellPoint | Apple Health | $40.74 | ↓ -78% |
| SCAN | MedAdvantage | $193.34 | ↑ +6% |
| Aetna | MedAdvantage | $199.14 | ↑ +9% |
| Regence | MedAdvantage | $199.14 | ↑ +9% |
| United Healthcare | MedAdvantage | $201.07 | ↑ +10% |
| WellCare | MedAdvantage | $203.01 | ↑ +11% |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | MedAdvantage | $212.67 | ↑ +17% |
| Premera | HMO | $294.59 | ↑ +62% |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | Cascade Care | $325.97 | ↑ +79% |
| Multiplan/PHCS | All Commercial Plans | $332.88 | ↑ +83% |
| Ambetter | Coordinated Care Exchange | $357.68 | ↑ +96% |
| Aetna | All Commercial Plans | $378.48 | ↑ +108% |
| First Health | All Commercial Plans | $387.60 | ↑ +113% |
| Regence | RealValue | $400.76 | ↑ +120% |
| Uniform Medical | All Commercial Plans | $426.62 | ↑ +134% |
| Regence | MCC/AHN | $445.29 | ↑ +144% |
| Regence | Commercial | $445.29 | ↑ +144% |
| Regence | Blue High Performance | $445.29 | ↑ +144% |
| Premera | Other Commercial Plans | $448.88 | ↑ +146% |
| Premera | Prime | $448.88 | ↑ +146% |
| Premera | Signature | $448.88 | ↑ +146% |
| First Choice | MHS Employee MCC/PPO | $555.85 | ↑ +205% |
| Kaiser | PPO | $731.21 | ↑ +301% |
| Cigna | All Commercial Plans | $881.47 | ↑ +383% |
| First Choice | MCC Wellfound Employee | $911.23 | ↑ +400% |
| First Choice | PPO | $911.23 | ↑ +400% |
| United Healthcare | All Commercial Plans | $971.32 | ↑ +433% |
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Consultation pathology during surgery frozen section first tissue block at other Washington hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Providence St Peter Hospital | Olympia | $282.88 | $92.37 – $803.60 |
| Providence St Joseph Hospital | Chewelah | $88.20 | not published |
| Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus | Seattle | $120.48 | $79.17 – $674.45 |
| Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital | Spokane | $357.70 | $87.09 – $516.60 |
| Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill | Seattle | $120.48 | $79.17 – $652.93 |
| Swedish Issaquah | Issaquah | $120.48 | $79.17 – $674.45 |
| Central Medical Center | Seattle | $408.00 | $425.00 – $425.00 |
| Providence Centralia Hospital | Centralia | $282.88 | $118.76 – $894.01 |