Contrast baths charges 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

$28.40

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.

$71.00

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.

$8.87 with Community Health Plan of Washington vs $60.35 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 $8.87 ↓ -69%
Molina Apple Health $9.03 ↓ -68%
United Healthcare Apple Health $9.03 ↓ -68%
Coordinated Care Apple Health $9.03 ↓ -68%
United Healthcare All Commercial Plans $12.44 ↓ -56%
WellPoint Apple Health $13.14 ↓ -54%
SCAN MedAdvantage $14.10 ↓ -50%
Aetna MedAdvantage $14.53 ↓ -49%
Regence MedAdvantage $14.53 ↓ -49%
United Healthcare MedAdvantage $14.67 ↓ -48%
WellCare MedAdvantage $14.81 ↓ -48%
Community Health Plan of Washington MedAdvantage $15.51 ↓ -45%
Regence RealValue $16.23 ↓ -43%
Regence Commercial $18.03 ↓ -37%
Regence MCC/AHN $18.03 ↓ -37%
Regence Blue High Performance $18.03 ↓ -37%
Uniform Medical All Commercial Plans $20.97 ↓ -26%
Cigna All Commercial Plans $21.35 ↓ -25%
Premera HMO $23.54 ↓ -17%
First Choice MHS Employee MCC/PPO $23.67 ↓ -17%
Community Health Plan of Washington Cascade Care $23.78 ↓ -16%
Premera Other Commercial Plans $25.90 ↓ -9%
Premera Prime $25.90 ↓ -9%
Premera Signature $25.90 ↓ -9%
Ambetter Coordinated Care Exchange $26.09 ↓ -8%
First Choice MCC Wellfound Employee $38.80 ↑ +37%
First Choice PPO $38.80 ↑ +37%
Multiplan/PHCS All Commercial Plans $51.83 ↑ +83%
Aetna All Commercial Plans $58.93 ↑ +108%
First Health All Commercial Plans $60.35 ↑ +113%
Kaiser PPO not published by hospital

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Contrast baths charges at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Providence St Peter Hospital Olympia $46.80 $12.66 – $51.68
Providence St Luke's Rehabilitation Medical Center Spokane $66.00 $15.83 – $17.41
Providence St Joseph Hospital Chewelah $59.50 not published
Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital Spokane $41.30 $15.83 – $40.29
Providence St Mary Medical Center Walla Walla $31.50 $14.00 – $29.29
Kadlec Regional Medical Center Richland $62.30 $15.83 – $29.29
Providence Holy Family Hospital Spokane $31.50 $15.83 – $68.90
Providence Regional Medical Center Everett - Colby Campus Everett $55.12 $14.25 – $36.73

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