Contrast x-ray gallbladder 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

$336.80

Cash price

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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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$842.00

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.

$90.14 with Community Health Plan of Washington vs $1,157.10 with First Choice — 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

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 $90.14 ↓ -73%
Molina Apple Health $91.81 ↓ -73%
United Healthcare Apple Health $91.81 ↓ -73%
Coordinated Care Apple Health $91.81 ↓ -73%
WellPoint Apple Health $133.54 ↓ -60%
SCAN MedAdvantage $199.05 ↓ -41%
Aetna MedAdvantage $205.02 ↓ -39%
Regence MedAdvantage $205.02 ↓ -39%
United Healthcare MedAdvantage $207.01 ↓ -39%
WellCare MedAdvantage $209.00 ↓ -38%
Community Health Plan of Washington MedAdvantage $218.96 ↓ -35%
Community Health Plan of Washington Cascade Care $335.60 ↓ -0%
Premera HMO $337.83 ↑ +0%
Ambetter Coordinated Care Exchange $368.24 ↑ +9%
Regence RealValue $431.10 ↑ +28%
Uniform Medical All Commercial Plans $458.92 ↑ +36%
Regence Commercial $479.00 ↑ +42%
Regence MCC/AHN $479.00 ↑ +42%
Regence Blue High Performance $479.00 ↑ +42%
Premera Signature $482.86 ↑ +43%
Premera Other Commercial Plans $482.86 ↑ +43%
Premera Prime $482.86 ↑ +43%
Aetna All Commercial Plans $577.96 ↑ +72%
Multiplan/PHCS All Commercial Plans $614.66 ↑ +83%
First Choice MHS Employee MCC/PPO $705.83 ↑ +110%
First Health All Commercial Plans $715.70 ↑ +113%
Kaiser PPO $838.58 ↑ +149%
Cigna All Commercial Plans $907.48 ↑ +169%
United Healthcare All Commercial Plans $999.99 ↑ +197%
First Choice MCC Wellfound Employee $1,157.10 ↑ +244%
First Choice PPO $1,157.10 ↑ +244%

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Contrast x-ray gallbladder at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Providence St Peter Hospital Olympia not published $171.47 – $1,020.43
Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus Seattle $424.80 $203.11 – $856.43
Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital Spokane $877.10 $195.46 – $655.99
Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill Seattle $424.80 $203.11 – $829.10
Swedish Issaquah Issaquah $424.80 $203.68 – $856.43
Central Medical Center Seattle $616.00 $179.00 – $179.00
Providence Mount Carmel Hospital Colville $401.80 not published
Providence St Mary Medical Center Walla Walla $548.80 $162.81 – $361.60

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