#creutz-prot.,western blot 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

$73.60

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.

$184.00

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.

$7.79 with Community Health Plan of Washington vs $170.29 with Aetna — 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 $7.79 ↓ -89%
Molina Apple Health $7.93 ↓ -89%
United Healthcare Apple Health $7.93 ↓ -89%
Coordinated Care Apple Health $7.93 ↓ -89%
WellPoint Apple Health $11.54 ↓ -84%
SCAN MedAdvantage $28.63 ↓ -61%
Premera HMO $29.21 ↓ -60%
Aetna MedAdvantage $29.48 ↓ -60%
Regence MedAdvantage $29.48 ↓ -60%
United Healthcare MedAdvantage $29.77 ↓ -60%
WellCare MedAdvantage $30.06 ↓ -59%
Regence RealValue $30.23 ↓ -59%
Community Health Plan of Washington MedAdvantage $31.49 ↓ -57%
Kaiser PPO $32.13 ↓ -56%
Regence Commercial $33.59 ↓ -54%
Uniform Medical All Commercial Plans $33.59 ↓ -54%
Regence MCC/AHN $33.59 ↓ -54%
Regence Blue High Performance $33.59 ↓ -54%
United Healthcare All Commercial Plans $35.05 ↓ -52%
Cigna All Commercial Plans $35.05 ↓ -52%
Premera Signature $36.51 ↓ -50%
Premera Prime $36.51 ↓ -50%
Premera Other Commercial Plans $36.51 ↓ -50%
First Choice MHS Employee MCC/PPO $44.55 ↓ -39%
Community Health Plan of Washington Cascade Care $48.26 ↓ -34%
Ambetter Coordinated Care Exchange $52.96 ↓ -28%
First Choice PPO $73.03 ↓ -1%
First Choice MCC Wellfound Employee $73.03 ↓ -1%
Multiplan/PHCS All Commercial Plans $134.32 ↑ +83%
First Health All Commercial Plans $156.40 ↑ +113%
Aetna All Commercial Plans $170.29 ↑ +131%

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#creutz-prot.,western blot at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Providence St Peter Hospital Olympia $52.52 $24.83 – $163.58
Providence St Joseph Hospital Chewelah $58.80 not published
Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus Seattle $130.08 $26.29 – $137.29
Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital Spokane $61.60 $29.21 – $105.16
Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill Seattle $130.08 $26.29 – $132.91
Swedish Issaquah Issaquah $130.08 $26.29 – $137.29
Central Medical Center Seattle $127.20 $22.00 – $22.00
Providence Mount Carmel Hospital Colville $51.10 not published

All Washington hospitals for this procedure →