CT bone density axial 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

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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.

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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.

$59.26 with Community Health Plan of Washington vs $506.79 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
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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 $59.26
United Healthcare Apple Health $60.36
Molina Apple Health $60.36
Coordinated Care Apple Health $60.36
WellPoint Apple Health $87.80
SCAN MedAdvantage $98.76
Regence MedAdvantage $101.72
Aetna MedAdvantage $101.72
United Healthcare MedAdvantage $102.71
WellCare MedAdvantage $103.70
Community Health Plan of Washington MedAdvantage $108.63
Premera HMO $162.75
Community Health Plan of Washington Cascade Care $166.51
Ambetter Coordinated Care Exchange $182.70
Regence RealValue $213.21
Uniform Medical All Commercial Plans $226.97
Regence Commercial $236.90
Regence MCC/AHN $236.90
Regence Blue High Performance $236.90
Premera Other Commercial Plans $238.80
Premera Prime $238.80
Premera Signature $238.80
Aetna All Commercial Plans $285.85
First Choice MHS Employee MCC/PPO $309.14
Kaiser PPO $403.99
Cigna All Commercial Plans $450.25
First Choice PPO $506.79
First Choice MCC Wellfound Employee $506.79

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CT bone density axial at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Providence St Peter Hospital Olympia not published $85.07 – $446.94
Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus Seattle $238.56 $100.77 – $375.11
Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill Seattle $238.56 $100.77 – $363.14
Swedish Issaquah Issaquah $238.56 $101.06 – $375.11
Central Medical Center Seattle $560.00 $89.00 – $89.00
Providence Mount Carmel Hospital Colville $310.80 not published
Providence St Mary Medical Center Walla Walla $308.00 $80.52 – $179.41
Virginia Mason Medical Center Seattle $270.81 $1.22 – $428.45

All Washington hospitals for this procedure →