CT colonography screening at MultiCare Capital Medical Center
3900 Capital Mall DR SW, Olympia, WA · Multicare · · NPI 1841258639
$881.20
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.
$2,203.00
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.
$270.77 with SCAN vs $1,872.55 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.
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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| SCAN | MedAdvantage | $270.77 | ↓ -69% |
| Regence | MedAdvantage | $278.90 | ↓ -68% |
| Aetna | MedAdvantage | $278.90 | ↓ -68% |
| United Healthcare | MedAdvantage | $281.60 | ↓ -68% |
| WellCare | MedAdvantage | $284.31 | ↓ -68% |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | MedAdvantage | $297.85 | ↓ -66% |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | Cascade Care | $456.52 | ↓ -48% |
| Ambetter | Coordinated Care Exchange | $500.93 | ↓ -43% |
| Premera | Signature | $643.96 | ↓ -27% |
| Premera | Prime | $643.96 | ↓ -27% |
| Premera | Other Commercial Plans | $643.96 | ↓ -27% |
| Regence | RealValue | $657.38 | ↓ -25% |
| Regence | Commercial | $730.42 | ↓ -17% |
| Regence | MCC/AHN | $730.42 | ↓ -17% |
| Regence | Blue High Performance | $730.42 | ↓ -17% |
| Aetna | All Commercial Plans | $784.78 | ↓ -11% |
| Uniform Medical | All Commercial Plans | $849.33 | ↓ -4% |
| First Choice | MHS Employee MCC/PPO | $1,007.87 | ↑ +14% |
| Cigna | All Commercial Plans | $1,234.45 | ↑ +40% |
| United Healthcare | All Commercial Plans | $1,360.29 | ↑ +54% |
| Multiplan/PHCS | All Commercial Plans | $1,608.19 | ↑ +83% |
| First Choice | PPO | $1,652.25 | ↑ +88% |
| First Choice | MCC Wellfound Employee | $1,652.25 | ↑ +88% |
| First Health | All Commercial Plans | $1,872.55 | ↑ +113% |
| Molina | Apple Health | not published by hospital | — |
| United Healthcare | Apple Health | not published by hospital | — |
| Premera | HMO | not published by hospital | — |
| WellPoint | Apple Health | not published by hospital | — |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | Apple Health | not published by hospital | — |
| Coordinated Care | Apple Health | not published by hospital | — |
| Kaiser | PPO | not published by hospital | — |
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CT colonography screening at other Washington hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Providence St Peter Hospital | Olympia | not published | $233.25 – $2,416.47 |
| Kadlec Regional Medical Center | Richland | $1,784.30 | $265.88 – $491.89 |
| St. Michael Medical Center | Silverdale | $1,426.88 | $707.78 – $2,909.70 |
| St. Anne Hospital | Burien | $987.22 | $707.78 – $2,909.70 |
| St. Anthony Hospital | Gig Harbor | $983.32 | $707.78 – $2,424.75 |
| MultiCare Auburn Medical Center | Auburn | $1,101.60 | $271.53 – $1,145.33 |
| MultiCare Good Samaritan Hospital | Puyallup | $1,101.60 | $272.89 – $1,145.33 |
| St. Joseph Medical Center | Tacoma | $1,070.77 | $707.78 – $2,424.75 |