Culture quantitative aerobic other source 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

$102.80

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.

$257.00

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.

$5.38 with Community Health Plan of Washington vs $218.45 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 $5.38 ↓ -95%
Molina Apple Health $5.48 ↓ -95%
United Healthcare Apple Health $5.48 ↓ -95%
Coordinated Care Apple Health $5.48 ↓ -95%
WellPoint Apple Health $7.97 ↓ -92%
SCAN MedAdvantage $9.69 ↓ -91%
Premera HMO $9.89 ↓ -90%
Aetna MedAdvantage $9.98 ↓ -90%
Regence MedAdvantage $9.98 ↓ -90%
United Healthcare MedAdvantage $10.08 ↓ -90%
WellCare MedAdvantage $10.18 ↓ -90%
Regence RealValue $10.24 ↓ -90%
Community Health Plan of Washington MedAdvantage $10.66 ↓ -90%
Kaiser PPO $10.88 ↓ -89%
Regence Commercial $11.37 ↓ -89%
Uniform Medical All Commercial Plans $11.37 ↓ -89%
Regence MCC/AHN $11.37 ↓ -89%
Regence Blue High Performance $11.37 ↓ -89%
United Healthcare All Commercial Plans $11.87 ↓ -88%
Cigna All Commercial Plans $11.87 ↓ -88%
Premera Signature $12.36 ↓ -88%
Premera Prime $12.36 ↓ -88%
Premera Other Commercial Plans $12.36 ↓ -88%
First Choice MHS Employee MCC/PPO $15.08 ↓ -85%
Community Health Plan of Washington Cascade Care $16.34 ↓ -84%
Ambetter Coordinated Care Exchange $17.93 ↓ -83%
First Choice PPO $24.73 ↓ -76%
First Choice MCC Wellfound Employee $24.73 ↓ -76%
Aetna All Commercial Plans $57.66 ↓ -44%
Multiplan/PHCS All Commercial Plans $187.61 ↑ +83%
First Health All Commercial Plans $218.45 ↑ +113%

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Culture quantitative aerobic other source at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Providence St Peter Hospital Olympia not published $8.41 – $55.38
Central Medical Center Seattle $75.20 $8.00 – $8.00
St. Michael Medical Center Silverdale $48.20 $9.89 – $98.28
St. Anne Hospital Burien $33.35 $9.89 – $98.28
St. Anthony Hospital Gig Harbor $33.21 $9.89 – $81.90
St. Joseph Medical Center Tacoma $36.17 $9.89 – $81.90
St. Elizabeth Hospital Enumclaw $38.59 $9.89 – $98.28
Virginia Mason Medical Center Seattle $51.51 $6.92 – $30.91

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