Cysto, litho, vacuum kidney 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.

$8,828.01 with First Choice vs $48,976.93 with Cigna — 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
First Choice MHS Employee MCC/PPO $8,828.01
SCAN MedAdvantage $10,742.82
Regence MedAdvantage $11,065.11
Aetna MedAdvantage $11,065.11
United Healthcare MedAdvantage $11,172.54
WellCare MedAdvantage $11,279.96
Community Health Plan of Washington MedAdvantage $11,817.11
First Choice PPO $14,472.14
First Choice MCC Wellfound Employee $14,472.14
Premera HMO $16,031.19
Community Health Plan of Washington Cascade Care $18,112.40
Ambetter Coordinated Care Exchange $19,874.22
Regence RealValue $21,615.07
Uniform Medical All Commercial Plans $23,009.98
Regence Blue High Performance $24,016.75
Regence MCC/AHN $24,016.75
Regence Commercial $24,016.75
Premera Other Commercial Plans $24,210.15
Premera Prime $24,210.15
Premera Signature $24,210.15
Aetna All Commercial Plans $30,022.19
Cigna All Commercial Plans $48,976.93

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Cysto, litho, vacuum kidney at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Providence St Peter Hospital Olympia not published $9,254.13 – $35,546.73
Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus Seattle not published $7,277.00 – $33,302.75
Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital Spokane not published $10,548.90 – $26,846.95
Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill Seattle not published $7,277.00 – $25,651.23
Swedish Issaquah Issaquah not published $7,277.00 – $24,404.06
Central Medical Center Seattle not published not published
Providence Centralia Hospital Centralia not published $10,962.06 – $24,754.98
Swedish Edmonds Hospital Edmonds not published $2,836.00 – $27,382.30

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