Cysto rx balo cath urtl strx 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.

$6,084.73 with SCAN vs $27,740.48 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
SCAN MedAdvantage $6,084.73
Regence MedAdvantage $6,267.27
Aetna MedAdvantage $6,267.27
United Healthcare MedAdvantage $6,328.12
WellCare MedAdvantage $6,388.96
Community Health Plan of Washington MedAdvantage $6,693.20
Premera HMO $8,258.25
Community Health Plan of Washington Cascade Care $10,258.85
Ambetter Coordinated Care Exchange $11,256.74
Regence RealValue $12,140.72
Uniform Medical All Commercial Plans $12,924.20
Regence MCC/AHN $13,489.68
Regence Commercial $13,489.68
Regence Blue High Performance $13,489.68
Premera Prime $13,598.32
Premera Signature $13,598.32
Premera Other Commercial Plans $13,598.32
Aetna All Commercial Plans $16,504.71
Kaiser PPO $22,948.73
Cigna All Commercial Plans $27,740.48

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Cysto rx balo cath urtl strx at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Providence St Peter Hospital Olympia not published $5,241.53 – $20,133.64
Virginia Mason Medical Center Seattle $6,921.72 $171.38 – $14,618.09
Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus Seattle not published $6,208.90 – $18,862.65
Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital Spokane not published $5,974.89 – $15,206.09
Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill Seattle not published $6,208.90 – $14,528.84
Swedish Issaquah Issaquah not published $6,226.32 – $13,822.44
Central Medical Center Seattle not published not published
Providence Centralia Hospital Centralia not published $6,208.90 – $11,486.47

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