Cytopath c/v auto redo at MultiCare Capital Medical Center
3900 Capital Mall DR SW, Olympia, WA · Multicare · · NPI 1841258639
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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.
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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.
$12.90 with Community Health Plan of Washington vs $161.14 with Aetna — 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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| Community Health Plan of Washington | Apple Health | $12.90 | — |
| United Healthcare | Apple Health | $13.14 | — |
| Molina | Apple Health | $13.14 | — |
| Coordinated Care | Apple Health | $13.14 | — |
| WellPoint | Apple Health | $19.11 | — |
| SCAN | MedAdvantage | $27.09 | — |
| Premera | HMO | $27.64 | — |
| Regence | MedAdvantage | $27.90 | — |
| Aetna | MedAdvantage | $27.90 | — |
| United Healthcare | MedAdvantage | $28.17 | — |
| WellCare | MedAdvantage | $28.44 | — |
| Regence | RealValue | $28.61 | — |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | MedAdvantage | $29.80 | — |
| Kaiser | PPO | $30.40 | — |
| Uniform Medical | All Commercial Plans | $31.79 | — |
| Regence | MCC/AHN | $31.79 | — |
| Regence | Commercial | $31.79 | — |
| Regence | Blue High Performance | $31.79 | — |
| Cigna | All Commercial Plans | $33.17 | — |
| Premera | Signature | $34.55 | — |
| Premera | Other Commercial Plans | $34.55 | — |
| Premera | Prime | $34.55 | — |
| First Choice | MHS Employee MCC/PPO | $42.15 | — |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | Cascade Care | $45.67 | — |
| Ambetter | Coordinated Care Exchange | $50.11 | — |
| First Choice | PPO | $69.10 | — |
| First Choice | MCC Wellfound Employee | $69.10 | — |
| Aetna | All Commercial Plans | $161.14 | — |
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Cytopath c/v auto redo at other Washington hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Providence St Peter Hospital | Olympia | not published | $23.49 – $154.78 |
| Central Medical Center | Seattle | $149.60 | $33.00 – $33.00 |
| Providence St Luke's Rehabilitation Medical Center | Spokane | not published | $27.64 – $30.40 |
| Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus | Seattle | not published | $24.88 – $129.91 |
| Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital | Spokane | not published | $27.64 – $99.50 |
| Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill | Seattle | not published | $24.88 – $125.76 |
| Swedish Issaquah | Issaquah | not published | $24.88 – $129.91 |
| Providence Centralia Hospital | Centralia | not published | $27.64 – $172.20 |