Cytopath smear 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

$82.00

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.

$205.00

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.

$7.17 with Community Health Plan of Washington vs $174.25 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 $7.17 ↓ -91%
Molina Apple Health $7.30 ↓ -91%
United Healthcare Apple Health $7.30 ↓ -91%
Coordinated Care Apple Health $7.30 ↓ -91%
WellPoint Apple Health $10.62 ↓ -87%
SCAN MedAdvantage $32.82 ↓ -60%
Aetna MedAdvantage $33.81 ↓ -59%
Regence MedAdvantage $33.81 ↓ -59%
United Healthcare MedAdvantage $34.14 ↓ -58%
WellCare MedAdvantage $34.46 ↓ -58%
Community Health Plan of Washington MedAdvantage $36.11 ↓ -56%
Premera HMO $46.75 ↓ -43%
Community Health Plan of Washington Cascade Care $55.34 ↓ -33%
Ambetter Coordinated Care Exchange $60.72 ↓ -26%
Regence RealValue $69.86 ↓ -15%
Uniform Medical All Commercial Plans $74.37 ↓ -9%
Regence Commercial $77.63 ↓ -5%
Regence MCC/AHN $77.63 ↓ -5%
Regence Blue High Performance $77.63 ↓ -5%
Premera Signature $78.26 ↓ -5%
Premera Other Commercial Plans $78.26 ↓ -5%
Premera Prime $78.26 ↓ -5%
First Choice MHS Employee MCC/PPO $89.05 ↑ +9%
Kaiser PPO $116.06 ↑ +42%
First Choice PPO $145.99 ↑ +78%
First Choice MCC Wellfound Employee $145.99 ↑ +78%
Cigna All Commercial Plans $149.62 ↑ +82%
Multiplan/PHCS All Commercial Plans $149.65 ↑ +83%
United Healthcare All Commercial Plans $164.87 ↑ +101%
Aetna All Commercial Plans $170.15 ↑ +108%
First Health All Commercial Plans $174.25 ↑ +113%

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Cytopath smear other source at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Providence St Peter Hospital Olympia not published $28.27 – $128.74
Providence St Luke's Rehabilitation Medical Center Spokane $43.47 $32.23 – $35.45
Providence St Joseph Hospital Chewelah $51.10 not published
Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus Seattle $66.24 $33.49 – $108.05
Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital Spokane $114.80 $32.23 – $82.76
Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill Seattle $66.24 $33.49 – $104.60
Swedish Issaquah Issaquah $66.24 $33.59 – $108.05
Central Medical Center Seattle $486.40 $25.00 – $25.00

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