Destruction by neurolytic agent w/imaging guidance lumbar/sacral (both sides) at MultiCare Capital Medical Center
3900 Capital Mall DR SW, Olympia, WA · Multicare · · NPI 1841258639
$2,733.60
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.
$6,834.00
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.
$638.70 with Community Health Plan of Washington vs $11,132.76 with United Healthcare — 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 | $638.70 | ↓ -77% |
| Molina | Apple Health | $650.53 | ↓ -76% |
| United Healthcare | Apple Health | $650.53 | ↓ -76% |
| Coordinated Care | Apple Health | $650.53 | ↓ -76% |
| WellPoint | Apple Health | $946.22 | ↓ -65% |
| SCAN | MedAdvantage | $2,216.01 | ↓ -19% |
| Aetna | MedAdvantage | $2,282.49 | ↓ -17% |
| Regence | MedAdvantage | $2,282.49 | ↓ -17% |
| United Healthcare | MedAdvantage | $2,304.65 | ↓ -16% |
| WellCare | MedAdvantage | $2,326.81 | ↓ -15% |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | MedAdvantage | $2,437.61 | ↓ -11% |
| Premera | HMO | $3,156.91 | ↑ +15% |
| First Choice | MHS Employee MCC/PPO | $3,586.91 | ↑ +31% |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | Cascade Care | $3,736.19 | ↑ +37% |
| Ambetter | Coordinated Care Exchange | $4,099.62 | ↑ +50% |
| Regence | RealValue | $4,530.24 | ↑ +66% |
| Uniform Medical | All Commercial Plans | $4,822.59 | ↑ +76% |
| Multiplan/PHCS | All Commercial Plans | $4,988.82 | ↑ +83% |
| Regence | MCC/AHN | $5,033.60 | ↑ +84% |
| Regence | Commercial | $5,033.60 | ↑ +84% |
| Regence | Blue High Performance | $5,033.60 | ↑ +84% |
| Premera | Signature | $5,074.12 | ↑ +86% |
| Premera | Other Commercial Plans | $5,074.12 | ↑ +86% |
| Premera | Prime | $5,074.12 | ↑ +86% |
| First Health | All Commercial Plans | $5,808.90 | ↑ +113% |
| First Choice | MCC Wellfound Employee | $5,880.18 | ↑ +115% |
| First Choice | PPO | $5,880.18 | ↑ +115% |
| Aetna | All Commercial Plans | $6,339.96 | ↑ +132% |
| Kaiser | PPO | $8,358.47 | ↑ +206% |
| Cigna | All Commercial Plans | $10,102.89 | ↑ +270% |
| United Healthcare | All Commercial Plans | $11,132.76 | ↑ +307% |
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Destruction by neurolytic agent w/imaging guidance lumbar/sacral (both sides) at other Washington hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Providence St Peter Hospital | Olympia | not published | $1,908.92 – $8,319.00 |
| Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus | Seattle | $5,515.20 | $2,261.24 – $8,373.23 |
| Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill | Seattle | $5,515.20 | $2,261.24 – $8,063.75 |
| Swedish Issaquah | Issaquah | $5,515.20 | $2,267.58 – $8,373.23 |
| Providence St Mary Medical Center | Walla Walla | $2,454.20 | $1,710.86 – $4,025.62 |
| MultiCare Valley Hospital | Spokane Valley | $1,529.60 | $580.23 – $7,998.96 |
| MultiCare Yakima Memorial Hospital | Yakima | $2,173.60 | $2,329.57 – $6,009.28 |
| MultiCare Auburn Medical Center | Auburn | $3,825.20 | $593.50 – $9,373.54 |