Electromagntic tx for ulcers 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.

$10.86 with SCAN vs $72.43 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.

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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 $10.86
Regence MedAdvantage $11.18
Aetna MedAdvantage $11.18
United Healthcare MedAdvantage $11.29
WellCare MedAdvantage $11.40
Community Health Plan of Washington MedAdvantage $11.94
Regence RealValue $12.36
Regence Commercial $13.74
Regence Blue High Performance $13.74
Regence MCC/AHN $13.74
Uniform Medical All Commercial Plans $15.98
Cigna All Commercial Plans $17.04
First Choice MHS Employee MCC/PPO $17.61
Premera HMO $18.16
Community Health Plan of Washington Cascade Care $18.31
Premera Other Commercial Plans $19.89
Premera Signature $19.89
Premera Prime $19.89
Ambetter Coordinated Care Exchange $20.09
First Choice PPO $28.87
First Choice MCC Wellfound Employee $28.87
Aetna All Commercial Plans $72.43

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Electromagntic tx for ulcers at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Providence St Peter Hospital Olympia not published $10.10 – $41.20
Virginia Mason Medical Center Seattle $18.87 $0.32 – $1,078.56
Providence St Luke's Rehabilitation Medical Center Spokane not published $12.62 – $13.88
Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus Seattle not published $10.10 – $38.34
Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital Spokane not published $12.62 – $32.12
Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill Seattle not published $10.10 – $34.65
Swedish Issaquah Issaquah not published $10.10 – $28.02
Providence Centralia Hospital Centralia not published $12.62 – $26.79

All Washington hospitals for this procedure →