Enzyme histochemistry 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

$222.40

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.

$556.00

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.

$30.18 with Community Health Plan of Washington vs $4,593.27 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.

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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 $30.18 ↓ -86%
United Healthcare Apple Health $30.73 ↓ -86%
Coordinated Care Apple Health $30.73 ↓ -86%
Molina Apple Health $30.73 ↓ -86%
WellPoint Apple Health $44.71 ↓ -80%
Multiplan/PHCS All Commercial Plans $405.88 ↑ +83%
Aetna All Commercial Plans $461.48 ↑ +108%
First Health All Commercial Plans $472.60 ↑ +113%
SCAN MedAdvantage $914.31 ↑ +311%
Aetna MedAdvantage $941.74 ↑ +323%
Regence MedAdvantage $941.74 ↑ +323%
United Healthcare MedAdvantage $950.88 ↑ +328%
WellCare MedAdvantage $960.02 ↑ +332%
Community Health Plan of Washington MedAdvantage $1,005.74 ↑ +352%
Premera HMO $1,454.67 ↑ +554%
Community Health Plan of Washington Cascade Care $1,541.53 ↑ +593%
Ambetter Coordinated Care Exchange $1,691.47 ↑ +661%
Regence RealValue $2,017.57 ↑ +807%
Uniform Medical All Commercial Plans $2,147.77 ↑ +866%
Regence Blue High Performance $2,241.74 ↑ +908%
Regence Commercial $2,241.74 ↑ +908%
Regence MCC/AHN $2,241.74 ↑ +908%
Premera Other Commercial Plans $2,259.80 ↑ +916%
Premera Prime $2,259.80 ↑ +916%
Premera Signature $2,259.80 ↑ +916%
First Choice MHS Employee MCC/PPO $2,433.33 ↑ +994%
Kaiser PPO $3,610.77 ↑ +1524%
First Choice PPO $3,989.07 ↑ +1694%
First Choice MCC Wellfound Employee $3,989.07 ↑ +1694%
Cigna All Commercial Plans $4,168.36 ↑ +1774%
United Healthcare All Commercial Plans $4,593.27 ↑ +1965%

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Enzyme histochemistry at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Providence St Peter Hospital Olympia $870.48 $247.31 – $3,517.92
Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus Seattle $150.24 $211.98 – $2,952.54
Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital Spokane $1,276.80 $233.18 – $2,284.91
Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill Seattle $150.24 $211.98 – $2,858.31
Swedish Issaquah Issaquah $150.24 $211.98 – $2,952.54
Central Medical Center Seattle $1,939.20 $2,020.00 – $2,020.00
Providence Mount Carmel Hospital Colville $102.90 not published
Swedish Edmonds Hospital Edmonds $150.24 $206.72 – $2,826.90

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