Exploration maxillary sinus 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.

$567.61 with Community Health Plan of Washington vs $19,289.46 with Cigna — 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 $567.61
United Healthcare Apple Health $578.12
Molina Apple Health $578.12
Coordinated Care Apple Health $578.12
WellPoint Apple Health $840.91
SCAN MedAdvantage $4,231.04
Regence MedAdvantage $4,357.97
Aetna MedAdvantage $4,357.97
United Healthcare MedAdvantage $4,400.28
WellCare MedAdvantage $4,442.59
Community Health Plan of Washington MedAdvantage $4,654.14
Premera HMO $5,854.74
First Choice MHS Employee MCC/PPO $6,126.98
Community Health Plan of Washington Cascade Care $7,133.53
Ambetter Coordinated Care Exchange $7,827.42
Regence RealValue $8,786.61
Uniform Medical All Commercial Plans $9,353.64
Regence Blue High Performance $9,762.90
Regence Commercial $9,762.90
Regence MCC/AHN $9,762.90
Premera Prime $9,841.52
Premera Signature $9,841.52
Premera Other Commercial Plans $9,841.52
First Choice MCC Wellfound Employee $10,044.23
First Choice PPO $10,044.23
Aetna All Commercial Plans $11,970.22
Kaiser PPO $15,501.47
Cigna All Commercial Plans $19,289.46

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Exploration maxillary sinus at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Providence St Peter Hospital Olympia not published $3,644.72 – $14,000.01
Virginia Mason Medical Center Seattle $5,128.56 $5.22 – $839.42
Providence St Luke's Rehabilitation Medical Center Spokane not published $4,154.66 – $4,570.13
Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus Seattle not published $4,317.39 – $14,302.75
Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital Spokane not published $4,154.66 – $10,573.61
Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill Seattle not published $4,317.39 – $13,774.11
Swedish Issaquah Issaquah not published $4,329.50 – $14,302.75
Central Medical Center Seattle not published not published

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