External ocular photography 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.

$42.39 with SCAN vs $349.31 with First Choice — 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 $42.39
Community Health Plan of Washington Apple Health $42.76
United Healthcare Apple Health $43.55
Molina Apple Health $43.55
Coordinated Care Apple Health $43.55
Aetna MedAdvantage $43.66
Regence MedAdvantage $43.66
United Healthcare MedAdvantage $44.08
WellCare MedAdvantage $44.51
Community Health Plan of Washington MedAdvantage $46.63
WellPoint Apple Health $63.35
Premera HMO $63.62
Community Health Plan of Washington Cascade Care $71.46
Ambetter Coordinated Care Exchange $78.42
Regence RealValue $94.10
Uniform Medical All Commercial Plans $100.17
Regence MCC/AHN $104.55
Regence Blue High Performance $104.55
Regence Commercial $104.55
Premera Prime $105.40
Premera Signature $105.40
Premera Other Commercial Plans $105.40
Aetna All Commercial Plans $127.44
Cigna All Commercial Plans $193.23
First Choice MHS Employee MCC/PPO $213.08
First Choice PPO $349.31
First Choice MCC Wellfound Employee $349.31

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External ocular photography at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Providence St Peter Hospital Olympia not published $36.51 – $308.06
Virginia Mason Medical Center Seattle $109.65 $0.67 – $250.16
Providence St Luke's Rehabilitation Medical Center Spokane not published $10.07 – $45.78
Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus Seattle not published $43.25 – $258.55
Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital Spokane not published $41.62 – $198.04
Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill Seattle not published $43.25 – $250.30
Swedish Issaquah Issaquah not published $43.37 – $258.55
Providence Centralia Hospital Centralia not published $43.25 – $342.71

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