Fatty acids nonesterified 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

$21.60

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.

$54.00

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.

$9.08 with Community Health Plan of Washington vs $109.43 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
Community Health Plan of Washington Apple Health $9.08 ↓ -58%
Molina Apple Health $9.24 ↓ -57%
United Healthcare Apple Health $9.24 ↓ -57%
Coordinated Care Apple Health $9.24 ↓ -57%
WellPoint Apple Health $13.45 ↓ -38%
SCAN MedAdvantage $18.39 ↓ -15%
Premera HMO $18.77 ↓ -13%
Aetna MedAdvantage $18.95 ↓ -12%
Regence MedAdvantage $18.95 ↓ -12%
United Healthcare MedAdvantage $19.13 ↓ -11%
WellCare MedAdvantage $19.31 ↓ -11%
Regence RealValue $19.43 ↓ -10%
Community Health Plan of Washington MedAdvantage $20.23 ↓ -6%
Kaiser PPO $20.65 ↓ -4%
Regence Commercial $21.59 ↓ -0%
Uniform Medical All Commercial Plans $21.59 ↓ -0%
Regence MCC/AHN $21.59 ↓ -0%
Regence Blue High Performance $21.59 ↓ -0%
United Healthcare All Commercial Plans $22.52 ↑ +4%
Cigna All Commercial Plans $22.52 ↑ +4%
Premera Signature $23.46 ↑ +9%
Premera Prime $23.46 ↑ +9%
Premera Other Commercial Plans $23.46 ↑ +9%
First Choice MHS Employee MCC/PPO $28.62 ↑ +33%
Community Health Plan of Washington Cascade Care $31.01 ↑ +44%
Ambetter Coordinated Care Exchange $34.03 ↑ +58%
Multiplan/PHCS All Commercial Plans $39.42 ↑ +83%
First Health All Commercial Plans $45.90 ↑ +113%
First Choice PPO $46.93 ↑ +117%
First Choice MCC Wellfound Employee $46.93 ↑ +117%
Aetna All Commercial Plans $109.43 ↑ +407%

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Fatty acids nonesterified at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Providence St Peter Hospital Olympia not published $15.95 – $105.11
Providence St Joseph Hospital Chewelah $240.10 not published
Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus Seattle $76.80 $16.89 – $88.22
Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill Seattle $76.80 $16.89 – $85.40
Swedish Issaquah Issaquah $76.80 $16.89 – $88.22
Central Medical Center Seattle $84.80 $14.00 – $14.00
Swedish Edmonds Hospital Edmonds $76.80 $18.77 – $84.47
Providence St Mary Medical Center Walla Walla $75.60 $18.77 – $34.72

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