#fecal-sodium 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

$110.00

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.

$275.00

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.

$3.65 with Community Health Plan of Washington vs $233.75 with First Health — 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 $3.65 ↓ -97%
Molina Apple Health $3.71 ↓ -97%
United Healthcare Apple Health $3.71 ↓ -97%
Coordinated Care Apple Health $3.71 ↓ -97%
SCAN MedAdvantage $4.76 ↓ -96%
Premera HMO $4.86 ↓ -96%
Regence MedAdvantage $4.91 ↓ -96%
Aetna MedAdvantage $4.91 ↓ -96%
United Healthcare MedAdvantage $4.95 ↓ -96%
WellCare MedAdvantage $5.00 ↓ -95%
Regence RealValue $5.03 ↓ -95%
Community Health Plan of Washington MedAdvantage $5.24 ↓ -95%
Kaiser PPO $5.35 ↓ -95%
WellPoint Apple Health $5.40 ↓ -95%
Regence Commercial $5.59 ↓ -95%
Uniform Medical All Commercial Plans $5.59 ↓ -95%
Regence MCC/AHN $5.59 ↓ -95%
Regence Blue High Performance $5.59 ↓ -95%
United Healthcare All Commercial Plans $5.83 ↓ -95%
Cigna All Commercial Plans $5.83 ↓ -95%
Premera Other Commercial Plans $6.08 ↓ -94%
Premera Signature $6.08 ↓ -94%
Premera Prime $6.08 ↓ -94%
First Choice MHS Employee MCC/PPO $7.41 ↓ -93%
Community Health Plan of Washington Cascade Care $8.03 ↓ -93%
Ambetter Coordinated Care Exchange $8.81 ↓ -92%
First Choice MCC Wellfound Employee $12.15 ↓ -89%
First Choice PPO $12.15 ↓ -89%
Aetna All Commercial Plans $28.33 ↓ -74%
Multiplan/PHCS All Commercial Plans $200.75 ↑ +83%
First Health All Commercial Plans $233.75 ↑ +113%

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#fecal-sodium at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Providence St Peter Hospital Olympia $30.68 $4.13 – $27.22
Providence St Luke's Rehabilitation Medical Center Spokane $34.65 $4.86 – $5.35
Providence St Joseph Hospital Chewelah $13.30 not published
Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus Seattle $35.04 $4.37 – $22.84
Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital Spokane $64.40 $4.86 – $17.50
Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill Seattle $35.04 $4.37 – $22.11
Swedish Issaquah Issaquah $35.04 $4.37 – $22.84
Central Medical Center Seattle $22.40 $4.00 – $4.00

All Washington hospitals for this procedure →