Ghs bladder cath - complex-foley 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

$488.00

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.

$1,220.00

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.

$53.79 with Community Health Plan of Washington vs $1,037.00 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 $53.79 ↓ -89%
Molina Apple Health $54.79 ↓ -89%
United Healthcare Apple Health $54.79 ↓ -89%
Coordinated Care Apple Health $54.79 ↓ -89%
WellPoint Apple Health $79.69 ↓ -84%
SCAN MedAdvantage $146.02 ↓ -70%
Aetna MedAdvantage $150.40 ↓ -69%
Regence MedAdvantage $150.40 ↓ -69%
United Healthcare MedAdvantage $151.86 ↓ -69%
WellCare MedAdvantage $153.32 ↓ -69%
Community Health Plan of Washington MedAdvantage $160.62 ↓ -67%
Community Health Plan of Washington Cascade Care $246.19 ↓ -50%
Ambetter Coordinated Care Exchange $270.14 ↓ -45%
Premera HMO $272.43 ↓ -44%
Regence RealValue $366.51 ↓ -25%
Uniform Medical All Commercial Plans $390.16 ↓ -20%
Regence Commercial $407.23 ↓ -17%
Regence MCC/AHN $407.23 ↓ -17%
Regence Blue High Performance $407.23 ↓ -17%
Premera Signature $410.51 ↓ -16%
Premera Other Commercial Plans $410.51 ↓ -16%
Premera Prime $410.51 ↓ -16%
Aetna All Commercial Plans $507.96 ↑ +4%
First Choice MHS Employee MCC/PPO $535.90 ↑ +10%
Cigna All Commercial Plans $665.74 ↑ +36%
Kaiser PPO $676.25 ↑ +39%
First Choice MCC Wellfound Employee $878.52 ↑ +80%
First Choice PPO $878.52 ↑ +80%
Multiplan/PHCS All Commercial Plans $890.60 ↑ +83%
First Health All Commercial Plans $1,037.00 ↑ +113%
United Healthcare All Commercial Plans not published by hospital

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Ghs bladder cath - complex-foley at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Providence St Peter Hospital Olympia $335.92 $125.79 – $3,870.00
Providence St Joseph Hospital Chewelah $137.90 not published
Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus Seattle $456.00 $149.00 – $650.25
Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital Spokane $737.10 $143.39 – $498.06
Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill Seattle $456.00 $149.00 – $629.49
Swedish Issaquah Issaquah $456.00 $149.42 – $650.25
Providence Centralia Hospital Centralia $335.92 $149.00 – $861.92
Providence Mount Carmel Hospital Colville $137.90 not published

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