Hemoglobin f (fetal) chemical 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

$18.00

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.

$45.00

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 $62.61 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 ↓ -50%
Molina Apple Health $9.24 ↓ -49%
Coordinated Care Apple Health $9.24 ↓ -49%
United Healthcare Apple Health $9.24 ↓ -49%
SCAN MedAdvantage $10.53 ↓ -42%
Premera HMO $10.74 ↓ -40%
Aetna MedAdvantage $10.84 ↓ -40%
Regence MedAdvantage $10.84 ↓ -40%
United Healthcare MedAdvantage $10.95 ↓ -39%
WellCare MedAdvantage $11.05 ↓ -39%
Regence RealValue $11.12 ↓ -38%
Community Health Plan of Washington MedAdvantage $11.58 ↓ -36%
Kaiser PPO $11.81 ↓ -34%
Regence MCC/AHN $12.35 ↓ -31%
Regence Blue High Performance $12.35 ↓ -31%
Regence Commercial $12.35 ↓ -31%
Uniform Medical All Commercial Plans $12.35 ↓ -31%
United Healthcare All Commercial Plans $12.89 ↓ -28%
Cigna All Commercial Plans $12.89 ↓ -28%
Premera Other Commercial Plans $13.42 ↓ -25%
Premera Signature $13.42 ↓ -25%
Premera Prime $13.42 ↓ -25%
WellPoint Apple Health $13.45 ↓ -25%
First Choice MHS Employee MCC/PPO $16.38 ↓ -9%
Community Health Plan of Washington Cascade Care $17.75 ↓ -1%
Ambetter Coordinated Care Exchange $19.47 ↑ +8%
First Choice MCC Wellfound Employee $26.85 ↑ +49%
First Choice PPO $26.85 ↑ +49%
Multiplan/PHCS All Commercial Plans $32.85 ↑ +83%
First Health All Commercial Plans $38.25 ↑ +113%
Aetna All Commercial Plans $62.61 ↑ +248%

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Hemoglobin f (fetal) chemical at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Providence St Peter Hospital Olympia not published $9.13 – $60.14
Central Medical Center Seattle $48.00 $8.00 – $8.00
MultiCare Valley Hospital Spokane Valley $38.00 $8.25 – $19.47
MultiCare Auburn Medical Center Auburn $22.40 $8.43 – $21.05
MultiCare Good Samaritan Hospital Puyallup $22.40 $8.63 – $21.05
Virginia Mason Medical Center Seattle $24.48 $7.52 – $33.57
MultiCare Covington Medical Center Covington $22.40 $8.43 – $21.05
MultiCare Mary Bridge Children's Hospital Tacoma $22.40 $8.59 – $30.49

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