Homovanillic acid (hva) at MultiCare Capital Medical Center
3900 Capital Mall DR SW, Olympia, WA · Multicare · · NPI 1841258639
$20.80
Cash price 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.
$52.00
Gross charge 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.
$9.39 with Community Health Plan of Washington vs $130.65 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
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| Community Health Plan of Washington | Apple Health | $9.39 | ↓ -55% |
| Molina | Apple Health | $9.57 | ↓ -54% |
| United Healthcare | Apple Health | $9.57 | ↓ -54% |
| Coordinated Care | Apple Health | $9.57 | ↓ -54% |
| WellPoint | Apple Health | $13.92 | ↓ -33% |
| SCAN | MedAdvantage | $21.96 | ↑ +6% |
| Premera | HMO | $22.41 | ↑ +8% |
| Aetna | MedAdvantage | $22.62 | ↑ +9% |
| Regence | MedAdvantage | $22.62 | ↑ +9% |
| United Healthcare | MedAdvantage | $22.84 | ↑ +10% |
| WellCare | MedAdvantage | $23.06 | ↑ +11% |
| Regence | RealValue | $23.19 | ↑ +11% |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | MedAdvantage | $24.16 | ↑ +16% |
| Kaiser | PPO | $24.65 | ↑ +19% |
| Regence | MCC/AHN | $25.77 | ↑ +24% |
| Uniform Medical | All Commercial Plans | $25.77 | ↑ +24% |
| Regence | Commercial | $25.77 | ↑ +24% |
| Regence | Blue High Performance | $25.77 | ↑ +24% |
| Cigna | All Commercial Plans | $26.89 | ↑ +29% |
| United Healthcare | All Commercial Plans | $26.89 | ↑ +29% |
| Premera | Other Commercial Plans | $28.01 | ↑ +35% |
| Premera | Signature | $28.01 | ↑ +35% |
| Premera | Prime | $28.01 | ↑ +35% |
| First Choice | MHS Employee MCC/PPO | $34.18 | ↑ +64% |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | Cascade Care | $37.03 | ↑ +78% |
| Multiplan/PHCS | All Commercial Plans | $37.96 | ↑ +83% |
| Ambetter | Coordinated Care Exchange | $40.63 | ↑ +95% |
| First Health | All Commercial Plans | $44.20 | ↑ +113% |
| First Choice | PPO | $56.03 | ↑ +169% |
| First Choice | MCC Wellfound Employee | $56.03 | ↑ +169% |
| Aetna | All Commercial Plans | $130.65 | ↑ +528% |
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Homovanillic acid (hva) at other Washington hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Providence St Peter Hospital | Olympia | not published | $19.05 – $125.50 |
| Providence St Joseph Hospital | Chewelah | $67.90 | not published |
| Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus | Seattle | $50.88 | $20.17 – $105.33 |
| Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital | Spokane | $111.30 | $22.41 – $80.68 |
| Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill | Seattle | $50.88 | $20.17 – $101.97 |
| Swedish Issaquah | Issaquah | $50.88 | $20.17 – $105.33 |
| Central Medical Center | Seattle | $100.80 | $17.00 – $17.00 |
| Providence Mount Carmel Hospital | Colville | $77.00 | not published |