Incision of tongue fold at MultiCare Capital Medical Center
3900 Capital Mall DR SW, Olympia, WA · Multicare · · NPI 1841258639
$1,599.60
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.
$3,999.00
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.
$685.97 with Community Health Plan of Washington vs $8,845.79 with United Healthcare — 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 | $685.97 | ↓ -57% |
| Molina | Apple Health | $698.68 | ↓ -56% |
| United Healthcare | Apple Health | $698.68 | ↓ -56% |
| Coordinated Care | Apple Health | $698.68 | ↓ -56% |
| WellPoint | Apple Health | $1,016.26 | ↓ -36% |
| SCAN | MedAdvantage | $1,760.78 | ↑ +10% |
| Aetna | MedAdvantage | $1,813.61 | ↑ +13% |
| Regence | MedAdvantage | $1,813.61 | ↑ +13% |
| United Healthcare | MedAdvantage | $1,831.21 | ↑ +14% |
| WellCare | MedAdvantage | $1,848.82 | ↑ +16% |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | MedAdvantage | $1,936.86 | ↑ +21% |
| Premera | HMO | $2,437.93 | ↑ +52% |
| First Choice | MHS Employee MCC/PPO | $2,814.99 | ↑ +76% |
| Multiplan/PHCS | All Commercial Plans | $2,919.27 | ↑ +83% |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | Cascade Care | $2,968.68 | ↑ +86% |
| Ambetter | Coordinated Care Exchange | $3,257.45 | ↑ +104% |
| First Health | All Commercial Plans | $3,399.15 | ↑ +113% |
| Regence | RealValue | $3,578.25 | ↑ +124% |
| Uniform Medical | All Commercial Plans | $3,809.17 | ↑ +138% |
| Regence | Blue High Performance | $3,975.84 | ↑ +149% |
| Regence | Commercial | $3,975.84 | ↑ +149% |
| Regence | MCC/AHN | $3,975.84 | ↑ +149% |
| Premera | Signature | $4,007.85 | ↑ +151% |
| Premera | Other Commercial Plans | $4,007.85 | ↑ +151% |
| Premera | Prime | $4,007.85 | ↑ +151% |
| First Choice | MCC Wellfound Employee | $4,614.74 | ↑ +188% |
| First Choice | PPO | $4,614.74 | ↑ +188% |
| Aetna | All Commercial Plans | $4,809.20 | ↑ +201% |
| Kaiser | PPO | $6,454.85 | ↑ +304% |
| Cigna | All Commercial Plans | $8,027.48 | ↑ +402% |
| United Healthcare | All Commercial Plans | $8,845.79 | ↑ +453% |
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Incision of tongue fold at other Washington hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Providence St Peter Hospital | Olympia | $3,174.60 | $1,516.78 – $6,341.90 |
| Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus | Seattle | $1,344.48 | $1,796.72 – $6,571.29 |
| Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital | Spokane | $3,624.60 | $1,729.00 – $4,400.30 |
| Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill | Seattle | $1,344.48 | $1,796.72 – $6,328.40 |
| Swedish Issaquah | Issaquah | $1,344.48 | $1,801.76 – $6,571.29 |
| Providence Centralia Hospital | Centralia | $3,174.60 | $1,796.72 – $7,893.64 |
| Providence Mount Carmel Hospital | Colville | $2,235.10 | not published |
| Providence St Mary Medical Center | Walla Walla | $2,017.40 | $1,351.34 – $3,198.65 |