Inj, melphalan (apotex) 1 mg 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

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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.

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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.

$63.48 with SCAN vs $1,918.00 with Uniform Medical — 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
SCAN MedAdvantage $63.48
Cigna All Commercial Plans $64.78
Regence MedAdvantage $65.39
Aetna MedAdvantage $65.39
United Healthcare MedAdvantage $66.02
WellCare MedAdvantage $66.66
Community Health Plan of Washington MedAdvantage $69.83
Community Health Plan of Washington Cascade Care $107.03
Ambetter Coordinated Care Exchange $117.44
Community Health Plan of Washington Apple Health $602.55
United Healthcare Apple Health $613.71
Molina Apple Health $613.71
Coordinated Care Apple Health $613.71
WellPoint Apple Health $892.67
Regence RealValue $1,726.20
Regence Blue High Performance $1,918.00
Regence MCC/AHN $1,918.00
Regence Commercial $1,918.00
Uniform Medical All Commercial Plans $1,918.00

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Inj, melphalan (apotex) 1 mg at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Central Medical Center Seattle not published $64.78 – $64.78
MultiCare Valley Hospital Spokane Valley not published $64.78 – $1,918.00
MultiCare Yakima Memorial Hospital Yakima not published $64.75 – $1,918.00
MultiCare Auburn Medical Center Auburn not published $63.48 – $1,918.00
MultiCare Good Samaritan Hospital Puyallup not published $63.48 – $618.68
Virginia Mason Medical Center Seattle not published $45.35 – $66.72
MultiCare Covington Medical Center Covington not published $63.48 – $1,918.00
MultiCare Mary Bridge Children's Hospital Tacoma not published $65.39 – $2,024.30

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