Injection(s) anesthetic agent(s)/steroid lumb/s transforaminal epidural w/img single (both sides) at MultiCare Capital Medical Center
3900 Capital Mall DR SW, Olympia, WA · Multicare · · NPI 1841258639
$1,418.40
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.
$3,546.00
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.
$638.70 with Community Health Plan of Washington vs $5,042.49 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 | $638.70 | ↓ -55% |
| Molina | Apple Health | $650.53 | ↓ -54% |
| United Healthcare | Apple Health | $650.53 | ↓ -54% |
| Coordinated Care | Apple Health | $650.53 | ↓ -54% |
| WellPoint | Apple Health | $946.22 | ↓ -33% |
| SCAN | MedAdvantage | $1,003.73 | ↓ -29% |
| Aetna | MedAdvantage | $1,033.84 | ↓ -27% |
| Regence | MedAdvantage | $1,033.84 | ↓ -27% |
| United Healthcare | MedAdvantage | $1,043.88 | ↓ -26% |
| WellCare | MedAdvantage | $1,053.91 | ↓ -26% |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | MedAdvantage | $1,104.10 | ↓ -22% |
| Premera | HMO | $1,496.65 | ↑ +6% |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | Cascade Care | $1,692.28 | ↑ +19% |
| Ambetter | Coordinated Care Exchange | $1,856.89 | ↑ +31% |
| Regence | RealValue | $2,138.63 | ↑ +51% |
| Uniform Medical | All Commercial Plans | $2,276.64 | ↑ +61% |
| Regence | Commercial | $2,376.25 | ↑ +68% |
| Regence | MCC/AHN | $2,376.25 | ↑ +68% |
| Regence | Blue High Performance | $2,376.25 | ↑ +68% |
| Premera | Signature | $2,395.38 | ↑ +69% |
| Premera | Other Commercial Plans | $2,395.38 | ↑ +69% |
| Premera | Prime | $2,395.38 | ↑ +69% |
| Multiplan/PHCS | All Commercial Plans | $2,588.58 | ↑ +83% |
| Aetna | All Commercial Plans | $2,890.45 | ↑ +104% |
| First Health | All Commercial Plans | $3,014.10 | ↑ +113% |
| First Choice | MHS Employee MCC/PPO | $3,071.17 | ↑ +117% |
| Kaiser | PPO | $3,962.64 | ↑ +179% |
| Cigna | All Commercial Plans | $4,576.02 | ↑ +223% |
| First Choice | MCC Wellfound Employee | $5,034.71 | ↑ +255% |
| First Choice | PPO | $5,034.71 | ↑ +255% |
| United Healthcare | All Commercial Plans | $5,042.49 | ↑ +256% |
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Injection(s) anesthetic agent(s)/steroid lumb/s transforaminal epidural w/img single (both sides) at other Washington hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Providence St Peter Hospital | Olympia | $1,855.36 | $864.63 – $3,870.00 |
| Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus | Seattle | $2,542.08 | $1,024.21 – $3,816.64 |
| Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital | Spokane | $2,083.90 | $985.61 – $2,517.36 |
| Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill | Seattle | $2,542.08 | $1,024.21 – $3,694.83 |
| Swedish Issaquah | Issaquah | $2,542.08 | $1,027.08 – $3,816.64 |
| Providence Mount Carmel Hospital | Colville | $834.40 | not published |
| Providence St Mary Medical Center | Walla Walla | $3,542.00 | $807.66 – $3,686.71 |
| Kadlec Regional Medical Center | Richland | $2,252.60 | $187.03 – $3,012.71 |