Insert cath pleura without image 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

$3,161.20

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.

$7,903.00

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.

$711.29 with Community Health Plan of Washington vs $10,939.93 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.

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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 $711.29 ↓ -77%
Molina Apple Health $724.46 ↓ -77%
United Healthcare Apple Health $724.46 ↓ -77%
Coordinated Care Apple Health $724.46 ↓ -77%
WellPoint Apple Health $1,053.76 ↓ -67%
SCAN MedAdvantage $2,177.63 ↓ -31%
Aetna MedAdvantage $2,242.96 ↓ -29%
Regence MedAdvantage $2,242.96 ↓ -29%
United Healthcare MedAdvantage $2,264.74 ↓ -28%
WellCare MedAdvantage $2,286.52 ↓ -28%
Community Health Plan of Washington MedAdvantage $2,395.40 ↓ -24%
Premera HMO $3,058.68 ↓ -3%
First Choice MHS Employee MCC/PPO $3,249.05 ↑ +3%
Community Health Plan of Washington Cascade Care $3,671.49 ↑ +16%
Ambetter Coordinated Care Exchange $4,028.62 ↑ +27%
Regence RealValue $4,464.63 ↑ +41%
Uniform Medical All Commercial Plans $4,752.75 ↑ +50%
Regence MCC/AHN $4,960.70 ↑ +57%
Regence Blue High Performance $4,960.70 ↑ +57%
Regence Commercial $4,960.70 ↑ +57%
Premera Signature $5,000.66 ↑ +58%
Premera Other Commercial Plans $5,000.66 ↑ +58%
Premera Prime $5,000.66 ↑ +58%
First Choice PPO $5,326.31 ↑ +68%
First Choice MCC Wellfound Employee $5,326.31 ↑ +68%
Multiplan/PHCS All Commercial Plans $5,769.19 ↑ +83%
Aetna All Commercial Plans $6,158.85 ↑ +95%
First Health All Commercial Plans $6,717.55 ↑ +113%
Kaiser PPO $8,098.39 ↑ +156%
Cigna All Commercial Plans $9,927.90 ↑ +214%
United Healthcare All Commercial Plans $10,939.93 ↑ +246%

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Insert cath pleura without image at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Providence St Peter Hospital Olympia $2,192.84 $1,875.87 – $7,319.78
Providence St Joseph Hospital Chewelah $479.50 not published
Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus Seattle $4,718.40 $2,222.08 – $7,584.54
Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital Spokane $2,064.30 $2,138.32 – $5,442.03
Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill Seattle $4,718.40 $2,222.08 – $7,304.21
Swedish Issaquah Issaquah $4,718.40 $2,228.31 – $7,584.54
Providence Centralia Hospital Centralia $2,192.84 $2,222.08 – $9,110.79
Providence Mount Carmel Hospital Colville $700.00 not published

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