Insert tandem cuff 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.

$3,992.86 with Community Health Plan of Washington vs $107,231.44 with Cigna — 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 $3,992.86
United Healthcare Apple Health $4,066.80
Molina Apple Health $4,066.80
Coordinated Care Apple Health $4,066.80
WellPoint Apple Health $5,915.35
SCAN MedAdvantage $23,520.62
Regence MedAdvantage $24,226.24
Aetna MedAdvantage $24,226.24
United Healthcare MedAdvantage $24,461.45
WellCare MedAdvantage $24,696.66
Community Health Plan of Washington MedAdvantage $25,872.69
Premera HMO $36,121.24
First Choice MHS Employee MCC/PPO $36,662.80
Community Health Plan of Washington Cascade Care $39,655.77
Ambetter Coordinated Care Exchange $43,513.16
Regence RealValue $47,329.56
Uniform Medical All Commercial Plans $50,383.92
Regence Blue High Performance $52,588.40
Regence Commercial $52,588.40
Regence MCC/AHN $52,588.40
Premera Prime $53,011.89
Premera Signature $53,011.89
Premera Other Commercial Plans $53,011.89
First Choice MCC Wellfound Employee $60,102.94
First Choice PPO $60,102.94
Aetna All Commercial Plans $65,350.28
Kaiser PPO $89,659.95
Cigna All Commercial Plans $107,231.44

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Insert tandem cuff at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Providence St Peter Hospital Olympia not published $5,180.00 – $82,597.61
Virginia Mason Medical Center Seattle $23,601.78 $2.37 – $3,729.16
Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus Seattle not published $7,277.00 – $85,585.19
Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital Spokane not published $8,066.00 – $58,779.42
Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill Seattle not published $7,277.00 – $82,421.87
Swedish Issaquah Issaquah not published $7,277.00 – $85,585.19
Central Medical Center Seattle not published not published
Providence Centralia Hospital Centralia not published $9,574.57 – $102,807.67

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