Insertion single tranvenous electrode/ppm/implantable defibrillator 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

$8,929.20

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.

$22,323.00

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.

$1,268.80 with Community Health Plan of Washington vs $47,179.06 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 $1,268.80 ↓ -86%
Molina Apple Health $1,292.30 ↓ -86%
United Healthcare Apple Health $1,292.30 ↓ -86%
Coordinated Care Apple Health $1,292.30 ↓ -86%
WellPoint Apple Health $1,879.71 ↓ -79%
SCAN MedAdvantage $9,391.16 ↑ +5%
Aetna MedAdvantage $9,672.89 ↑ +8%
Regence MedAdvantage $9,672.89 ↑ +8%
United Healthcare MedAdvantage $9,766.81 ↑ +9%
WellCare MedAdvantage $9,860.72 ↑ +10%
Community Health Plan of Washington MedAdvantage $10,330.28 ↑ +16%
Premera HMO $15,291.67 ↑ +71%
Community Health Plan of Washington Cascade Care $15,833.49 ↑ +77%
First Choice MHS Employee MCC/PPO $15,942.43 ↑ +79%
Multiplan/PHCS All Commercial Plans $16,295.79 ↑ +83%
Ambetter Coordinated Care Exchange $17,373.65 ↑ +95%
First Health All Commercial Plans $18,974.55 ↑ +113%
Regence RealValue $19,933.62 ↑ +123%
Uniform Medical All Commercial Plans $21,220.02 ↑ +138%
Regence Blue High Performance $22,148.47 ↑ +148%
Regence Commercial $22,148.47 ↑ +148%
Regence MCC/AHN $22,148.47 ↑ +148%
Premera Signature $22,326.82 ↑ +150%
Premera Other Commercial Plans $22,326.82 ↑ +150%
Premera Prime $22,326.82 ↑ +150%
First Choice MCC Wellfound Employee $26,135.13 ↑ +193%
First Choice PPO $26,135.13 ↑ +193%
Aetna All Commercial Plans $26,869.16 ↑ +201%
Kaiser PPO $37,956.88 ↑ +325%
Cigna All Commercial Plans $42,814.64 ↑ +379%
United Healthcare All Commercial Plans $47,179.06 ↑ +428%

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Insertion single tranvenous electrode/ppm/implantable defibrillator at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Providence St Peter Hospital Olympia $3,421.60 $3,484.00 – $35,916.70
Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus Seattle $14,680.32 $7,277.00 – $37,215.81
Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital Spokane $6,503.00 $5,419.00 – $23,689.74
Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill Seattle $14,680.32 $7,277.00 – $35,840.28
Swedish Issaquah Issaquah $14,680.32 $7,277.00 – $37,215.81
Central Medical Center Seattle $20,231.20 not published
Providence St Mary Medical Center Walla Walla $5,121.20 $7,527.99 – $17,060.02
Kadlec Regional Medical Center Richland $8,125.60 $632.81 – $28,351.26

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