Lev 5 hosp type b ed visit at MultiCare Capital Medical Center
3900 Capital Mall DR SW, Olympia, WA · Multicare · · NPI 1841258639
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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.
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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.
$466.10 with SCAN vs $2,124.99 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.
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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| SCAN | MedAdvantage | $466.10 | — |
| Regence | MedAdvantage | $480.08 | — |
| Aetna | MedAdvantage | $480.08 | — |
| United Healthcare | MedAdvantage | $484.75 | — |
| WellCare | MedAdvantage | $489.41 | — |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | MedAdvantage | $512.71 | — |
| First Choice | MHS Employee MCC/PPO | $640.82 | — |
| Premera | HMO | $646.56 | — |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | Cascade Care | $785.85 | — |
| Ambetter | Coordinated Care Exchange | $862.29 | — |
| Regence | RealValue | $894.34 | — |
| Uniform Medical | All Commercial Plans | $952.05 | — |
| Regence | Blue High Performance | $993.71 | — |
| Regence | Commercial | $993.71 | — |
| Regence | MCC/AHN | $993.71 | — |
| Premera | Other Commercial Plans | $1,001.70 | — |
| Premera | Signature | $1,001.70 | — |
| Premera | Prime | $1,001.70 | — |
| First Choice | PPO | $1,050.53 | — |
| First Choice | MCC Wellfound Employee | $1,050.53 | — |
| Aetna | All Commercial Plans | $1,311.29 | — |
| Cigna | All Commercial Plans | $2,124.99 | — |
Visitor-reported prices
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| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Providence St Peter Hospital | Olympia | not published | $401.51 – $1,730.29 |
| Providence St Joseph Hospital | Chewelah | $574.00 | not published |
| Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital | Spokane | $787.50 | $457.69 – $1,164.82 |
| Providence St Mary Medical Center | Walla Walla | $2,196.60 | $337.75 – $846.72 |
| Kadlec Regional Medical Center | Richland | $2,072.00 | $457.69 – $1,208.11 |
| Providence Holy Family Hospital | Spokane | $856.80 | $457.69 – $1,201.43 |
| St. Michael Medical Center | Silverdale | $2,309.97 | $1,626.64 – $4,710.51 |
| St. Anne Hospital | Burien | $1,598.20 | $1,524.22 – $4,710.51 |