Liver imaging 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

$1,752.40

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.

$4,381.00

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.

$616.18 with SCAN vs $8,078.41 with First Choice — 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
SCAN MedAdvantage $616.18 ↓ -65%
Regence MedAdvantage $634.66 ↓ -64%
Aetna MedAdvantage $634.66 ↓ -64%
United Healthcare MedAdvantage $640.83 ↓ -63%
WellCare MedAdvantage $646.99 ↓ -63%
Community Health Plan of Washington MedAdvantage $677.80 ↓ -61%
Community Health Plan of Washington Apple Health $720.00 ↓ -59%
Coordinated Care Apple Health $733.33 ↓ -58%
United Healthcare Apple Health $733.33 ↓ -58%
Molina Apple Health $733.33 ↓ -58%
Premera HMO $945.10 ↓ -46%
Community Health Plan of Washington Cascade Care $1,038.88 ↓ -41%
WellPoint Apple Health $1,066.66 ↓ -39%
Ambetter Coordinated Care Exchange $1,139.93 ↓ -35%
Regence RealValue $1,268.20 ↓ -28%
Uniform Medical All Commercial Plans $1,350.05 ↓ -23%
Regence Blue High Performance $1,409.12 ↓ -20%
Regence MCC/AHN $1,409.12 ↓ -20%
Regence Commercial $1,409.12 ↓ -20%
Premera Prime $1,420.48 ↓ -19%
Premera Signature $1,420.48 ↓ -19%
Premera Other Commercial Plans $1,420.48 ↓ -19%
Aetna All Commercial Plans $1,747.57 ↓ -0%
Kaiser PPO $2,345.92 ↑ +34%
Cigna All Commercial Plans $2,809.20 ↑ +60%
United Healthcare All Commercial Plans $3,095.56 ↑ +77%
Multiplan/PHCS All Commercial Plans $3,198.13 ↑ +83%
First Health All Commercial Plans $3,723.85 ↑ +113%
First Choice MHS Employee MCC/PPO $4,927.83 ↑ +181%
First Choice PPO $8,078.41 ↑ +361%
First Choice MCC Wellfound Employee $8,078.41 ↑ +361%

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Liver imaging at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Providence St Peter Hospital Olympia $3,787.68 $530.79 – $7,124.26
Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus Seattle $4,099.68 $628.75 – $5,979.29
Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital Spokane $7,791.00 $605.06 – $4,579.88
Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill Seattle $4,099.68 $628.75 – $5,788.46
Swedish Issaquah Issaquah $4,099.68 $630.52 – $5,979.29
Central Medical Center Seattle $1,848.00 $539.00 – $539.00
Providence Mount Carmel Hospital Colville $585.90 not published
Providence St Mary Medical Center Walla Walla $903.00 $478.94 – $1,119.35

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