Manual diff wbc count b-coat 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

$8.40

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.

$21.00

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.

$4.22 with Community Health Plan of Washington vs $29.56 with Aetna — 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 $4.22 ↓ -50%
Molina Apple Health $4.29 ↓ -49%
Coordinated Care Apple Health $4.29 ↓ -49%
United Healthcare Apple Health $4.29 ↓ -49%
SCAN MedAdvantage $4.97 ↓ -41%
Premera HMO $5.07 ↓ -40%
Aetna MedAdvantage $5.12 ↓ -39%
Regence MedAdvantage $5.12 ↓ -39%
United Healthcare MedAdvantage $5.17 ↓ -38%
WellCare MedAdvantage $5.22 ↓ -38%
Regence RealValue $5.25 ↓ -38%
Community Health Plan of Washington MedAdvantage $5.47 ↓ -35%
Kaiser PPO $5.58 ↓ -34%
Regence MCC/AHN $5.83 ↓ -31%
Regence Blue High Performance $5.83 ↓ -31%
Regence Commercial $5.83 ↓ -31%
Uniform Medical All Commercial Plans $5.83 ↓ -31%
United Healthcare All Commercial Plans $6.08 ↓ -28%
Cigna All Commercial Plans $6.08 ↓ -28%
WellPoint Apple Health $6.24 ↓ -26%
Premera Signature $6.34 ↓ -25%
Premera Other Commercial Plans $6.34 ↓ -25%
Premera Prime $6.34 ↓ -25%
First Choice MHS Employee MCC/PPO $7.73 ↓ -8%
Community Health Plan of Washington Cascade Care $8.38 ↓ -0%
Ambetter Coordinated Care Exchange $9.19 ↑ +9%
First Choice MCC Wellfound Employee $12.68 ↑ +51%
First Choice PPO $12.68 ↑ +51%
Multiplan/PHCS All Commercial Plans $15.33 ↑ +83%
First Health All Commercial Plans $17.85 ↑ +113%
Aetna All Commercial Plans $29.56 ↑ +252%

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Manual diff wbc count b-coat at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Providence St Peter Hospital Olympia not published $4.31 – $28.39
Central Medical Center Seattle $23.20 $4.00 – $4.00
MultiCare Yakima Memorial Hospital Yakima $27.60 $5.25 – $9.10
MultiCare Auburn Medical Center Auburn $10.40 $3.92 – $9.94
MultiCare Good Samaritan Hospital Puyallup $10.40 $4.01 – $9.94
Virginia Mason Medical Center Seattle $10.71 $3.55 – $15.85
MultiCare Covington Medical Center Covington $10.40 $3.92 – $9.94
MultiCare Mary Bridge Children's Hospital Tacoma $10.40 $3.99 – $14.16

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