Mayo carnitine total and free quantitative each specimen plasma 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

$47.20

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.

$118.00

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.

$9.08 with Community Health Plan of Washington vs $98.35 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 $9.08 ↓ -81%
Molina Apple Health $9.24 ↓ -80%
United Healthcare Apple Health $9.24 ↓ -80%
Coordinated Care Apple Health $9.24 ↓ -80%
WellPoint Apple Health $13.45 ↓ -72%
SCAN MedAdvantage $16.53 ↓ -65%
Premera HMO $16.87 ↓ -64%
Aetna MedAdvantage $17.03 ↓ -64%
Regence MedAdvantage $17.03 ↓ -64%
United Healthcare MedAdvantage $17.19 ↓ -64%
WellCare MedAdvantage $17.36 ↓ -63%
Regence RealValue $17.46 ↓ -63%
Community Health Plan of Washington MedAdvantage $18.19 ↓ -61%
Kaiser PPO $18.56 ↓ -61%
Regence Commercial $19.40 ↓ -59%
Uniform Medical All Commercial Plans $19.40 ↓ -59%
Regence MCC/AHN $19.40 ↓ -59%
Regence Blue High Performance $19.40 ↓ -59%
United Healthcare All Commercial Plans $20.24 ↓ -57%
Cigna All Commercial Plans $20.24 ↓ -57%
Premera Signature $21.09 ↓ -55%
Premera Prime $21.09 ↓ -55%
Premera Other Commercial Plans $21.09 ↓ -55%
First Choice MHS Employee MCC/PPO $25.73 ↓ -45%
Community Health Plan of Washington Cascade Care $27.87 ↓ -41%
Ambetter Coordinated Care Exchange $30.59 ↓ -35%
First Choice PPO $42.18 ↓ -11%
First Choice MCC Wellfound Employee $42.18 ↓ -11%
Multiplan/PHCS All Commercial Plans $75.19 ↑ +59%
First Health All Commercial Plans $87.55 ↑ +85%
Aetna All Commercial Plans $98.35 ↑ +108%

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Mayo carnitine total and free quantitative each specimen plasma at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Providence St Peter Hospital Olympia $92.56 $14.34 – $94.47
Providence St Joseph Hospital Chewelah $130.20 not published
Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus Seattle $39.36 $15.18 – $79.29
Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital Spokane $258.30 $16.87 – $60.73
Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill Seattle $39.36 $15.18 – $76.76
Swedish Issaquah Issaquah $39.36 $15.18 – $79.29
Central Medical Center Seattle $76.00 $13.00 – $13.00
Providence Centralia Hospital Centralia $92.56 $16.87 – $105.10

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