Mayo hemosiderin qualitative urine 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

$30.00

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.

$75.00

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.

$3.65 with Community Health Plan of Washington vs $63.75 with First Health — 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 $3.65 ↓ -88%
Molina Apple Health $3.71 ↓ -88%
United Healthcare Apple Health $3.71 ↓ -88%
Coordinated Care Apple Health $3.71 ↓ -88%
SCAN MedAdvantage $4.66 ↓ -84%
Premera HMO $4.75 ↓ -84%
Regence MedAdvantage $4.79 ↓ -84%
Aetna MedAdvantage $4.79 ↓ -84%
United Healthcare MedAdvantage $4.84 ↓ -84%
WellCare MedAdvantage $4.89 ↓ -84%
Regence RealValue $4.92 ↓ -84%
Community Health Plan of Washington MedAdvantage $5.12 ↓ -83%
Kaiser PPO $5.23 ↓ -83%
WellPoint Apple Health $5.40 ↓ -82%
Regence Commercial $5.46 ↓ -82%
Uniform Medical All Commercial Plans $5.46 ↓ -82%
Regence MCC/AHN $5.46 ↓ -82%
Regence Blue High Performance $5.46 ↓ -82%
United Healthcare All Commercial Plans $5.70 ↓ -81%
Cigna All Commercial Plans $5.70 ↓ -81%
Premera Other Commercial Plans $5.94 ↓ -80%
Premera Signature $5.94 ↓ -80%
Premera Prime $5.94 ↓ -80%
First Choice MHS Employee MCC/PPO $7.24 ↓ -76%
Community Health Plan of Washington Cascade Care $7.85 ↓ -74%
Ambetter Coordinated Care Exchange $8.61 ↓ -71%
First Choice MCC Wellfound Employee $11.88 ↓ -60%
First Choice PPO $11.88 ↓ -60%
Aetna All Commercial Plans $27.69 ↓ -8%
Multiplan/PHCS All Commercial Plans $54.75 ↑ +83%
First Health All Commercial Plans $63.75 ↑ +113%

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Mayo hemosiderin qualitative urine at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Providence St Peter Hospital Olympia not published $4.04 – $26.60
Providence St Joseph Hospital Chewelah $79.80 not published
Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus Seattle $20.64 $4.28 – $22.33
Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital Spokane $76.30 $4.75 – $17.10
Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill Seattle $20.64 $4.28 – $21.61
Swedish Issaquah Issaquah $20.64 $4.28 – $22.33
Central Medical Center Seattle $20.80 $4.00 – $4.00
Providence Centralia Hospital Centralia $17.16 $4.75 – $29.59

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