Mayo organic acids qualitative each specimen 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

$45.60

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.

$114.00

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 $96.90 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 $9.08 ↓ -80%
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 ↓ -71%
SCAN MedAdvantage $16.12 ↓ -65%
Premera HMO $16.45 ↓ -64%
Aetna MedAdvantage $16.60 ↓ -64%
Regence MedAdvantage $16.60 ↓ -64%
United Healthcare MedAdvantage $16.77 ↓ -63%
WellCare MedAdvantage $16.93 ↓ -63%
Regence RealValue $17.03 ↓ -63%
Community Health Plan of Washington MedAdvantage $17.73 ↓ -61%
Kaiser PPO $18.10 ↓ -60%
Regence Commercial $18.92 ↓ -59%
Uniform Medical All Commercial Plans $18.92 ↓ -59%
Regence MCC/AHN $18.92 ↓ -59%
Regence Blue High Performance $18.92 ↓ -59%
United Healthcare All Commercial Plans $19.74 ↓ -57%
Cigna All Commercial Plans $19.74 ↓ -57%
Premera Signature $20.56 ↓ -55%
Premera Prime $20.56 ↓ -55%
Premera Other Commercial Plans $20.56 ↓ -55%
First Choice MHS Employee MCC/PPO $25.09 ↓ -45%
Community Health Plan of Washington Cascade Care $27.18 ↓ -40%
Ambetter Coordinated Care Exchange $29.82 ↓ -35%
First Choice PPO $41.13 ↓ -10%
First Choice MCC Wellfound Employee $41.13 ↓ -10%
Multiplan/PHCS All Commercial Plans $83.22 ↑ +83%
Aetna All Commercial Plans $95.90 ↑ +110%
First Health All Commercial Plans $96.90 ↑ +113%

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Mayo organic acids qualitative each specimen at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Providence St Peter Hospital Olympia not published $13.98 – $92.12
Providence St Joseph Hospital Chewelah $644.00 not published
Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus Seattle $75.84 $14.80 – $77.32
Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital Spokane $408.80 $16.45 – $59.22
Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill Seattle $75.84 $14.80 – $74.85
Swedish Issaquah Issaquah $75.84 $14.80 – $77.32
Central Medical Center Seattle $73.60 $13.00 – $13.00
Providence Mount Carmel Hospital Colville $1,043.70 not published

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