Myelography via inj w/s&i lumbosacral at MultiCare Capital Medical Center
3900 Capital Mall DR SW, Olympia, WA · Multicare · · NPI 1841258639
$2,459.60
Cash price 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.
$6,149.00
Gross charge 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.
$437.78 with Community Health Plan of Washington vs $5,226.65 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
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| Community Health Plan of Washington | Apple Health | $437.78 | ↓ -82% |
| Molina | Apple Health | $445.89 | ↓ -82% |
| United Healthcare | Apple Health | $445.89 | ↓ -82% |
| Coordinated Care | Apple Health | $445.89 | ↓ -82% |
| WellPoint | Apple Health | $648.57 | ↓ -74% |
| SCAN | MedAdvantage | $889.62 | ↓ -64% |
| Regence | MedAdvantage | $916.31 | ↓ -63% |
| Aetna | MedAdvantage | $916.31 | ↓ -63% |
| United Healthcare | MedAdvantage | $925.20 | ↓ -62% |
| WellCare | MedAdvantage | $934.10 | ↓ -62% |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | MedAdvantage | $978.58 | ↓ -60% |
| Premera | HMO | $1,387.67 | ↓ -44% |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | Cascade Care | $1,499.89 | ↓ -39% |
| Ambetter | Coordinated Care Exchange | $1,645.79 | ↓ -33% |
| Regence | RealValue | $1,878.65 | ↓ -24% |
| Uniform Medical | All Commercial Plans | $1,999.89 | ↓ -19% |
| Regence | Commercial | $2,087.39 | ↓ -15% |
| Regence | MCC/AHN | $2,087.39 | ↓ -15% |
| Regence | Blue High Performance | $2,087.39 | ↓ -15% |
| Premera | Prime | $2,104.20 | ↓ -14% |
| Premera | Signature | $2,104.20 | ↓ -14% |
| Premera | Other Commercial Plans | $2,104.20 | ↓ -14% |
| Aetna | All Commercial Plans | $2,565.03 | ↑ +4% |
| First Choice | MHS Employee MCC/PPO | $2,637.16 | ↑ +7% |
| Kaiser | PPO | $3,444.49 | ↑ +40% |
| Cigna | All Commercial Plans | $4,055.78 | ↑ +65% |
| First Choice | PPO | $4,323.21 | ↑ +76% |
| First Choice | MCC Wellfound Employee | $4,323.21 | ↑ +76% |
| United Healthcare | All Commercial Plans | $4,469.21 | ↑ +82% |
| Multiplan/PHCS | All Commercial Plans | $4,488.77 | ↑ +83% |
| First Health | All Commercial Plans | $5,226.65 | ↑ +113% |
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Myelography via inj w/s&i lumbosacral at other Washington hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Providence St Peter Hospital | Olympia | $1,374.88 | $766.34 – $7,307.00 |
| Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus | Seattle | $1,738.08 | $907.77 – $3,199.85 |
| Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital | Spokane | $1,963.50 | $873.56 – $2,450.95 |
| Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill | Seattle | $1,738.08 | $907.77 – $3,097.73 |
| Swedish Issaquah | Issaquah | $1,738.08 | $910.32 – $3,199.85 |
| Providence Mount Carmel Hospital | Colville | $870.80 | not published |
| Providence St Mary Medical Center | Walla Walla | $2,148.30 | $709.48 – $1,616.08 |
| Kadlec Regional Medical Center | Richland | $2,185.40 | $197.36 – $2,662.01 |