Nerve teasing preparations 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

$2,139.60

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.

$5,349.00

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.

$30.18 with Community Health Plan of Washington vs $4,593.27 with United Healthcare — 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 $30.18 ↓ -99%
Molina Apple Health $30.73 ↓ -99%
United Healthcare Apple Health $30.73 ↓ -99%
Coordinated Care Apple Health $30.73 ↓ -99%
WellPoint Apple Health $44.71 ↓ -98%
SCAN MedAdvantage $914.31 ↓ -57%
Aetna MedAdvantage $941.74 ↓ -56%
Regence MedAdvantage $941.74 ↓ -56%
United Healthcare MedAdvantage $950.88 ↓ -56%
WellCare MedAdvantage $960.02 ↓ -55%
Community Health Plan of Washington MedAdvantage $1,005.74 ↓ -53%
Premera HMO $1,454.67 ↓ -32%
Community Health Plan of Washington Cascade Care $1,541.53 ↓ -28%
Ambetter Coordinated Care Exchange $1,691.47 ↓ -21%
Regence RealValue $2,017.57 ↓ -6%
Uniform Medical All Commercial Plans $2,147.77 ↑ +0%
Regence Commercial $2,241.74 ↑ +5%
Regence MCC/AHN $2,241.74 ↑ +5%
Regence Blue High Performance $2,241.74 ↑ +5%
Premera Signature $2,259.80 ↑ +6%
Premera Other Commercial Plans $2,259.80 ↑ +6%
Premera Prime $2,259.80 ↑ +6%
First Choice MHS Employee MCC/PPO $2,433.33 ↑ +14%
Kaiser PPO $3,610.77 ↑ +69%
Multiplan/PHCS All Commercial Plans $3,904.77 ↑ +83%
First Choice PPO $3,989.07 ↑ +86%
First Choice MCC Wellfound Employee $3,989.07 ↑ +86%
Cigna All Commercial Plans $4,168.36 ↑ +95%
Aetna All Commercial Plans $4,439.67 ↑ +108%
First Health All Commercial Plans $4,546.65 ↑ +113%
United Healthcare All Commercial Plans $4,593.27 ↑ +115%

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Nerve teasing preparations at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Providence St Peter Hospital Olympia not published $271.92 – $3,517.92
Central Medical Center Seattle $2,048.00 $2,020.00 – $2,020.00
MultiCare Valley Hospital Spokane Valley $970.00 $27.41 – $3,455.47
MultiCare Auburn Medical Center Auburn $1,888.40 $28.04 – $3,867.44
MultiCare Good Samaritan Hospital Puyallup $1,888.40 $28.69 – $3,867.44
Virginia Mason Medical Center Seattle $813.45 $2,300.02 – $2,300.02
MultiCare Covington Medical Center Covington $1,888.40 $28.04 – $3,867.44
MultiCare Mary Bridge Children's Hospital Tacoma $1,888.40 $28.56 – $6,107.25

All Washington hospitals for this procedure →