Pet CT skull-mid thgh initial 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

$4,930.40

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.

$12,326.00

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.

$977.63 with Community Health Plan of Washington vs $10,477.10 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 $977.63 ↓ -80%
Molina Apple Health $995.73 ↓ -80%
United Healthcare Apple Health $995.73 ↓ -80%
Coordinated Care Apple Health $995.73 ↓ -80%
WellPoint Apple Health $1,448.34 ↓ -71%
SCAN MedAdvantage $1,622.75 ↓ -67%
Aetna MedAdvantage $1,671.43 ↓ -66%
Regence MedAdvantage $1,671.43 ↓ -66%
United Healthcare MedAdvantage $1,687.66 ↓ -66%
WellCare MedAdvantage $1,703.89 ↓ -65%
Community Health Plan of Washington MedAdvantage $1,785.02 ↓ -64%
Community Health Plan of Washington Cascade Care $2,735.95 ↓ -45%
Premera HMO $2,790.06 ↓ -43%
Ambetter Coordinated Care Exchange $3,002.08 ↓ -39%
Regence RealValue $3,670.72 ↓ -26%
Uniform Medical All Commercial Plans $3,907.61 ↓ -21%
Regence Commercial $4,078.58 ↓ -17%
Regence MCC/AHN $4,078.58 ↓ -17%
Regence Blue High Performance $4,078.58 ↓ -17%
Premera Signature $4,111.42 ↓ -17%
Premera Other Commercial Plans $4,111.42 ↓ -17%
Premera Prime $4,111.42 ↓ -17%
Aetna All Commercial Plans $4,735.53 ↓ -4%
First Choice MHS Employee MCC/PPO $5,589.81 ↑ +13%
Kaiser PPO $6,925.48 ↑ +40%
Cigna All Commercial Plans $7,398.18 ↑ +50%
United Healthcare All Commercial Plans $8,152.33 ↑ +65%
Multiplan/PHCS All Commercial Plans $8,997.98 ↑ +83%
First Choice MCC Wellfound Employee $9,163.62 ↑ +86%
First Choice PPO $9,163.62 ↑ +86%
First Health All Commercial Plans $10,477.10 ↑ +113%

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Pet CT skull-mid thgh initial at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Providence St Peter Hospital Olympia not published $1,397.87 – $8,081.30
Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus Seattle $5,427.36 $1,655.87 – $6,782.52
Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital Spokane $13,110.30 $1,593.45 – $5,195.12
Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill Seattle $5,427.36 $1,655.87 – $6,566.06
Swedish Issaquah Issaquah $5,427.36 $413.95 – $6,782.52
Central Medical Center Seattle $6,400.00 $1,459.00 – $1,459.00
Providence Centralia Hospital Centralia $4,472.52 $1,655.87 – $8,990.45
Providence Mount Carmel Hospital Colville $4,894.40 not published

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