Plug insert indwelling 16f 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

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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.

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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.

$75.32 with Regence vs $584.47 with Aetna — 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
Regence RealValue $75.32
Regence MCC/AHN $83.69
Uniform Medical All Commercial Plans $83.69
Regence Commercial $83.69
Regence Blue High Performance $83.69
SCAN MedAdvantage $85.66
Regence MedAdvantage $88.23
Aetna MedAdvantage $88.23
United Healthcare MedAdvantage $89.09
WellCare MedAdvantage $89.94
Community Health Plan of Washington MedAdvantage $94.23
First Choice MHS Employee MCC/PPO $108.67
Cigna All Commercial Plans $119.98
Premera HMO $130.51
Community Health Plan of Washington Cascade Care $144.43
Premera Other Commercial Plans $154.83
Premera Prime $154.83
Premera Signature $154.83
Ambetter Coordinated Care Exchange $158.47
First Choice MCC Wellfound Employee $178.15
First Choice PPO $178.15
Aetna All Commercial Plans $584.47

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Plug insert indwelling 16f at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Providence St Peter Hospital Olympia not published $74.30 – $285.39
Providence St Luke's Rehabilitation Medical Center Spokane not published $87.41 – $96.15
Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus Seattle not published $87.41 – $265.55
Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital Spokane not published $87.41 – $222.46
Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill Seattle not published $87.41 – $213.78
Swedish Issaquah Issaquah not published $87.41 – $194.05
Providence Centralia Hospital Centralia not published $87.41 – $165.32
Swedish Edmonds Hospital Edmonds not published $87.41 – $285.04

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