Prep skin to 100cm2 trk/ext at MultiCare Capital Medical Center
3900 Capital Mall DR SW, Olympia, WA · Multicare · · NPI 1841258639
$2,572.00
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.
$6,430.00
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.
$749.06 with Community Health Plan of Washington vs $10,060.99 with First Choice — 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 | $749.06 | ↓ -71% |
| Molina | Apple Health | $762.93 | ↓ -70% |
| United Healthcare | Apple Health | $762.93 | ↓ -70% |
| Coordinated Care | Apple Health | $762.93 | ↓ -70% |
| SCAN | MedAdvantage | $838.72 | ↓ -67% |
| Aetna | MedAdvantage | $863.88 | ↓ -66% |
| Regence | MedAdvantage | $863.88 | ↓ -66% |
| United Healthcare | MedAdvantage | $872.27 | ↓ -66% |
| WellCare | MedAdvantage | $880.66 | ↓ -66% |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | MedAdvantage | $922.59 | ↓ -64% |
| WellPoint | Apple Health | $1,109.72 | ↓ -57% |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | Cascade Care | $1,414.08 | ↓ -45% |
| Ambetter | Coordinated Care Exchange | $1,551.63 | ↓ -40% |
| Premera | HMO | $3,233.13 | ↑ +26% |
| Cigna | All Commercial Plans | $3,823.76 | ↑ +49% |
| United Healthcare | All Commercial Plans | $4,213.54 | ↑ +64% |
| Regence | RealValue | $4,278.81 | ↑ +66% |
| Uniform Medical | All Commercial Plans | $4,554.93 | ↑ +77% |
| Multiplan/PHCS | All Commercial Plans | $4,693.90 | ↑ +83% |
| Regence | Commercial | $4,754.23 | ↑ +85% |
| Regence | MCC/AHN | $4,754.23 | ↑ +85% |
| Regence | Blue High Performance | $4,754.23 | ↑ +85% |
| Premera | Signature | $4,792.51 | ↑ +86% |
| Premera | Other Commercial Plans | $4,792.51 | ↑ +86% |
| Premera | Prime | $4,792.51 | ↑ +86% |
| First Health | All Commercial Plans | $5,465.50 | ↑ +113% |
| Aetna | All Commercial Plans | $5,938.86 | ↑ +131% |
| First Choice | MHS Employee MCC/PPO | $6,137.20 | ↑ +139% |
| Kaiser | PPO | $8,025.25 | ↑ +212% |
| First Choice | MCC Wellfound Employee | $10,060.99 | ↑ +291% |
| First Choice | PPO | $10,060.99 | ↑ +291% |
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Prep skin to 100cm2 trk/ext at other Washington hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Providence St Peter Hospital | Olympia | $3,605.68 | $722.49 – $7,626.88 |
| Providence St Joseph Hospital | Chewelah | $3,322.20 | not published |
| Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus | Seattle | $5,000.64 | $855.84 – $7,626.88 |
| Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital | Spokane | $3,761.10 | $823.58 – $5,030.49 |
| Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill | Seattle | $5,000.64 | $855.84 – $7,383.47 |
| Swedish Issaquah | Issaquah | $5,000.64 | $858.24 – $7,626.88 |
| Providence Centralia Hospital | Centralia | $3,605.68 | $855.84 – $9,493.03 |
| Providence Mount Carmel Hospital | Colville | $3,994.20 | not published |