Procalcitonin 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

$85.20

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.

$213.00

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.

$9.39 with Community Health Plan of Washington vs $181.05 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 $9.39 ↓ -89%
Molina Apple Health $9.57 ↓ -89%
United Healthcare Apple Health $9.57 ↓ -89%
Coordinated Care Apple Health $9.57 ↓ -89%
WellPoint Apple Health $13.92 ↓ -84%
SCAN MedAdvantage $26.68 ↓ -69%
Premera HMO $27.22 ↓ -68%
Regence MedAdvantage $27.48 ↓ -68%
Aetna MedAdvantage $27.48 ↓ -68%
United Healthcare MedAdvantage $27.74 ↓ -67%
WellCare MedAdvantage $28.01 ↓ -67%
Regence RealValue $28.17 ↓ -67%
Community Health Plan of Washington MedAdvantage $29.34 ↓ -66%
Kaiser PPO $29.94 ↓ -65%
Uniform Medical All Commercial Plans $31.30 ↓ -63%
Regence Commercial $31.30 ↓ -63%
Regence MCC/AHN $31.30 ↓ -63%
Regence Blue High Performance $31.30 ↓ -63%
United Healthcare All Commercial Plans $32.66 ↓ -62%
Cigna All Commercial Plans $32.66 ↓ -62%
Premera Other Commercial Plans $34.02 ↓ -60%
Premera Signature $34.02 ↓ -60%
Premera Prime $34.02 ↓ -60%
First Choice MHS Employee MCC/PPO $41.51 ↓ -51%
Community Health Plan of Washington Cascade Care $44.98 ↓ -47%
Ambetter Coordinated Care Exchange $49.35 ↓ -42%
First Choice MCC Wellfound Employee $68.05 ↓ -20%
First Choice PPO $68.05 ↓ -20%
Multiplan/PHCS All Commercial Plans $155.49 ↑ +83%
Aetna All Commercial Plans $158.69 ↑ +86%
First Health All Commercial Plans $181.05 ↑ +113%

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Procalcitonin at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Providence St Peter Hospital Olympia $168.48 $23.14 – $152.43
Providence St Luke's Rehabilitation Medical Center Spokane $150.57 $27.22 – $29.94
Providence St Joseph Hospital Chewelah $293.30 not published
Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus Seattle $193.44 $24.50 – $127.93
Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital Spokane $179.20 $27.22 – $97.99
Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill Seattle $193.44 $24.50 – $123.85
Swedish Issaquah Issaquah $193.44 $24.50 – $127.93
Providence Centralia Hospital Centralia $164.84 $27.22 – $169.58

All Washington hospitals for this procedure →