Removal of breast lesion at MultiCare Capital Medical Center
3900 Capital Mall DR SW, Olympia, WA · Multicare · · NPI 1841258639
$5,538.80
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.
$13,847.00
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.
$1,044.73 with Community Health Plan of Washington vs $22,322.39 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.
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 | $1,044.73 | ↓ -81% |
| Molina | Apple Health | $1,064.07 | ↓ -81% |
| United Healthcare | Apple Health | $1,064.07 | ↓ -81% |
| Coordinated Care | Apple Health | $1,064.07 | ↓ -81% |
| WellPoint | Apple Health | $1,547.74 | ↓ -72% |
| SCAN | MedAdvantage | $4,443.35 | ↓ -20% |
| Aetna | MedAdvantage | $4,576.65 | ↓ -17% |
| Regence | MedAdvantage | $4,576.65 | ↓ -17% |
| United Healthcare | MedAdvantage | $4,621.09 | ↓ -17% |
| WellCare | MedAdvantage | $4,665.52 | ↓ -16% |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | MedAdvantage | $4,887.69 | ↓ -12% |
| Premera | HMO | $6,037.66 | ↑ +9% |
| First Choice | MHS Employee MCC/PPO | $6,320.25 | ↑ +14% |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | Cascade Care | $7,491.49 | ↑ +35% |
| Ambetter | Coordinated Care Exchange | $8,220.20 | ↑ +48% |
| Regence | RealValue | $8,943.57 | ↑ +61% |
| Uniform Medical | All Commercial Plans | $9,520.74 | ↑ +72% |
| Regence | MCC/AHN | $9,937.30 | ↑ +79% |
| Regence | Blue High Performance | $9,937.30 | ↑ +79% |
| Regence | Commercial | $9,937.30 | ↑ +79% |
| Premera | Signature | $10,017.32 | ↑ +81% |
| Premera | Other Commercial Plans | $10,017.32 | ↑ +81% |
| Premera | Prime | $10,017.32 | ↑ +81% |
| Multiplan/PHCS | All Commercial Plans | $10,108.31 | ↑ +83% |
| First Choice | PPO | $10,361.06 | ↑ +87% |
| First Choice | MCC Wellfound Employee | $10,361.06 | ↑ +87% |
| First Health | All Commercial Plans | $11,769.95 | ↑ +113% |
| Aetna | All Commercial Plans | $12,432.32 | ↑ +124% |
| Kaiser | PPO | $15,985.77 | ↑ +189% |
| Cigna | All Commercial Plans | $20,257.40 | ↑ +266% |
| United Healthcare | All Commercial Plans | $22,322.39 | ↑ +303% |
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Removal of breast lesion at other Washington hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Providence St Peter Hospital | Olympia | not published | $3,827.61 – $14,702.52 |
| Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus | Seattle | $8,940.48 | $4,534.03 – $14,753.91 |
| Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill | Seattle | $8,940.48 | $4,534.03 – $14,208.59 |
| Swedish Issaquah | Issaquah | $8,940.48 | $4,546.75 – $14,753.91 |
| Central Medical Center | Seattle | $8,320.80 | not published |
| MultiCare Valley Hospital | Spokane Valley | $5,534.00 | $949.09 – $15,298.21 |
| MultiCare Auburn Medical Center | Auburn | $5,538.80 | $970.79 – $18,794.97 |
| MultiCare Good Samaritan Hospital | Puyallup | $5,538.80 | $993.24 – $18,794.97 |