Removal w/reinsrt nonbiogrdble 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

$1,621.20

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.

$4,053.00

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.

$122.10 with Community Health Plan of Washington vs $3,445.05 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 $122.10 ↓ -92%
Molina Apple Health $124.36 ↓ -92%
United Healthcare Apple Health $124.36 ↓ -92%
Coordinated Care Apple Health $124.36 ↓ -92%
WellPoint Apple Health $180.89 ↓ -89%
SCAN MedAdvantage $506.96 ↓ -69%
Aetna MedAdvantage $522.16 ↓ -68%
Regence MedAdvantage $522.16 ↓ -68%
United Healthcare MedAdvantage $527.23 ↓ -67%
WellCare MedAdvantage $532.30 ↓ -67%
Community Health Plan of Washington MedAdvantage $557.65 ↓ -66%
Premera HMO $707.31 ↓ -56%
Community Health Plan of Washington Cascade Care $854.73 ↓ -47%
Regence RealValue $934.87 ↓ -42%
Ambetter Coordinated Care Exchange $937.87 ↓ -42%
Uniform Medical All Commercial Plans $995.20 ↓ -39%
Regence Commercial $1,038.74 ↓ -36%
Regence MCC/AHN $1,038.74 ↓ -36%
Regence Blue High Performance $1,038.74 ↓ -36%
Premera Signature $1,047.11 ↓ -35%
Premera Other Commercial Plans $1,047.11 ↓ -35%
Premera Prime $1,047.11 ↓ -35%
Aetna All Commercial Plans $1,295.54 ↓ -20%
First Choice MHS Employee MCC/PPO $1,408.37 ↓ -13%
Kaiser PPO $1,755.70 ↑ +8%
First Choice MCC Wellfound Employee $2,308.80 ↑ +42%
First Choice PPO $2,308.80 ↑ +42%
Cigna All Commercial Plans $2,311.22 ↑ +43%
United Healthcare All Commercial Plans $2,546.83 ↑ +57%
Multiplan/PHCS All Commercial Plans $2,958.69 ↑ +83%
First Health All Commercial Plans $3,445.05 ↑ +113%

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Removal w/reinsrt nonbiogrdble at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Providence St Peter Hospital Olympia not published $436.70 – $2,036.10
Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus Seattle $949.92 $517.30 – $1,708.87
Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital Spokane $1,015.00 $497.80 – $1,308.92
Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill Seattle $949.92 $517.30 – $1,654.33
Swedish Issaquah Issaquah $949.92 $518.75 – $1,708.87
MultiCare Auburn Medical Center Auburn $1,621.20 $113.46 – $2,144.37
MultiCare Good Samaritan Hospital Puyallup $1,621.20 $116.08 – $2,144.37
Virginia Mason Medical Center Seattle $521.22 $4.26 – $852.18

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