Remove ureter stent percut 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

$1,625.60

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.

$4,064.00

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.

$1,127.02 with Community Health Plan of Washington vs $11,917.58 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.

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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 $1,127.02 ↓ -31%
Molina Apple Health $1,147.89 ↓ -29%
United Healthcare Apple Health $1,147.89 ↓ -29%
Coordinated Care Apple Health $1,147.89 ↓ -29%
WellPoint Apple Health $1,669.66 ↑ +3%
SCAN MedAdvantage $2,372.23 ↑ +46%
Aetna MedAdvantage $2,443.40 ↑ +50%
Regence MedAdvantage $2,443.40 ↑ +50%
United Healthcare MedAdvantage $2,467.12 ↑ +52%
WellCare MedAdvantage $2,490.84 ↑ +53%
Community Health Plan of Washington MedAdvantage $2,609.45 ↑ +61%
Multiplan/PHCS All Commercial Plans $2,966.72 ↑ +83%
Premera HMO $3,257.63 ↑ +100%
First Health All Commercial Plans $3,454.40 ↑ +113%
First Choice MHS Employee MCC/PPO $3,695.81 ↑ +127%
Community Health Plan of Washington Cascade Care $3,999.58 ↑ +146%
Ambetter Coordinated Care Exchange $4,388.62 ↑ +170%
Regence RealValue $4,779.03 ↑ +194%
Uniform Medical All Commercial Plans $5,087.44 ↑ +213%
Regence Blue High Performance $5,310.03 ↑ +227%
Regence Commercial $5,310.03 ↑ +227%
Regence MCC/AHN $5,310.03 ↑ +227%
Premera Signature $5,352.79 ↑ +229%
Premera Other Commercial Plans $5,352.79 ↑ +229%
Premera Prime $5,352.79 ↑ +229%
First Choice MCC Wellfound Employee $6,058.70 ↑ +273%
First Choice PPO $6,058.70 ↑ +273%
Aetna All Commercial Plans $6,650.77 ↑ +309%
Kaiser PPO $8,625.19 ↑ +431%
Cigna All Commercial Plans $10,815.11 ↑ +565%
United Healthcare All Commercial Plans $11,917.58 ↑ +633%

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Remove ureter stent percut at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Providence St Peter Hospital Olympia $4,542.20 $2,043.50 – $8,326.29
Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus Seattle $5,869.44 $2,420.64 – $8,627.45
Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital Spokane $4,641.00 $2,329.41 – $5,928.34
Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill Seattle $5,869.44 $2,420.64 – $8,308.57
Swedish Issaquah Issaquah $5,869.44 $2,427.43 – $8,627.45
Central Medical Center Seattle $4,720.00 not published
Kadlec Regional Medical Center Richland $4,673.90 $376.35 – $6,572.45
Providence Holy Family Hospital Spokane $5,492.20 $2,329.41 – $6,114.69

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