Revision tips 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

$13,549.60

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.

$33,874.00

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.

$4,400.93 with Community Health Plan of Washington vs $32,448.33 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 $4,400.93 ↓ -68%
Molina Apple Health $4,482.43 ↓ -67%
United Healthcare Apple Health $4,482.43 ↓ -67%
Coordinated Care Apple Health $4,482.43 ↓ -67%
SCAN MedAdvantage $6,458.96 ↓ -52%
WellPoint Apple Health $6,519.90 ↓ -52%
Aetna MedAdvantage $6,652.73 ↓ -51%
Regence MedAdvantage $6,652.73 ↓ -51%
United Healthcare MedAdvantage $6,717.32 ↓ -50%
WellCare MedAdvantage $6,781.90 ↓ -50%
Community Health Plan of Washington MedAdvantage $7,104.85 ↓ -48%
Premera HMO $9,159.60 ↓ -32%
First Choice MHS Employee MCC/PPO $10,334.85 ↓ -24%
Community Health Plan of Washington Cascade Care $10,889.80 ↓ -20%
Ambetter Coordinated Care Exchange $11,949.07 ↓ -12%
Regence RealValue $13,410.82 ↓ -1%
Uniform Medical All Commercial Plans $14,276.27 ↑ +5%
Regence MCC/AHN $14,900.91 ↑ +10%
Regence Blue High Performance $14,900.91 ↑ +10%
Regence Commercial $14,900.91 ↑ +10%
Premera Signature $15,020.90 ↑ +11%
Premera Other Commercial Plans $15,020.90 ↑ +11%
Premera Prime $15,020.90 ↑ +11%
First Choice PPO $16,942.37 ↑ +25%
First Choice MCC Wellfound Employee $16,942.37 ↑ +25%
Aetna All Commercial Plans $18,510.80 ↑ +37%
Kaiser PPO $24,251.61 ↑ +79%
Multiplan/PHCS All Commercial Plans $24,728.02 ↑ +83%
First Health All Commercial Plans $28,792.90 ↑ +113%
Cigna All Commercial Plans $29,446.61 ↑ +117%
United Healthcare All Commercial Plans $32,448.33 ↑ +139%

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