Surgical pathology level 4 gross & microscopic examination at MultiCare Capital Medical Center
3900 Capital Mall DR SW, Olympia, WA · Multicare · · NPI 1841258639
$155.60
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.
$389.00
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.
$30.18 with Community Health Plan of Washington vs $330.65 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.
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 | $30.18 | ↓ -81% |
| Molina | Apple Health | $30.73 | ↓ -80% |
| United Healthcare | Apple Health | $30.73 | ↓ -80% |
| Coordinated Care | Apple Health | $30.73 | ↓ -80% |
| WellPoint | Apple Health | $44.71 | ↓ -71% |
| SCAN | MedAdvantage | $59.14 | ↓ -62% |
| Aetna | MedAdvantage | $60.91 | ↓ -61% |
| Regence | MedAdvantage | $60.91 | ↓ -61% |
| United Healthcare | MedAdvantage | $61.50 | ↓ -60% |
| WellCare | MedAdvantage | $62.09 | ↓ -60% |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | MedAdvantage | $65.05 | ↓ -58% |
| Premera | HMO | $93.92 | ↓ -40% |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | Cascade Care | $99.71 | ↓ -36% |
| Ambetter | Coordinated Care Exchange | $109.40 | ↓ -30% |
| Regence | RealValue | $127.14 | ↓ -18% |
| Uniform Medical | All Commercial Plans | $135.35 | ↓ -13% |
| Regence | Commercial | $141.27 | ↓ -9% |
| Regence | MCC/AHN | $141.27 | ↓ -9% |
| Regence | Blue High Performance | $141.27 | ↓ -9% |
| Premera | Signature | $142.39 | ↓ -8% |
| Premera | Other Commercial Plans | $142.39 | ↓ -8% |
| Premera | Prime | $142.39 | ↓ -8% |
| First Choice | MHS Employee MCC/PPO | $191.62 | ↑ +23% |
| Kaiser | PPO | $233.15 | ↑ +50% |
| Cigna | All Commercial Plans | $269.61 | ↑ +73% |
| Multiplan/PHCS | All Commercial Plans | $283.97 | ↑ +83% |
| United Healthcare | All Commercial Plans | $297.09 | ↑ +91% |
| First Choice | MCC Wellfound Employee | $314.13 | ↑ +102% |
| First Choice | PPO | $314.13 | ↑ +102% |
| Aetna | All Commercial Plans | $322.87 | ↑ +108% |
| First Health | All Commercial Plans | $330.65 | ↑ +113% |
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Surgical pathology level 4 gross & microscopic examination at other Washington hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Providence St Peter Hospital | Olympia | $94.12 | $50.94 – $277.03 |
| Providence St Joseph Hospital | Chewelah | $301.70 | not published |
| Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus | Seattle | $158.88 | $60.34 – $232.51 |
| Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital | Spokane | $464.80 | $58.07 – $178.09 |
| Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill | Seattle | $158.88 | $60.34 – $225.09 |
| Swedish Issaquah | Issaquah | $158.88 | $60.51 – $232.51 |
| Central Medical Center | Seattle | $296.00 | $178.00 – $178.00 |
| Providence Centralia Hospital | Centralia | $94.12 | $60.34 – $308.20 |