Tissue culture placenta 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

$581.20

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.

$1,453.00

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.

$29.63 with Community Health Plan of Washington vs $1,235.05 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 $29.63 ↓ -95%
Molina Apple Health $30.18 ↓ -95%
United Healthcare Apple Health $30.18 ↓ -95%
Coordinated Care Apple Health $30.18 ↓ -95%
WellPoint Apple Health $43.89 ↓ -92%
SCAN MedAdvantage $147.29 ↓ -75%
Premera HMO $150.30 ↓ -74%
Aetna MedAdvantage $151.71 ↓ -74%
Regence MedAdvantage $151.71 ↓ -74%
United Healthcare MedAdvantage $153.19 ↓ -74%
WellCare MedAdvantage $154.66 ↓ -73%
Regence RealValue $155.56 ↓ -73%
Community Health Plan of Washington MedAdvantage $162.02 ↓ -72%
Kaiser PPO $165.33 ↓ -72%
Regence Commercial $172.85 ↓ -70%
Uniform Medical All Commercial Plans $172.85 ↓ -70%
Regence MCC/AHN $172.85 ↓ -70%
Regence Blue High Performance $172.85 ↓ -70%
United Healthcare All Commercial Plans $180.36 ↓ -69%
Cigna All Commercial Plans $180.36 ↓ -69%
Premera Signature $187.88 ↓ -68%
Premera Prime $187.88 ↓ -68%
Premera Other Commercial Plans $187.88 ↓ -68%
First Choice MHS Employee MCC/PPO $229.21 ↓ -61%
Community Health Plan of Washington Cascade Care $248.34 ↓ -57%
Ambetter Coordinated Care Exchange $272.49 ↓ -53%
First Choice PPO $375.75 ↓ -35%
First Choice MCC Wellfound Employee $375.75 ↓ -35%
Aetna All Commercial Plans $876.25 ↑ +51%
Multiplan/PHCS All Commercial Plans $1,060.69 ↑ +83%
First Health All Commercial Plans $1,235.05 ↑ +113%

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Tissue culture placenta at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Providence St Peter Hospital Olympia not published $127.76 – $841.68
Providence St Joseph Hospital Chewelah $556.50 not published
Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus Seattle $808.80 $135.27 – $706.41
Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital Spokane $1,892.80 $150.30 – $541.08
Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill Seattle $808.80 $135.27 – $683.87
Swedish Issaquah Issaquah $808.80 $135.27 – $706.41
Central Medical Center Seattle $676.00 $406.00 – $406.00
Providence Mount Carmel Hospital Colville $532.00 not published

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