Treatment inhalation pressurized/nonpressurized acute airway obstruction 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

$483.20

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.

$1,208.00

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.

$5.24 with Community Health Plan of Washington vs $1,248.42 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 $5.24 ↓ -99%
Molina Apple Health $5.34 ↓ -99%
United Healthcare Apple Health $5.34 ↓ -99%
Coordinated Care Apple Health $5.34 ↓ -99%
WellPoint Apple Health $7.76 ↓ -98%
SCAN MedAdvantage $248.50 ↓ -49%
Aetna MedAdvantage $255.96 ↓ -47%
Regence MedAdvantage $255.96 ↓ -47%
United Healthcare MedAdvantage $258.44 ↓ -47%
WellCare MedAdvantage $260.93 ↓ -46%
Community Health Plan of Washington MedAdvantage $273.35 ↓ -43%
Premera HMO $358.74 ↓ -26%
Community Health Plan of Washington Cascade Care $418.97 ↓ -13%
Ambetter Coordinated Care Exchange $459.73 ↓ -5%
Regence RealValue $500.45 ↑ +4%
Uniform Medical All Commercial Plans $532.74 ↑ +10%
Regence Commercial $556.05 ↑ +15%
Regence MCC/AHN $556.05 ↑ +15%
Regence Blue High Performance $556.05 ↑ +15%
Premera Signature $560.54 ↑ +16%
Premera Other Commercial Plans $560.54 ↑ +16%
Premera Prime $560.54 ↑ +16%
Aetna All Commercial Plans $660.35 ↑ +37%
First Choice MHS Employee MCC/PPO $712.57 ↑ +47%
Multiplan/PHCS All Commercial Plans $874.54 ↑ +81%
First Health All Commercial Plans $1,018.30 ↑ +111%
Cigna All Commercial Plans $1,132.93 ↑ +134%
First Choice MCC Wellfound Employee $1,168.15 ↑ +142%
First Choice PPO $1,168.15 ↑ +142%
United Healthcare All Commercial Plans $1,248.42 ↑ +158%
Kaiser PPO not published by hospital

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Treatment inhalation pressurized/nonpressurized acute airway obstruction at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Providence St Peter Hospital Olympia $585.52 $214.07 – $1,030.18
Providence St Luke's Rehabilitation Medical Center Spokane $254.80 $244.02 – $268.42
Providence St Joseph Hospital Chewelah $231.00 not published
Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus Seattle $640.80 $253.57 – $864.61
Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital Spokane $487.90 $244.02 – $662.26
Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill Seattle $640.80 $253.57 – $837.02
Swedish Issaquah Issaquah $640.80 $254.28 – $864.61
Providence Centralia Hospital Centralia $585.52 $253.57 – $1,146.07

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