Valvuloplasty aortic at MultiCare Capital Medical Center
3900 Capital Mall DR SW, Olympia, WA · Multicare · · NPI 1841258639
$11,805.20
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.
$29,513.00
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.
$6,421.50 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.
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 | $6,421.50 | ↓ -46% |
| SCAN | MedAdvantage | $6,458.96 | ↓ -45% |
| Coordinated Care | Apple Health | $6,540.41 | ↓ -45% |
| United Healthcare | Apple Health | $6,540.41 | ↓ -45% |
| Molina | Apple Health | $6,540.41 | ↓ -45% |
| Aetna | MedAdvantage | $6,652.73 | ↓ -44% |
| Regence | MedAdvantage | $6,652.73 | ↓ -44% |
| United Healthcare | MedAdvantage | $6,717.32 | ↓ -43% |
| WellCare | MedAdvantage | $6,781.90 | ↓ -43% |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | MedAdvantage | $7,104.85 | ↓ -40% |
| Premera | HMO | $9,159.60 | ↓ -22% |
| WellPoint | Apple Health | $9,513.33 | ↓ -19% |
| First Choice | MHS Employee MCC/PPO | $10,334.85 | ↓ -12% |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | Cascade Care | $10,889.80 | ↓ -8% |
| Ambetter | Coordinated Care Exchange | $11,949.07 | ↑ +1% |
| Regence | RealValue | $13,410.82 | ↑ +14% |
| Uniform Medical | All Commercial Plans | $14,276.27 | ↑ +21% |
| Regence | MCC/AHN | $14,900.91 | ↑ +26% |
| Regence | Commercial | $14,900.91 | ↑ +26% |
| Regence | Blue High Performance | $14,900.91 | ↑ +26% |
| Premera | Other Commercial Plans | $15,020.90 | ↑ +27% |
| Premera | Signature | $15,020.90 | ↑ +27% |
| Premera | Prime | $15,020.90 | ↑ +27% |
| First Choice | PPO | $16,942.37 | ↑ +44% |
| First Choice | MCC Wellfound Employee | $16,942.37 | ↑ +44% |
| Aetna | All Commercial Plans | $18,510.80 | ↑ +57% |
| Multiplan/PHCS | All Commercial Plans | $21,544.49 | ↑ +83% |
| First Health | All Commercial Plans | $25,086.05 | ↑ +113% |
| Cigna | All Commercial Plans | $29,446.61 | ↑ +149% |
| United Healthcare | All Commercial Plans | $32,448.33 | ↑ +175% |
| Kaiser | PPO | not published by hospital | — |
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Valvuloplasty aortic at other Washington hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Providence St Peter Hospital | Olympia | $7,757.36 | $5,563.90 – $23,283.38 |
| Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus | Seattle | $17,334.72 | $6,590.77 – $24,125.54 |
| Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital | Spokane | $12,660.90 | $6,342.36 – $16,141.31 |
| Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill | Seattle | $17,334.72 | $6,590.77 – $23,233.84 |
| Swedish Issaquah | Issaquah | $17,334.72 | $6,609.26 – $24,125.54 |
| Kadlec Regional Medical Center | Richland | $11,677.40 | $2,227.73 – $18,379.01 |
| Providence Regional Medical Center Everett - Colby Campus | Everett | $5,262.40 | $6,481.57 – $18,775.32 |
| MultiCare Valley Hospital | Spokane Valley | $10,473.20 | $5,833.67 – $23,208.53 |