Wrist/elbow bowden cbl dir f 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

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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.

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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.

$1,510.07 with Regence vs $11,717.58 with Aetna — 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
Regence RealValue $1,510.07
Regence MCC/AHN $1,677.85
Uniform Medical All Commercial Plans $1,677.85
Regence Commercial $1,677.85
Regence Blue High Performance $1,677.85
SCAN MedAdvantage $1,717.43
Regence MedAdvantage $1,768.95
Aetna MedAdvantage $1,768.95
United Healthcare MedAdvantage $1,786.13
WellCare MedAdvantage $1,803.30
Community Health Plan of Washington MedAdvantage $1,889.17
First Choice MHS Employee MCC/PPO $2,178.58
Cigna All Commercial Plans $2,405.37
Premera HMO $2,616.53
Community Health Plan of Washington Cascade Care $2,895.59
Premera Other Commercial Plans $3,104.02
Premera Prime $3,104.02
Premera Signature $3,104.02
Ambetter Coordinated Care Exchange $3,177.25
First Choice MCC Wellfound Employee $3,571.45
First Choice PPO $3,571.45
Aetna All Commercial Plans $11,717.58

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Wrist/elbow bowden cbl dir f at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Providence St Peter Hospital Olympia not published $1,489.61 – $5,721.85
Providence St Luke's Rehabilitation Medical Center Spokane not published $1,752.48 – $1,927.73
Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus Seattle not published $1,752.48 – $5,324.03
Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital Spokane not published $1,752.48 – $4,460.06
Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill Seattle not published $1,752.48 – $4,285.74
Swedish Issaquah Issaquah not published $1,752.48 – $3,890.51
Providence Centralia Hospital Centralia not published $1,752.48 – $3,314.31
Swedish Edmonds Hospital Edmonds not published $1,752.48 – $5,714.32

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