X-ray esophogram chest radiograph(s) & delayed images single contrast study at MultiCare Capital Medical Center
3900 Capital Mall DR SW, Olympia, WA · Multicare · · NPI 1841258639
$497.60
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.
$1,244.00
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.
$42.75 with Community Health Plan of Washington vs $1,157.10 with First Choice — 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 | $42.75 | ↓ -91% |
| Molina | Apple Health | $43.54 | ↓ -91% |
| United Healthcare | Apple Health | $43.54 | ↓ -91% |
| Coordinated Care | Apple Health | $43.54 | ↓ -91% |
| WellPoint | Apple Health | $63.33 | ↓ -87% |
| SCAN | MedAdvantage | $199.05 | ↓ -60% |
| Aetna | MedAdvantage | $205.02 | ↓ -59% |
| Regence | MedAdvantage | $205.02 | ↓ -59% |
| United Healthcare | MedAdvantage | $207.01 | ↓ -58% |
| WellCare | MedAdvantage | $209.00 | ↓ -58% |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | MedAdvantage | $218.96 | ↓ -56% |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | Cascade Care | $335.60 | ↓ -33% |
| Premera | HMO | $337.83 | ↓ -32% |
| Ambetter | Coordinated Care Exchange | $368.24 | ↓ -26% |
| Regence | RealValue | $431.10 | ↓ -13% |
| Uniform Medical | All Commercial Plans | $458.92 | ↓ -8% |
| Regence | Commercial | $479.00 | ↓ -4% |
| Regence | MCC/AHN | $479.00 | ↓ -4% |
| Regence | Blue High Performance | $479.00 | ↓ -4% |
| Premera | Signature | $482.86 | ↓ -3% |
| Premera | Other Commercial Plans | $482.86 | ↓ -3% |
| Premera | Prime | $482.86 | ↓ -3% |
| Aetna | All Commercial Plans | $577.96 | ↑ +16% |
| First Choice | MHS Employee MCC/PPO | $705.83 | ↑ +42% |
| Kaiser | PPO | $838.58 | ↑ +69% |
| Cigna | All Commercial Plans | $907.48 | ↑ +82% |
| Multiplan/PHCS | All Commercial Plans | $908.12 | ↑ +83% |
| United Healthcare | All Commercial Plans | $999.99 | ↑ +101% |
| First Health | All Commercial Plans | $1,057.40 | ↑ +113% |
| First Choice | MCC Wellfound Employee | $1,157.10 | ↑ +133% |
| First Choice | PPO | $1,157.10 | ↑ +133% |
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X-ray esophogram chest radiograph(s) & delayed images single contrast study at other Washington hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Providence St Peter Hospital | Olympia | $935.48 | $171.47 – $1,020.43 |
| Providence St Luke's Rehabilitation Medical Center | Spokane | $635.67 | $75.44 – $215.00 |
| Providence St Joseph Hospital | Chewelah | $413.00 | not published |
| Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus | Seattle | $424.80 | $203.11 – $856.43 |
| Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital | Spokane | $722.40 | $195.46 – $655.99 |
| Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill | Seattle | $424.80 | $203.11 – $829.10 |
| Swedish Issaquah | Issaquah | $424.80 | $203.68 – $856.43 |
| Central Medical Center | Seattle | $616.00 | $179.00 – $179.00 |