35/100
#1,729 nationally
Capital Medical Center
3900 Capital Mall Dr Sw, Olympia, WA 98502 · (360) 956-2550
Charges far above the national norm
For every $1 of care Medicare actually paid for here, Capital Medical Center billed $5.93 in list charges. That gap does not change a Medicare patient's bill — but it is where an uninsured or out-of-network bill starts.
- Charge-to-payment
- 5.9x
- volume-weighted across all its priced work
- Procedures priced
- 59
- inpatient and outpatient combined
- Rank in WA
- #34
- lower markup ranks higher
- CMS quality stars
- 3/5
- shown for context, not in the grade
How this grade was reached
Each component is scored against every other U.S. hospital in the same federal files, so the grade is a position in the country, not a pass mark we invented.
Better than 36% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 33% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 31% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 48% of U.S. hospitals.
What this hospital treats most
The ten procedures it billed Medicare for most often, with its charge beside the national middle.
| Procedure | Patients | Charged | Actually paid | vs national |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Level 1 Endovascular Procedures
APC 5191 · Hospital outpatient visit |
171 | $27,206 | $3,307 | +8% |
|
Sepsis (severe)
MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay |
141 | $66,777 | $15,957 | about average |
|
Level 4 Urology and Related Services
APC 5374 · Hospital outpatient visit |
122 | $26,377 | $3,507 | +28% |
|
Level 5 Urology and Related Services
APC 5375 · Hospital outpatient visit |
113 | $35,810 | $5,144 | +30% |
|
Level 5 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5115 · Hospital outpatient visit |
101 | $91,166 | $12,951 | +46% |
|
Comprehensive Observation Services
APC 8011 · Hospital outpatient visit |
97 | $28,716 | $2,728 | +48% |
|
Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage
APC 5072 · Hospital outpatient visit |
89 | $13,089 | $1,641 | +30% |
|
Level 3 Vascular Procedures
APC 5183 · Hospital outpatient visit |
83 | $23,581 | $3,284 | +23% |
|
Level 6 Urology and Related Services
APC 5376 · Hospital outpatient visit |
82 | $66,720 | $9,390 | +50% |
|
Heart Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay |
80 | $50,721 | $11,184 | +17% |
Where its charges run furthest above the national middle
Only procedures it performed at least eleven times, so a single unusual case cannot produce the headline.
| Procedure | Charged | Actually paid | vs national |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Level 3 Urology and Related Services
APC 5373 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$24,032 | $2,099 | +86% |
|
Level 2 Laparoscopy and Related Services
APC 5362 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$109,252 | $10,237 | +83% |
|
Other Vascular Procedures with Complications
MS-DRG 253 · Inpatient stay |
$191,178 | $25,749 | +70% |
|
Level 2 Endovascular Procedures
APC 5192 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$57,290 | $5,889 | +65% |
|
Level 3 Lower GI Procedures
APC 5313 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$26,140 | $2,893 | +58% |
|
Level 4 ENT Procedures
APC 5164 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$29,482 | $3,317 | +56% |
|
Level 2 Upper GI Procedures
APC 5302 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$17,807 | $1,960 | +52% |
|
Level 6 Urology and Related Services
APC 5376 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$66,720 | $9,390 | +50% |
Where it charges least relative to everyone else
| Procedure | Charged | Actually paid | vs national |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Respiratory Failure
MS-DRG 189 · Inpatient stay |
$38,582 | $10,435 | -20% |
|
Other Circulatory System Diagnoses with Major Complications
MS-DRG 314 · Inpatient stay |
$63,911 | $16,231 | -18% |
|
Infection Needing Surgery (severe)
MS-DRG 853 · Inpatient stay |
$145,401 | $38,621 | -18% |
|
Diabetes with Major Complications
MS-DRG 637 · Inpatient stay |
$47,256 | $13,089 | -16% |
|
Pulmonary Embolism with Major Complications or Acute Cor Pulmonale
MS-DRG 175 · Inpatient stay |
$46,374 | $12,161 | -15% |
|
Heart Catheter Procedure (without major complications)
MS-DRG 322 · Inpatient stay |
$88,181 | $15,551 | -13% |
|
Digestive Disorder (severe)
MS-DRG 391 · Inpatient stay |
$49,028 | $10,445 | -4% |
|
Red Blood Cell Disorders with Major Complications
MS-DRG 811 · Inpatient stay |
$54,475 | $11,544 | -3% |
What this page cannot tell you
- It is not your bill. These are averages across Medicare patients. What you pay depends on your insurance, your plan's negotiated rate and your own case.
- It is not a quality rating. A hospital with a high markup may be excellent, and one with a low markup may not be. We checked: across every U.S. hospital, markup and the CMS quality star rating barely move together.
- A charge is not a cost. Hospitals do not collect their list charges from insured patients. The number matters because it is the opening figure on an uninsured or out-of-network bill.
- Ask for the real number. Every U.S. hospital must publish a machine-readable price file and give you a written good-faith estimate on request.