Artery to vein shunt at MultiCare Yakima Memorial Hospital

2811 Tieton Drive, Yakima, WA · Multicare · · NPI 1053373480

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.

$2,394.14 with Molina vs $11,941.00 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
Molina Apple Health $2,394.14
Community Health Plan of Washington Apple Health $2,534.98
Coordinated Care Apple Health $2,699.28
United Healthcare Apple Health $2,699.28
WellPoint Apple Health $2,781.43
SCAN MedAdvantage $3,692.97
Cigna Sterling MedAdvantage $3,766.83
Regence MedAdvantage $3,803.76
United Healthcare MedAdvantage $3,877.62
Aetna MedAdvantage $3,877.62
Community Health Plan of Washington MedAdvantage $3,877.62
WellCare MedAdvantage $3,914.55
Kaiser MedAdvantage $4,136.13
First Choice MHS Employee MCC/PPO $4,598.11
Community Health Plan of Washington Cascade Care $5,908.75
Ambetter Coordinated Care Exchange $6,314.98
First Choice First Choice PPO $7,537.88
Kaiser HMO/PPO $8,281.54
Regence RealValue $8,931.09
Uniform Medical All Commercial Plans $9,589.36
Premera Prime $9,920.64
Regence Commercial $9,923.43
Regence Blue High Performance $9,923.43
Regence MCC/AHN $9,923.43
Premera Other Commercial Plans $10,648.77
Premera Signature $10,648.77
United Healthcare Commercial $11,941.00

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Artery to vein shunt at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Virginia Mason Medical Center Seattle $4,516.05 $13.09 – $2,215.69
Providence St Luke's Rehabilitation Medical Center Spokane not published $3,518.52 – $3,870.37
Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus Seattle not published $3,656.33 – $13,496.13
Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital Spokane not published $3,518.52 – $8,954.64
Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill Seattle not published $3,656.33 – $12,997.30
Swedish Issaquah Issaquah not published $3,666.59 – $13,496.13
Central Medical Center Seattle not published not published
Providence Centralia Hospital Centralia not published $3,656.33 – $16,211.99

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