Artery x-rays chest at MultiCare Yakima Memorial Hospital
2811 Tieton Drive, Yakima, WA · Multicare · · NPI 1053373480
$1,247.20
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.
$3,118.00
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.
$1,239.26 with Molina vs $10,648.77 with Premera — 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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| Molina | Apple Health | $1,239.26 | ↓ -1% |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | Apple Health | $1,312.15 | ↑ +5% |
| United Healthcare | Apple Health | $1,397.20 | ↑ +12% |
| Coordinated Care | Apple Health | $1,397.20 | ↑ +12% |
| WellPoint | Apple Health | $1,439.72 | ↑ +15% |
| Riverside Christian | Commercial | $1,527.82 | ↑ +23% |
| United Healthcare | Commercial | $2,559.88 | ↑ +105% |
| Multiplan/PHCS | All Commercial Plans | $2,650.30 | ↑ +113% |
| Cigna | Commercial | $2,650.30 | ↑ +113% |
| First Health | All Commercial Plans | $2,672.13 | ↑ +114% |
| Aetna | All Commercial Plans | $2,672.13 | ↑ +114% |
| SCAN | MedAdvantage | $3,692.97 | ↑ +196% |
| Cigna Sterling | MedAdvantage | $3,766.83 | ↑ +202% |
| Regence | MedAdvantage | $3,803.76 | ↑ +205% |
| United Healthcare | MedAdvantage | $3,877.62 | ↑ +211% |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | MedAdvantage | $3,877.62 | ↑ +211% |
| Aetna | MedAdvantage | $3,877.62 | ↑ +211% |
| WellCare | MedAdvantage | $3,914.55 | ↑ +214% |
| Kaiser | MedAdvantage | $4,136.13 | ↑ +232% |
| First Choice | MHS Employee MCC/PPO | $4,598.11 | ↑ +269% |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | Cascade Care | $5,908.75 | ↑ +374% |
| Ambetter | Coordinated Care Exchange | $6,314.98 | ↑ +406% |
| First Choice | First Choice PPO | $7,537.88 | ↑ +504% |
| Kaiser | HMO/PPO | $8,281.54 | ↑ +564% |
| Regence | RealValue | $8,931.09 | ↑ +616% |
| Uniform Medical | All Commercial Plans | $9,589.36 | ↑ +669% |
| Premera | Prime | $9,920.64 | ↑ +695% |
| Regence | MCC/AHN | $9,923.43 | ↑ +696% |
| Regence | Blue High Performance | $9,923.43 | ↑ +696% |
| Regence | Commercial | $9,923.43 | ↑ +696% |
| Premera | Other Commercial Plans | $10,648.77 | ↑ +754% |
| Premera | Signature | $10,648.77 | ↑ +754% |
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Artery x-rays chest at other Washington hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus | Seattle | $7,908.48 | $3,656.33 – $13,496.13 |
| Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital | Spokane | $2,342.90 | $1,158.56 – $8,954.64 |
| Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill | Seattle | $7,908.48 | $3,656.33 – $12,997.30 |
| Swedish Issaquah | Issaquah | $7,908.48 | $448.80 – $13,496.13 |
| Central Medical Center | Seattle | $10,880.00 | $3,148.00 – $3,148.00 |
| Kadlec Regional Medical Center | Richland | $1,061.90 | $270.22 – $10,281.45 |
| Providence Holy Family Hospital | Spokane | $4,883.20 | $537.47 – $10,916.90 |
| MultiCare Valley Hospital | Spokane Valley | $4,999.20 | $1,238.74 – $13,256.42 |