Aspiration peritonsillar abscess 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.

$277.02 with SCAN vs $5,793.00 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
SCAN MedAdvantage $277.02
Cigna Sterling MedAdvantage $282.56
Regence MedAdvantage $285.33
United Healthcare MedAdvantage $290.87
Aetna MedAdvantage $290.87
Community Health Plan of Washington MedAdvantage $290.87
WellCare MedAdvantage $293.64
Kaiser MedAdvantage $310.26
First Choice MHS Employee MCC/PPO $372.66
Community Health Plan of Washington Cascade Care $443.23
Ambetter Coordinated Care Exchange $473.70
Kaiser HMO/PPO $577.77
First Choice First Choice PPO $610.92
Regence RealValue $684.41
Uniform Medical All Commercial Plans $734.84
Premera Prime $760.24
Regence MCC/AHN $760.45
Regence Commercial $760.45
Regence Blue High Performance $760.45
Premera Other Commercial Plans $816.04
Premera Signature $816.04
Molina Apple Health $1,355.81
Community Health Plan of Washington Apple Health $1,435.57
Coordinated Care Apple Health $1,528.61
United Healthcare Apple Health $1,528.61
WellPoint Apple Health $1,575.14
United Healthcare Commercial $5,793.00

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Aspiration peritonsillar abscess at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Providence St Joseph Hospital Chewelah $400.40 not published
Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital Spokane $627.90 $263.93 – $671.71
Providence Mount Carmel Hospital Colville $481.60 not published
Providence St Mary Medical Center Walla Walla $685.30 $216.44 – $924.53
Providence Holy Family Hospital Spokane $548.80 $263.93 – $3,379.00
Providence Regional Medical Center Everett - Colby Campus Everett $1,840.28 $269.73 – $7,246.00
MultiCare Valley Hospital Spokane Valley $326.00 $266.41 – $1,368.53
Virginia Mason Medical Center Seattle $456.96 $177.07 – $753.94

All Washington hospitals for this procedure →