Assay blood catecholamines 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.

$8.54 with Molina vs $72.70 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.

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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 $8.54
Community Health Plan of Washington Apple Health $9.04
United Healthcare Apple Health $9.63
Coordinated Care Apple Health $9.63
WellPoint Apple Health $9.92
Regence RealValue $30.10
SCAN MedAdvantage $30.52
Cigna Sterling MedAdvantage $31.13
Regence MedAdvantage $31.44
Kaiser HMO/PPO $31.99
Community Health Plan of Washington MedAdvantage $32.05
United Healthcare MedAdvantage $32.05
Aetna MedAdvantage $32.05
WellCare MedAdvantage $32.35
Regence Blue High Performance $33.44
Uniform Medical All Commercial Plans $33.44
Regence MCC/AHN $33.44
Regence Commercial $33.44
Kaiser MedAdvantage $34.18
Premera Other Commercial Plans $36.35
Premera Signature $36.35
Premera Prime $36.35
First Choice MHS Employee MCC/PPO $44.35
Community Health Plan of Washington Cascade Care $48.83
Ambetter Coordinated Care Exchange $52.19
First Choice First Choice PPO $72.70

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Assay blood catecholamines at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Central Medical Center Seattle $130.40 $22.00 – $22.00
Virginia Mason Medical Center Seattle $104.55 $20.36 – $90.90
Providence St Luke's Rehabilitation Medical Center Spokane not published $29.08 – $31.99
Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus Seattle not published $26.17 – $136.68
Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital Spokane not published $29.08 – $104.69
Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill Seattle not published $26.17 – $132.31
Swedish Issaquah Issaquah not published $26.17 – $136.68
Providence Centralia Hospital Centralia not published $29.08 – $181.17

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