Assay of breath ethanol at MultiCare Yakima Memorial Hospital
2811 Tieton Drive, Yakima, WA · Multicare · · NPI 1053373480
$35.20
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.
$88.00
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.
$8.25 with Molina vs $75.42 with Aetna — 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 | $8.25 | ↓ -77% |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | Apple Health | $8.73 | ↓ -75% |
| United Healthcare | Apple Health | $9.30 | ↓ -74% |
| Coordinated Care | Apple Health | $9.30 | ↓ -74% |
| WellPoint | Apple Health | $9.58 | ↓ -73% |
| Regence | RealValue | $31.05 | ↓ -12% |
| SCAN | MedAdvantage | $31.49 | ↓ -11% |
| Cigna Sterling | MedAdvantage | $32.12 | ↓ -9% |
| Regence | MedAdvantage | $32.43 | ↓ -8% |
| Kaiser | HMO/PPO | $33.00 | ↓ -6% |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | MedAdvantage | $33.06 | ↓ -6% |
| United Healthcare | MedAdvantage | $33.06 | ↓ -6% |
| Aetna | MedAdvantage | $33.06 | ↓ -6% |
| WellCare | MedAdvantage | $33.38 | ↓ -5% |
| Regence | MCC/AHN | $34.50 | ↓ -2% |
| Uniform Medical | All Commercial Plans | $34.50 | ↓ -2% |
| Regence | Blue High Performance | $34.50 | ↓ -2% |
| Regence | Commercial | $34.50 | ↓ -2% |
| Kaiser | MedAdvantage | $35.27 | ↑ +0% |
| Premera | Other Commercial Plans | $37.50 | ↑ +7% |
| Premera | Signature | $37.50 | ↑ +7% |
| Premera | Prime | $37.50 | ↑ +7% |
| Riverside Christian | Commercial | $43.12 | ↑ +23% |
| First Choice | MHS Employee MCC/PPO | $45.75 | ↑ +30% |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | Cascade Care | $50.38 | ↑ +43% |
| Ambetter | Coordinated Care Exchange | $53.84 | ↑ +53% |
| United Healthcare | Commercial | $72.25 | ↑ +105% |
| Cigna | Commercial | $74.80 | ↑ +113% |
| Multiplan/PHCS | All Commercial Plans | $74.80 | ↑ +113% |
| First Choice | First Choice PPO | $75.00 | ↑ +113% |
| First Health | All Commercial Plans | $75.42 | ↑ +114% |
| Aetna | All Commercial Plans | $75.42 | ↑ +114% |
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Assay of breath ethanol at other Washington hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus | Seattle | $160.32 | $27.00 – $141.00 |
| Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital | Spokane | $86.10 | $0.06 – $108.00 |
| Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill | Seattle | $160.32 | $27.00 – $136.50 |
| Swedish Issaquah | Issaquah | $160.32 | $27.00 – $141.00 |
| Central Medical Center | Seattle | $195.20 | $23.00 – $23.00 |
| Kadlec Regional Medical Center | Richland | $91.00 | $30.00 – $117.30 |
| Providence Regional Medical Center Everett - Colby Campus | Everett | $173.68 | $0.05 – $126.00 |
| MultiCare Valley Hospital | Spokane Valley | $45.20 | $8.25 – $54.39 |