Assay of PSA complexed 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.

$8.25 with Molina vs $45.98 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 $8.25
Community Health Plan of Washington Apple Health $8.73
United Healthcare Apple Health $9.30
Coordinated Care Apple Health $9.30
WellPoint Apple Health $9.58
Regence RealValue $19.04
SCAN MedAdvantage $19.30
Cigna Sterling MedAdvantage $19.69
Regence MedAdvantage $19.88
Kaiser HMO/PPO $20.23
Community Health Plan of Washington MedAdvantage $20.27
United Healthcare MedAdvantage $20.27
Aetna MedAdvantage $20.27
WellCare MedAdvantage $20.46
Regence Blue High Performance $21.15
Uniform Medical All Commercial Plans $21.15
Regence MCC/AHN $21.15
Regence Commercial $21.15
Kaiser MedAdvantage $21.62
Premera Other Commercial Plans $22.99
Premera Signature $22.99
Premera Prime $22.99
First Choice MHS Employee MCC/PPO $28.04
Community Health Plan of Washington Cascade Care $30.88
Ambetter Coordinated Care Exchange $33.01
First Choice First Choice PPO $45.98

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Assay of PSA complexed at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Central Medical Center Seattle $82.40 $14.00 – $14.00
MultiCare Auburn Medical Center Auburn $38.40 $8.43 – $36.04
MultiCare Good Samaritan Hospital Puyallup $38.40 $8.63 – $36.04
Virginia Mason Medical Center Seattle $58.65 $12.87 – $57.48
MultiCare Capital Medical Center Olympia $30.80 $9.08 – $33.34
MultiCare Covington Medical Center Covington $38.40 $8.43 – $36.04
MultiCare Mary Bridge Children's Hospital Tacoma $38.40 $8.59 – $30.49
MultiCare Allenmore Hospital Tacoma $38.40 $8.63 – $36.04

All Washington hospitals for this procedure →