Assay of tyrosine 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

$13.60

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.

$34.00

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 $29.14 with First Health — 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 ↓ -39%
Community Health Plan of Washington Apple Health $8.73 ↓ -36%
Coordinated Care Apple Health $9.30 ↓ -32%
United Healthcare Apple Health $9.30 ↓ -32%
WellPoint Apple Health $9.58 ↓ -30%
Regence RealValue $11.00 ↓ -19%
SCAN MedAdvantage $11.16 ↓ -18%
Cigna Sterling MedAdvantage $11.38 ↓ -16%
Regence MedAdvantage $11.49 ↓ -16%
Kaiser HMO/PPO $11.69 ↓ -14%
Community Health Plan of Washington MedAdvantage $11.71 ↓ -14%
United Healthcare MedAdvantage $11.71 ↓ -14%
Aetna MedAdvantage $11.71 ↓ -14%
WellCare MedAdvantage $11.83 ↓ -13%
Regence MCC/AHN $12.22 ↓ -10%
Regence Blue High Performance $12.22 ↓ -10%
Uniform Medical All Commercial Plans $12.22 ↓ -10%
Regence Commercial $12.22 ↓ -10%
Kaiser MedAdvantage $12.50 ↓ -8%
Premera Signature $13.29 ↓ -2%
Premera Other Commercial Plans $13.29 ↓ -2%
Premera Prime $13.29 ↓ -2%
First Choice MHS Employee MCC/PPO $16.21 ↑ +19%
Riverside Christian Commercial $16.66 ↑ +23%
Community Health Plan of Washington Cascade Care $17.85 ↑ +31%
Ambetter Coordinated Care Exchange $19.08 ↑ +40%
First Choice First Choice PPO $26.58 ↑ +95%
United Healthcare Commercial $27.91 ↑ +105%
Multiplan/PHCS All Commercial Plans $28.90 ↑ +113%
Cigna Commercial $28.90 ↑ +113%
Aetna All Commercial Plans $29.14 ↑ +114%
First Health All Commercial Plans $29.14 ↑ +114%

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Assay of tyrosine at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Central Medical Center Seattle $48.00 $8.00 – $8.00
MultiCare Valley Hospital Spokane Valley $46.40 $8.25 – $19.27
St. Michael Medical Center Silverdale $58.39 $10.63 – $119.06
St. Anne Hospital Burien $40.40 $10.63 – $119.06
St. Anthony Hospital Gig Harbor $40.24 $10.63 – $99.21
MultiCare Auburn Medical Center Auburn $17.60 $8.43 – $20.83
MultiCare Good Samaritan Hospital Puyallup $17.60 $8.63 – $20.83
St. Joseph Medical Center Tacoma $43.82 $10.63 – $99.21

All Washington hospitals for this procedure →