Bacterial meningitis antigen 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.

$7.08 with Molina vs $28.85 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 $7.08
Community Health Plan of Washington Apple Health $7.49
United Healthcare Apple Health $7.98
Coordinated Care Apple Health $7.98
WellPoint Apple Health $8.22
Regence RealValue $11.94
SCAN MedAdvantage $12.11
Cigna Sterling MedAdvantage $12.35
Regence MedAdvantage $12.48
Kaiser HMO/PPO $12.69
Community Health Plan of Washington MedAdvantage $12.72
United Healthcare MedAdvantage $12.72
Aetna MedAdvantage $12.72
WellCare MedAdvantage $12.84
Regence Blue High Performance $13.27
Uniform Medical All Commercial Plans $13.27
Regence MCC/AHN $13.27
Regence Commercial $13.27
Kaiser MedAdvantage $13.57
Premera Other Commercial Plans $14.42
Premera Signature $14.42
Premera Prime $14.42
First Choice MHS Employee MCC/PPO $17.60
Community Health Plan of Washington Cascade Care $19.38
Ambetter Coordinated Care Exchange $20.71
First Choice First Choice PPO $28.85

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Bacterial meningitis antigen at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Providence St Luke's Rehabilitation Medical Center Spokane $281.75 $11.54 – $12.69
Providence St Joseph Hospital Chewelah $305.90 not published
Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus Seattle $44.16 $10.39 – $54.24
Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital Spokane $278.60 $11.54 – $41.54
Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill Seattle $44.16 $10.39 – $52.51
Swedish Issaquah Issaquah $44.16 $10.39 – $54.24
Central Medical Center Seattle $52.00 $9.00 – $9.00
Providence Mount Carmel Hospital Colville $177.80 not published

All Washington hospitals for this procedure →