Biopsy, bone open deep 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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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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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.

$1,183.90 with Molina vs $10,522.00 with United Healthcare — 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 $1,183.90
Community Health Plan of Washington Apple Health $1,253.55
Coordinated Care Apple Health $1,334.79
United Healthcare Apple Health $1,334.79
WellPoint Apple Health $1,375.42
SCAN MedAdvantage $3,397.34
Cigna Sterling MedAdvantage $3,465.28
Regence MedAdvantage $3,499.26
United Healthcare MedAdvantage $3,567.20
Aetna MedAdvantage $3,567.20
Community Health Plan of Washington MedAdvantage $3,567.20
WellCare MedAdvantage $3,601.18
Kaiser MedAdvantage $3,805.02
First Choice MHS Employee MCC/PPO $3,847.50
Community Health Plan of Washington Cascade Care $5,435.74
Ambetter Coordinated Care Exchange $5,809.45
First Choice First Choice PPO $6,307.38
Kaiser HMO/PPO $7,181.44
Regence RealValue $7,961.64
Uniform Medical All Commercial Plans $8,548.46
Premera Prime $8,843.76
Regence Commercial $8,846.27
Regence Blue High Performance $8,846.27
Regence MCC/AHN $8,846.27
Premera Other Commercial Plans $9,492.85
Premera Signature $9,492.85
United Healthcare Commercial $10,522.00

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Biopsy, bone open deep at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Virginia Mason Medical Center Seattle $3,860.70 $10.19 – $1,649.18
Providence St Luke's Rehabilitation Medical Center Spokane not published $3,236.85 – $3,560.54
Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus Seattle not published $3,363.63 – $11,292.99
Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital Spokane not published $3,236.85 – $8,237.79
Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill Seattle not published $3,363.63 – $10,875.59
Swedish Issaquah Issaquah not published $3,373.07 – $11,292.99
Central Medical Center Seattle not published not published
Providence Centralia Hospital Centralia not published $3,363.63 – $13,565.51

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