Biopsy of heart lining at MultiCare Yakima Memorial Hospital
2811 Tieton Drive, Yakima, WA · Multicare · · NPI 1053373480
$3,635.20
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.
$9,088.00
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.
$1,597.53 with Molina vs $11,941.00 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.
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 | $1,597.53 | ↓ -56% |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | Apple Health | $1,691.50 | ↓ -53% |
| United Healthcare | Apple Health | $1,801.14 | ↓ -50% |
| Coordinated Care | Apple Health | $1,801.14 | ↓ -50% |
| WellPoint | Apple Health | $1,855.96 | ↓ -49% |
| SCAN | MedAdvantage | $3,692.97 | ↑ +2% |
| Cigna Sterling | MedAdvantage | $3,766.83 | ↑ +4% |
| Regence | MedAdvantage | $3,803.76 | ↑ +5% |
| United Healthcare | MedAdvantage | $3,877.62 | ↑ +7% |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | MedAdvantage | $3,877.62 | ↑ +7% |
| Aetna | MedAdvantage | $3,877.62 | ↑ +7% |
| WellCare | MedAdvantage | $3,914.55 | ↑ +8% |
| Kaiser | MedAdvantage | $4,136.13 | ↑ +14% |
| Riverside Christian | Commercial | $4,453.12 | ↑ +23% |
| First Choice | MHS Employee MCC/PPO | $4,598.11 | ↑ +26% |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | Cascade Care | $5,908.75 | ↑ +63% |
| Ambetter | Coordinated Care Exchange | $6,314.98 | ↑ +74% |
| First Choice | First Choice PPO | $7,537.88 | ↑ +107% |
| Cigna | Commercial | $7,724.80 | ↑ +113% |
| Multiplan/PHCS | All Commercial Plans | $7,724.80 | ↑ +113% |
| Aetna | All Commercial Plans | $7,788.42 | ↑ +114% |
| First Health | All Commercial Plans | $7,788.42 | ↑ +114% |
| Kaiser | HMO/PPO | $8,281.54 | ↑ +128% |
| Regence | RealValue | $8,931.09 | ↑ +146% |
| Uniform Medical | All Commercial Plans | $9,589.36 | ↑ +164% |
| Premera | Prime | $9,920.64 | ↑ +173% |
| Regence | Commercial | $9,923.43 | ↑ +173% |
| Regence | Blue High Performance | $9,923.43 | ↑ +173% |
| Regence | MCC/AHN | $9,923.43 | ↑ +173% |
| Premera | Other Commercial Plans | $10,648.77 | ↑ +193% |
| Premera | Signature | $10,648.77 | ↑ +193% |
| United Healthcare | Commercial | $11,941.00 | ↑ +228% |
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Biopsy of heart lining at other Washington hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus | Seattle | $8,451.84 | $3,656.33 – $13,496.13 |
| Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital | Spokane | $3,942.40 | $3,518.52 – $8,954.64 |
| Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill | Seattle | $8,451.84 | $3,656.33 – $12,997.30 |
| Swedish Issaquah | Issaquah | $8,451.84 | $3,666.59 – $13,496.13 |
| Central Medical Center | Seattle | $6,150.40 | not published |
| Providence St Mary Medical Center | Walla Walla | $4,561.90 | $2,824.42 – $6,509.26 |
| Providence Regional Medical Center Everett - Colby Campus | Everett | $2,476.76 | $1,985.00 – $10,503.15 |
| MultiCare Valley Hospital | Spokane Valley | $4,083.60 | $1,596.86 – $13,256.42 |