Biopsy of lip 40490 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.

$277.02 with SCAN vs $5,793.00 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
SCAN MedAdvantage $277.02
Cigna Sterling MedAdvantage $282.56
Regence MedAdvantage $285.33
Aetna MedAdvantage $290.87
United Healthcare MedAdvantage $290.87
Community Health Plan of Washington MedAdvantage $290.87
WellCare MedAdvantage $293.64
Kaiser MedAdvantage $310.26
First Choice MHS Employee MCC/PPO $372.66
Community Health Plan of Washington Cascade Care $443.23
Ambetter Coordinated Care Exchange $473.70
Kaiser HMO/PPO $577.77
First Choice First Choice PPO $610.92
Molina Apple Health $623.44
Community Health Plan of Washington Apple Health $660.11
Regence RealValue $684.41
Coordinated Care Apple Health $702.90
United Healthcare Apple Health $702.90
WellPoint Apple Health $724.29
Uniform Medical All Commercial Plans $734.84
Premera Prime $760.24
Regence MCC/AHN $760.45
Regence Commercial $760.45
Regence Blue High Performance $760.45
Premera Other Commercial Plans $816.04
Premera Signature $816.04
United Healthcare Commercial $5,793.00

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Biopsy of lip 40490 at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus Seattle $636.48 $274.27 – $957.11
Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill Seattle $636.48 $274.27 – $926.56
Swedish Issaquah Issaquah $636.48 $275.04 – $957.11
Virginia Mason Medical Center Seattle $380.97 $3.69 – $337.01
Providence St Luke's Rehabilitation Medical Center Spokane not published $263.93 – $290.33
Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital Spokane not published $263.93 – $671.71
Central Medical Center Seattle not published not published
Providence Centralia Hospital Centralia not published $274.27 – $1,191.29

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