Biopsy of prostate 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

$1,525.60

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.

$3,814.00

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.

$1,034.78 with Molina vs $11,646.56 with Premera — 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 $1,034.78 ↓ -32%
Community Health Plan of Washington Apple Health $1,095.65 ↓ -28%
United Healthcare Apple Health $1,166.66 ↓ -24%
Coordinated Care Apple Health $1,166.66 ↓ -24%
WellPoint Apple Health $1,202.17 ↓ -21%
Riverside Christian Commercial $1,868.86 ↑ +23%
First Choice MHS Employee MCC/PPO $2,939.36 ↑ +93%
Cigna Commercial $3,241.90 ↑ +113%
Multiplan/PHCS All Commercial Plans $3,241.90 ↑ +113%
First Health All Commercial Plans $3,268.60 ↑ +114%
Aetna All Commercial Plans $3,268.60 ↑ +114%
SCAN MedAdvantage $4,122.80 ↑ +170%
Cigna Sterling MedAdvantage $4,205.25 ↑ +176%
Regence MedAdvantage $4,246.48 ↑ +178%
United Healthcare MedAdvantage $4,328.93 ↑ +184%
Community Health Plan of Washington MedAdvantage $4,328.93 ↑ +184%
Aetna MedAdvantage $4,328.93 ↑ +184%
WellCare MedAdvantage $4,370.16 ↑ +186%
Kaiser MedAdvantage $4,617.53 ↑ +203%
First Choice First Choice PPO $4,818.62 ↑ +216%
Community Health Plan of Washington Cascade Care $6,596.47 ↑ +332%
United Healthcare Commercial $6,857.00 ↑ +349%
Ambetter Coordinated Care Exchange $7,049.98 ↑ +362%
Kaiser HMO/PPO $8,910.23 ↑ +484%
Regence RealValue $9,767.93 ↑ +540%
Uniform Medical All Commercial Plans $10,487.89 ↑ +587%
Premera Prime $10,850.20 ↑ +611%
Regence Blue High Performance $10,853.26 ↑ +611%
Regence MCC/AHN $10,853.26 ↑ +611%
Regence Commercial $10,853.26 ↑ +611%
Premera Other Commercial Plans $11,646.56 ↑ +663%
Premera Signature $11,646.56 ↑ +663%

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Biopsy of prostate at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus Seattle $5,869.44 $4,081.89 – $12,400.79
Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital Spokane $1,144.50 $3,928.04 – $9,996.87
Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill Seattle $5,869.44 $4,081.89 – $9,551.63
Swedish Issaquah Issaquah $5,869.44 $4,093.34 – $9,087.22
Kadlec Regional Medical Center Richland $2,400.30 $445.77 – $7,266.88
Providence Holy Family Hospital Spokane $5,133.80 $3,928.04 – $10,311.11
Virginia Mason Medical Center Seattle $2,549.49 $7.74 – $1,236.10
Providence St Luke's Rehabilitation Medical Center Spokane not published $3,928.04 – $4,320.85

All Washington hospitals for this procedure →