Blood smear microscopic w manual differential wbc count 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

$27.60

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.

$69.00

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.

$3.83 with Molina vs $59.13 with Aetna — 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 $3.83 ↓ -86%
Regence RealValue $3.93 ↓ -86%
SCAN MedAdvantage $3.99 ↓ -86%
Community Health Plan of Washington Apple Health $4.06 ↓ -85%
Cigna Sterling MedAdvantage $4.07 ↓ -85%
Regence MedAdvantage $4.11 ↓ -85%
Kaiser HMO/PPO $4.18 ↓ -85%
Community Health Plan of Washington MedAdvantage $4.19 ↓ -85%
United Healthcare MedAdvantage $4.19 ↓ -85%
Aetna MedAdvantage $4.19 ↓ -85%
WellCare MedAdvantage $4.23 ↓ -85%
United Healthcare Apple Health $4.32 ↓ -84%
Coordinated Care Apple Health $4.32 ↓ -84%
Regence MCC/AHN $4.37 ↓ -84%
Uniform Medical All Commercial Plans $4.37 ↓ -84%
Regence Commercial $4.37 ↓ -84%
Regence Blue High Performance $4.37 ↓ -84%
WellPoint Apple Health $4.45 ↓ -84%
Kaiser MedAdvantage $4.47 ↓ -84%
Premera Prime $4.75 ↓ -83%
Premera Signature $4.75 ↓ -83%
Premera Other Commercial Plans $4.75 ↓ -83%
First Choice MHS Employee MCC/PPO $5.80 ↓ -79%
Community Health Plan of Washington Cascade Care $6.38 ↓ -77%
Ambetter Coordinated Care Exchange $6.82 ↓ -75%
First Choice First Choice PPO $9.50 ↓ -66%
Riverside Christian Commercial $33.81 ↑ +23%
United Healthcare Commercial $56.65 ↑ +105%
Multiplan/PHCS All Commercial Plans $58.65 ↑ +113%
Cigna Commercial $58.65 ↑ +113%
First Health All Commercial Plans $59.13 ↑ +114%
Aetna All Commercial Plans $59.13 ↑ +114%

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