Bone Density Scan (DEXA) 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

$196.00

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.

$490.00

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.

$53.86 with Molina vs $419.93 with First Health — 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 $53.86 ↓ -73%
Community Health Plan of Washington Apple Health $57.03 ↓ -71%
United Healthcare Apple Health $60.73 ↓ -69%
Coordinated Care Apple Health $60.73 ↓ -69%
WellPoint Apple Health $62.57 ↓ -68%
SCAN MedAdvantage $122.28 ↓ -38%
Cigna Sterling MedAdvantage $124.72 ↓ -36%
Regence MedAdvantage $125.94 ↓ -36%
Aetna MedAdvantage $128.39 ↓ -34%
Community Health Plan of Washington MedAdvantage $128.39 ↓ -34%
United Healthcare MedAdvantage $128.39 ↓ -34%
WellCare MedAdvantage $129.61 ↓ -34%
Kaiser MedAdvantage $136.95 ↓ -30%
Community Health Plan of Washington Cascade Care $195.64 ↓ -0%
First Choice MHS Employee MCC/PPO $205.11 ↑ +5%
Ambetter Coordinated Care Exchange $209.09 ↑ +7%
Riverside Christian Commercial $240.10 ↑ +23%
Kaiser HMO/PPO $297.13 ↑ +52%
Regence RealValue $308.04 ↑ +57%
Uniform Medical All Commercial Plans $330.75 ↑ +69%
First Choice First Choice PPO $336.24 ↑ +72%
Premera Prime $342.19 ↑ +75%
Regence Blue High Performance $342.27 ↑ +75%
Regence Commercial $342.27 ↑ +75%
Regence MCC/AHN $342.27 ↑ +75%
Premera Other Commercial Plans $367.30 ↑ +87%
Premera Signature $367.30 ↑ +87%
United Healthcare Commercial $402.29 ↑ +105%
Multiplan/PHCS All Commercial Plans $416.50 ↑ +113%
Cigna Commercial $416.50 ↑ +113%
Aetna All Commercial Plans $419.93 ↑ +114%
First Health All Commercial Plans $419.93 ↑ +114%

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Bone Density Scan (DEXA) at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus Seattle $264.48 $121.06 – $526.78
Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill Seattle $264.48 $121.06 – $509.96
Swedish Issaquah Issaquah $264.48 $121.40 – $526.78
Central Medical Center Seattle $368.00 $107.00 – $107.00
Providence Centralia Hospital Centralia $397.28 $121.06 – $698.26
Providence Mount Carmel Hospital Colville $404.60 not published
Swedish Edmonds Hospital Edmonds $203.04 $93.81 – $504.36
Providence St Mary Medical Center Walla Walla $581.70 $97.42 – $215.52

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