Brace knee hing pat open med 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.

$142.84 with Regence vs $430.04 with Kaiser — 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
Regence RealValue $142.84
Regence Commercial $158.71
Uniform Medical All Commercial Plans $158.71
Regence Blue High Performance $158.71
Regence MCC/AHN $158.71
SCAN MedAdvantage $162.45
Cigna Sterling MedAdvantage $165.70
Regence MedAdvantage $167.33
Community Health Plan of Washington MedAdvantage $170.58
Aetna MedAdvantage $170.58
United Healthcare MedAdvantage $170.58
WellCare MedAdvantage $172.20
Kaiser MedAdvantage $181.95
Premera Prime $246.00
Premera Signature $246.00
Premera Other Commercial Plans $246.00
First Choice MHS Employee MCC/PPO $247.29
Community Health Plan of Washington Cascade Care $259.93
Ambetter Coordinated Care Exchange $277.80
First Choice First Choice PPO $405.39
Kaiser HMO/PPO $430.04

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Brace knee hing pat open med at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus Seattle $62.63 $165.77 – $503.61
Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill Seattle $62.63 $165.77 – $405.39
Swedish Issaquah Issaquah $62.63 $165.77 – $368.01
Swedish Edmonds Hospital Edmonds $62.63 $165.77 – $540.52
MultiCare Valley Hospital Spokane Valley $82.40 $158.71 – $688.37
St. Michael Medical Center Silverdale $53.33 $76.12 – $729.05
St. Anne Hospital Burien $36.90 $51.96 – $518.50
St. Anthony Hospital Gig Harbor $36.75 $60.41 – $536.00

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