Bronchial challenge 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

$528.40

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.

$1,321.00

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.

$69.44 with Molina vs $1,132.10 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 $69.44 ↓ -87%
Community Health Plan of Washington Apple Health $73.52 ↓ -86%
United Healthcare Apple Health $78.29 ↓ -85%
Coordinated Care Apple Health $78.29 ↓ -85%
WellPoint Apple Health $80.67 ↓ -85%
SCAN MedAdvantage $436.44 ↓ -17%
Cigna Sterling MedAdvantage $445.17 ↓ -16%
Regence MedAdvantage $449.54 ↓ -15%
United Healthcare MedAdvantage $458.26 ↓ -13%
Community Health Plan of Washington MedAdvantage $458.26 ↓ -13%
Aetna MedAdvantage $458.26 ↓ -13%
WellCare MedAdvantage $462.63 ↓ -12%
First Choice MHS Employee MCC/PPO $463.17 ↓ -12%
Kaiser MedAdvantage $488.82 ↓ -7%
Riverside Christian Commercial $647.29 ↑ +23%
Community Health Plan of Washington Cascade Care $698.31 ↑ +32%
Ambetter Coordinated Care Exchange $746.32 ↑ +41%
First Choice First Choice PPO $759.30 ↑ +44%
Kaiser HMO/PPO $778.57 ↑ +47%
Regence RealValue $879.46 ↑ +66%
Uniform Medical All Commercial Plans $944.28 ↑ +79%
Premera Prime $976.92 ↑ +85%
Regence Commercial $977.18 ↑ +85%
Regence Blue High Performance $977.18 ↑ +85%
Regence MCC/AHN $977.18 ↑ +85%
Premera Other Commercial Plans $1,048.62 ↑ +98%
Premera Signature $1,048.62 ↑ +98%
United Healthcare Commercial $1,084.54 ↑ +105%
Cigna Commercial $1,122.85 ↑ +113%
Multiplan/PHCS All Commercial Plans $1,122.85 ↑ +113%
First Health All Commercial Plans $1,132.10 ↑ +114%
Aetna All Commercial Plans $1,132.10 ↑ +114%

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Bronchial challenge at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Providence St Joseph Hospital Chewelah $543.90 not published
Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus Seattle $849.12 $432.11 – $1,312.76
Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital Spokane $1,167.60 $415.83 – $1,058.28
Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill Seattle $849.12 $432.11 – $1,151.61
Swedish Issaquah Issaquah $849.12 $433.33 – $1,189.57
Central Medical Center Seattle $685.60 not published
Providence Mount Carmel Hospital Colville $672.00 not published
Providence St Mary Medical Center Walla Walla $455.70 $278.13 – $769.28

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