Cell marker study at MultiCare Yakima Memorial Hospital
2811 Tieton Drive, Yakima, WA · Multicare · · NPI 1053373480
$77.60
Cash price 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.
$194.00
Gross charge 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.
$26.93 with Molina vs $181.02 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
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| Molina | Apple Health | $26.93 | ↓ -65% |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | Apple Health | $28.51 | ↓ -63% |
| United Healthcare | Apple Health | $30.36 | ↓ -61% |
| Coordinated Care | Apple Health | $30.36 | ↓ -61% |
| WellPoint | Apple Health | $31.28 | ↓ -60% |
| SCAN | MedAdvantage | $60.95 | ↓ -21% |
| Cigna Sterling | MedAdvantage | $62.17 | ↓ -20% |
| Regence | MedAdvantage | $62.78 | ↓ -19% |
| United Healthcare | MedAdvantage | $64.00 | ↓ -18% |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | MedAdvantage | $64.00 | ↓ -18% |
| Aetna | MedAdvantage | $64.00 | ↓ -18% |
| WellCare | MedAdvantage | $64.61 | ↓ -17% |
| Kaiser | MedAdvantage | $68.26 | ↓ -12% |
| First Choice | MHS Employee MCC/PPO | $90.53 | ↑ +17% |
| Riverside Christian | Commercial | $95.06 | ↑ +23% |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | Cascade Care | $97.52 | ↑ +26% |
| Ambetter | Coordinated Care Exchange | $104.22 | ↑ +34% |
| Kaiser | HMO/PPO | $139.39 | ↑ +80% |
| First Choice | First Choice PPO | $148.41 | ↑ +91% |
| Regence | RealValue | $151.83 | ↑ +96% |
| United Healthcare | Commercial | $159.27 | ↑ +105% |
| Uniform Medical | All Commercial Plans | $163.02 | ↑ +110% |
| Multiplan/PHCS | All Commercial Plans | $164.90 | ↑ +113% |
| Cigna | Commercial | $164.90 | ↑ +113% |
| Aetna | All Commercial Plans | $166.26 | ↑ +114% |
| First Health | All Commercial Plans | $166.26 | ↑ +114% |
| Premera | Prime | $168.64 | ↑ +117% |
| Regence | Blue High Performance | $168.70 | ↑ +117% |
| Regence | Commercial | $168.70 | ↑ +117% |
| Regence | MCC/AHN | $168.70 | ↑ +117% |
| Premera | Signature | $181.02 | ↑ +133% |
| Premera | Other Commercial Plans | $181.02 | ↑ +133% |
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Cell marker study at other Washington hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus | Seattle | $229.44 | $60.34 – $232.51 |
| Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill | Seattle | $229.44 | $60.34 – $225.09 |
| Swedish Issaquah | Issaquah | $229.44 | $60.51 – $232.51 |
| Central Medical Center | Seattle | $1,030.40 | $54.00 – $54.00 |
| MultiCare Valley Hospital | Spokane Valley | $90.40 | $26.92 – $223.12 |
| MultiCare Auburn Medical Center | Auburn | $177.60 | $27.53 – $250.15 |
| MultiCare Good Samaritan Hospital | Puyallup | $177.60 | $28.17 – $250.15 |
| Virginia Mason Medical Center | Seattle | $441.66 | $148.51 – $148.51 |