Change of ureter tube/stent at MultiCare Yakima Memorial Hospital
2811 Tieton Drive, Yakima, WA · Multicare · · NPI 1053373480
$2,623.60
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.
$6,559.00
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.
$1,024.28 with Molina vs $6,857.00 with United Healthcare — 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 | $1,024.28 | ↓ -61% |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | Apple Health | $1,084.54 | ↓ -59% |
| United Healthcare | Apple Health | $1,154.83 | ↓ -56% |
| Coordinated Care | Apple Health | $1,154.83 | ↓ -56% |
| WellPoint | Apple Health | $1,189.98 | ↓ -55% |
| SCAN | MedAdvantage | $2,444.90 | ↓ -7% |
| Cigna Sterling | MedAdvantage | $2,493.80 | ↓ -5% |
| Regence | MedAdvantage | $2,518.25 | ↓ -4% |
| United Healthcare | MedAdvantage | $2,567.14 | ↓ -2% |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | MedAdvantage | $2,567.14 | ↓ -2% |
| Aetna | MedAdvantage | $2,567.14 | ↓ -2% |
| WellCare | MedAdvantage | $2,591.59 | ↓ -1% |
| Kaiser | MedAdvantage | $2,738.29 | ↑ +4% |
| First Choice | MHS Employee MCC/PPO | $2,939.36 | ↑ +12% |
| Riverside Christian | Commercial | $3,213.91 | ↑ +23% |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | Cascade Care | $3,911.84 | ↑ +49% |
| Ambetter | Coordinated Care Exchange | $4,180.78 | ↑ +59% |
| First Choice | First Choice PPO | $4,818.62 | ↑ +84% |
| Kaiser | HMO/PPO | $5,156.57 | ↑ +97% |
| Cigna | Commercial | $5,575.15 | ↑ +113% |
| Multiplan/PHCS | All Commercial Plans | $5,575.15 | ↑ +113% |
| Aetna | All Commercial Plans | $5,621.06 | ↑ +114% |
| First Health | All Commercial Plans | $5,621.06 | ↑ +114% |
| Regence | RealValue | $5,707.00 | ↑ +118% |
| Uniform Medical | All Commercial Plans | $6,127.63 | ↑ +134% |
| Premera | Prime | $6,339.31 | ↑ +142% |
| Regence | Commercial | $6,341.11 | ↑ +142% |
| Regence | Blue High Performance | $6,341.11 | ↑ +142% |
| Regence | MCC/AHN | $6,341.11 | ↑ +142% |
| Premera | Other Commercial Plans | $6,804.58 | ↑ +159% |
| Premera | Signature | $6,804.58 | ↑ +159% |
| United Healthcare | Commercial | $6,857.00 | ↑ +161% |
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Change of ureter tube/stent at other Washington hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus | Seattle | $5,869.44 | $2,420.64 – $8,627.45 |
| Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital | Spokane | $4,442.90 | $2,329.41 – $5,928.34 |
| Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill | Seattle | $5,869.44 | $2,420.64 – $8,308.57 |
| Swedish Issaquah | Issaquah | $5,869.44 | $2,427.43 – $8,627.45 |
| Kadlec Regional Medical Center | Richland | $4,012.40 | $128.51 – $6,572.45 |
| Providence Holy Family Hospital | Spokane | $6,506.50 | $2,329.41 – $6,114.69 |
| Providence Regional Medical Center Everett - Colby Campus | Everett | $3,681.08 | $1,985.00 – $6,714.17 |
| Providence St Peter Hospital | Olympia | $5,184.92 | $2,043.50 – $8,326.29 |