Clean out mastoid cavity 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.

$623.44 with Molina vs $5,793.00 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.

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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 $623.44
SCAN MedAdvantage $630.80
Cigna Sterling MedAdvantage $643.41
Regence MedAdvantage $649.72
Community Health Plan of Washington Apple Health $660.11
Aetna MedAdvantage $662.33
United Healthcare MedAdvantage $662.33
Community Health Plan of Washington MedAdvantage $662.33
WellCare MedAdvantage $668.64
United Healthcare Apple Health $702.90
Coordinated Care Apple Health $702.90
Kaiser MedAdvantage $706.49
WellPoint Apple Health $724.29
First Choice MHS Employee MCC/PPO $808.35
Community Health Plan of Washington Cascade Care $1,009.27
Ambetter Coordinated Care Exchange $1,078.66
Kaiser HMO/PPO $1,269.96
First Choice First Choice PPO $1,325.16
Regence RealValue $1,541.63
Uniform Medical All Commercial Plans $1,655.26
Premera Prime $1,712.44
Regence Commercial $1,712.92
Regence Blue High Performance $1,712.92
Regence MCC/AHN $1,712.92
Premera Other Commercial Plans $1,838.13
Premera Signature $1,838.13
United Healthcare Commercial $5,793.00

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Clean out mastoid cavity at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Virginia Mason Medical Center Seattle $1,639.14 $3.25 – $564.82
Providence St Luke's Rehabilitation Medical Center Spokane not published $601.00 – $661.10
Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus Seattle not published $624.54 – $2,076.08
Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital Spokane not published $601.00 – $1,529.54
Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill Seattle not published $624.54 – $2,009.83
Swedish Issaquah Issaquah not published $626.29 – $2,076.08
Central Medical Center Seattle not published not published
Providence Centralia Hospital Centralia not published $624.54 – $2,584.06

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