Consultation pathology during surgery cytological exam initial site at MultiCare Yakima Memorial Hospital
2811 Tieton Drive, Yakima, WA · Multicare · · NPI 1053373480
$407.20
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.
$1,018.00
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.
$24.99 with Molina vs $2,872.71 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Molina | Apple Health | $24.99 | ↓ -94% |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | Apple Health | $26.46 | ↓ -94% |
| United Healthcare | Apple Health | $28.18 | ↓ -93% |
| Coordinated Care | Apple Health | $28.18 | ↓ -93% |
| WellPoint | Apple Health | $29.03 | ↓ -93% |
| Riverside Christian | Commercial | $498.82 | ↑ +23% |
| United Healthcare | Commercial | $835.78 | ↑ +105% |
| Multiplan/PHCS | All Commercial Plans | $865.30 | ↑ +113% |
| Cigna | Commercial | $865.30 | ↑ +113% |
| First Health | All Commercial Plans | $872.43 | ↑ +114% |
| Aetna | All Commercial Plans | $872.43 | ↑ +114% |
| SCAN | MedAdvantage | $942.32 | ↑ +131% |
| Cigna Sterling | MedAdvantage | $961.16 | ↑ +136% |
| Regence | MedAdvantage | $970.59 | ↑ +138% |
| United Healthcare | MedAdvantage | $989.43 | ↑ +143% |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | MedAdvantage | $989.43 | ↑ +143% |
| Aetna | MedAdvantage | $989.43 | ↑ +143% |
| WellCare | MedAdvantage | $998.86 | ↑ +145% |
| Kaiser | MedAdvantage | $1,055.40 | ↑ +159% |
| First Choice | MHS Employee MCC/PPO | $1,149.61 | ↑ +182% |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | Cascade Care | $1,507.71 | ↑ +270% |
| Ambetter | Coordinated Care Exchange | $1,611.36 | ↑ +296% |
| First Choice | First Choice PPO | $1,884.60 | ↑ +363% |
| Kaiser | HMO/PPO | $2,158.70 | ↑ +430% |
| Regence | RealValue | $2,409.33 | ↑ +492% |
| Uniform Medical | All Commercial Plans | $2,586.91 | ↑ +535% |
| Premera | Prime | $2,676.29 | ↑ +557% |
| Regence | MCC/AHN | $2,677.03 | ↑ +557% |
| Regence | Blue High Performance | $2,677.03 | ↑ +557% |
| Regence | Commercial | $2,677.03 | ↑ +557% |
| Premera | Other Commercial Plans | $2,872.71 | ↑ +605% |
| Premera | Signature | $2,872.71 | ↑ +605% |
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Consultation pathology during surgery cytological exam initial site at other Washington hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Providence St Joseph Hospital | Chewelah | $425.60 | not published |
| Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus | Seattle | $77.28 | $61.29 – $2,952.54 |
| Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital | Spokane | $286.30 | $67.42 – $2,284.91 |
| Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill | Seattle | $77.28 | $61.29 – $2,858.31 |
| Swedish Issaquah | Issaquah | $77.28 | $61.29 – $2,952.54 |
| Central Medical Center | Seattle | $1,939.20 | $2,020.00 – $2,020.00 |
| Providence Centralia Hospital | Centralia | $1,237.08 | $91.94 – $3,913.69 |
| Providence Mount Carmel Hospital | Colville | $410.90 | not published |