Contrast baths charges at MultiCare Yakima Memorial Hospital
2811 Tieton Drive, Yakima, WA · Multicare · · NPI 1053373480
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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.
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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.
$8.37 with Molina vs $46.56 with First Choice — 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 | $8.37 | — |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | Apple Health | $8.87 | — |
| Coordinated Care | Apple Health | $9.44 | — |
| United Healthcare | Apple Health | $9.44 | — |
| WellPoint | Apple Health | $9.73 | — |
| SCAN | MedAdvantage | $14.10 | — |
| Cigna Sterling | MedAdvantage | $14.38 | — |
| Regence | MedAdvantage | $14.53 | — |
| Aetna | MedAdvantage | $14.81 | — |
| United Healthcare | MedAdvantage | $14.81 | — |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | MedAdvantage | $14.81 | — |
| WellCare | MedAdvantage | $14.95 | — |
| Kaiser | MedAdvantage | $15.79 | — |
| Uniform Medical | All Commercial Plans | $18.17 | — |
| Regence | RealValue | $18.87 | — |
| Regence | MCC/AHN | $20.97 | — |
| Regence | Commercial | $20.97 | — |
| Regence | Blue High Performance | $20.97 | — |
| Premera | Signature | $21.70 | — |
| Premera | Other Commercial Plans | $21.70 | — |
| Premera | Prime | $21.70 | — |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | Cascade Care | $22.56 | — |
| Ambetter | Coordinated Care Exchange | $24.11 | — |
| First Choice | MHS Employee MCC/PPO | $28.40 | — |
| Kaiser | HMO/PPO | $40.50 | — |
| First Choice | First Choice PPO | $46.56 | — |
Visitor-reported prices
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Contrast baths charges at other Washington hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Providence St Luke's Rehabilitation Medical Center | Spokane | $66.00 | $15.83 – $17.41 |
| Providence St Joseph Hospital | Chewelah | $59.50 | not published |
| Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital | Spokane | $41.30 | $15.83 – $40.29 |
| Providence St Mary Medical Center | Walla Walla | $31.50 | $14.00 – $29.29 |
| Kadlec Regional Medical Center | Richland | $62.30 | $15.83 – $29.29 |
| Providence Holy Family Hospital | Spokane | $31.50 | $15.83 – $68.90 |
| Providence Regional Medical Center Everett - Colby Campus | Everett | $55.12 | $14.25 – $36.73 |
| Providence St Peter Hospital | Olympia | $46.80 | $12.66 – $51.68 |