Culture anaerobic except blood 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

$66.40

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.

$166.00

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.

$4.89 with Molina vs $142.26 with Aetna — 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 $4.89 ↓ -93%
Community Health Plan of Washington Apple Health $5.18 ↓ -92%
Coordinated Care Apple Health $5.51 ↓ -92%
United Healthcare Apple Health $5.51 ↓ -92%
WellPoint Apple Health $5.68 ↓ -91%
Regence RealValue $9.80 ↓ -85%
SCAN MedAdvantage $9.94 ↓ -85%
Cigna Sterling MedAdvantage $10.14 ↓ -85%
Regence MedAdvantage $10.24 ↓ -85%
Kaiser HMO/PPO $10.42 ↓ -84%
Community Health Plan of Washington MedAdvantage $10.44 ↓ -84%
Aetna MedAdvantage $10.44 ↓ -84%
United Healthcare MedAdvantage $10.44 ↓ -84%
WellCare MedAdvantage $10.54 ↓ -84%
Regence MCC/AHN $10.89 ↓ -84%
Uniform Medical All Commercial Plans $10.89 ↓ -84%
Regence Commercial $10.89 ↓ -84%
Regence Blue High Performance $10.89 ↓ -84%
Kaiser MedAdvantage $11.13 ↓ -83%
Premera Prime $11.84 ↓ -82%
Premera Signature $11.84 ↓ -82%
Premera Other Commercial Plans $11.84 ↓ -82%
First Choice MHS Employee MCC/PPO $14.44 ↓ -78%
Community Health Plan of Washington Cascade Care $15.90 ↓ -76%
Ambetter Coordinated Care Exchange $17.00 ↓ -74%
First Choice First Choice PPO $23.68 ↓ -64%
Riverside Christian Commercial $81.34 ↑ +23%
United Healthcare Commercial $136.29 ↑ +105%
Multiplan/PHCS All Commercial Plans $141.10 ↑ +113%
Cigna Commercial $141.10 ↑ +113%
First Health All Commercial Plans $142.26 ↑ +114%
Aetna All Commercial Plans $142.26 ↑ +114%

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Culture anaerobic except blood at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Providence St Luke's Rehabilitation Medical Center Spokane $227.43 $9.47 – $10.42
Providence St Joseph Hospital Chewelah $112.00 not published
Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus Seattle $60.48 $8.52 – $44.51
Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital Spokane $323.40 $9.47 – $34.09
Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill Seattle $60.48 $8.52 – $43.09
Swedish Issaquah Issaquah $60.48 $8.52 – $44.51
Central Medical Center Seattle $119.20 $7.00 – $7.00
Providence Centralia Hospital Centralia $180.96 $9.47 – $59.00

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