Culture mycobacteria definitive id each isolate 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

$41.60

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.

$104.00

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 $89.13 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 ↓ -88%
Community Health Plan of Washington Apple Health $5.18 ↓ -88%
Coordinated Care Apple Health $5.51 ↓ -87%
United Healthcare Apple Health $5.51 ↓ -87%
WellPoint Apple Health $5.68 ↓ -86%
Regence RealValue $15.12 ↓ -64%
SCAN MedAdvantage $15.33 ↓ -63%
Cigna Sterling MedAdvantage $15.64 ↓ -62%
Regence MedAdvantage $15.79 ↓ -62%
Kaiser HMO/PPO $16.07 ↓ -61%
Community Health Plan of Washington MedAdvantage $16.10 ↓ -61%
Aetna MedAdvantage $16.10 ↓ -61%
United Healthcare MedAdvantage $16.10 ↓ -61%
WellCare MedAdvantage $16.25 ↓ -61%
Regence MCC/AHN $16.80 ↓ -60%
Uniform Medical All Commercial Plans $16.80 ↓ -60%
Regence Commercial $16.80 ↓ -60%
Regence Blue High Performance $16.80 ↓ -60%
Kaiser MedAdvantage $17.17 ↓ -59%
Premera Prime $18.26 ↓ -56%
Premera Signature $18.26 ↓ -56%
Premera Other Commercial Plans $18.26 ↓ -56%
First Choice MHS Employee MCC/PPO $22.28 ↓ -46%
Community Health Plan of Washington Cascade Care $24.53 ↓ -41%
Ambetter Coordinated Care Exchange $26.22 ↓ -37%
First Choice First Choice PPO $36.53 ↓ -12%
Riverside Christian Commercial $50.96 ↑ +23%
United Healthcare Commercial $85.38 ↑ +105%
Multiplan/PHCS All Commercial Plans $88.40 ↑ +113%
Cigna Commercial $88.40 ↑ +113%
First Health All Commercial Plans $89.13 ↑ +114%
Aetna All Commercial Plans $89.13 ↑ +114%

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Culture mycobacteria definitive id each isolate at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Providence St Luke's Rehabilitation Medical Center Spokane $156.24 $14.61 – $16.07
Providence St Joseph Hospital Chewelah $35.00 not published
Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus Seattle $56.16 $13.15 – $68.67
Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital Spokane $221.20 $14.61 – $52.60
Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill Seattle $56.16 $13.15 – $66.48
Swedish Issaquah Issaquah $56.16 $13.15 – $68.67
Central Medical Center Seattle $65.60 $11.00 – $11.00
Providence Centralia Hospital Centralia $124.28 $14.61 – $91.02

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