Cystoscopy (Bladder Scope) 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

$835.60

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.

$2,089.00

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.

$815.55 with SCAN vs $4,611.00 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
SCAN MedAdvantage $815.55 ↓ -2%
Cigna Sterling MedAdvantage $831.87 ↓ -0%
Regence MedAdvantage $840.02 ↑ +1%
United Healthcare MedAdvantage $856.33 ↑ +2%
Community Health Plan of Washington MedAdvantage $856.33 ↑ +2%
Aetna MedAdvantage $856.33 ↑ +2%
WellCare MedAdvantage $864.49 ↑ +3%
Kaiser MedAdvantage $913.42 ↑ +9%
First Choice MHS Employee MCC/PPO $1,018.45 ↑ +22%
Riverside Christian Commercial $1,023.61 ↑ +23%
Molina Apple Health $1,058.97 ↑ +27%
Community Health Plan of Washington Apple Health $1,121.26 ↑ +34%
Coordinated Care Apple Health $1,193.94 ↑ +43%
United Healthcare Apple Health $1,193.94 ↑ +43%
WellPoint Apple Health $1,230.27 ↑ +47%
Community Health Plan of Washington Cascade Care $1,304.89 ↑ +56%
Ambetter Coordinated Care Exchange $1,394.60 ↑ +67%
First Choice First Choice PPO $1,669.59 ↑ +100%
Kaiser HMO/PPO $1,738.45 ↑ +108%
Multiplan/PHCS All Commercial Plans $1,775.65 ↑ +113%
Cigna Commercial $1,775.65 ↑ +113%
First Health All Commercial Plans $1,790.27 ↑ +114%
Aetna All Commercial Plans $1,790.27 ↑ +114%
Regence RealValue $1,914.02 ↑ +129%
Uniform Medical All Commercial Plans $2,055.09 ↑ +146%
Premera Prime $2,126.07 ↑ +154%
Regence MCC/AHN $2,126.69 ↑ +155%
Regence Blue High Performance $2,126.69 ↑ +155%
Regence Commercial $2,126.69 ↑ +155%
Premera Signature $2,282.12 ↑ +173%
Premera Other Commercial Plans $2,282.12 ↑ +173%
United Healthcare Commercial $4,611.00 ↑ +452%

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Cystoscopy (Bladder Scope) at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Providence St Joseph Hospital Chewelah $1,091.30 not published
Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus Seattle $1,639.20 $807.46 – $2,615.69
Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital Spokane $1,222.90 $777.03 – $1,977.54
Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill Seattle $1,639.20 $807.46 – $2,532.21
Swedish Issaquah Issaquah $1,639.20 $809.73 – $2,615.69
Providence Centralia Hospital Centralia $1,160.64 $807.46 – $3,255.70
Providence Mount Carmel Hospital Colville $1,094.10 not published
Providence St Mary Medical Center Walla Walla $1,522.50 $605.30 – $2,526.65

All Washington hospitals for this procedure →