Darbepoetin alfa, esrd use 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

$14.26

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.

$35.63

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.

$3.01 with SCAN vs $125.79 with WellPoint — 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 $3.01 ↓ -79%
Cigna Sterling MedAdvantage $3.07 ↓ -78%
Regence MedAdvantage $3.10 ↓ -78%
Aetna MedAdvantage $3.16 ↓ -78%
Community Health Plan of Washington MedAdvantage $3.16 ↓ -78%
United Healthcare MedAdvantage $3.16 ↓ -78%
WellCare MedAdvantage $3.19 ↓ -78%
Kaiser MedAdvantage $3.37 ↓ -76%
Community Health Plan of Washington Cascade Care $4.82 ↓ -66%
Ambetter Coordinated Care Exchange $5.15 ↓ -64%
Premera Other Commercial Plans $5.42 ↓ -62%
Premera Signature $5.42 ↓ -62%
Premera Prime $5.42 ↓ -62%
Uniform Medical All Commercial Plans $6.12 ↓ -57%
Kaiser HMO/PPO $6.83 ↓ -52%
Regence RealValue $6.89 ↓ -52%
Regence MCC/AHN $7.65 ↓ -46%
Regence Blue High Performance $7.65 ↓ -46%
Regence Commercial $7.65 ↓ -46%
First Choice MHS Employee MCC/PPO $8.39 ↓ -41%
First Choice First Choice PPO $13.75 ↓ -4%
Riverside Christian Commercial $17.46 ↑ +22%
United Healthcare Commercial $29.25 ↑ +105%
Multiplan/PHCS All Commercial Plans $30.29 ↑ +112%
Cigna Commercial $30.29 ↑ +112%
Aetna All Commercial Plans $30.53 ↑ +114%
First Health All Commercial Plans $30.53 ↑ +114%
Molina Apple Health $108.27 ↑ +659%
Community Health Plan of Washington Apple Health $114.64 ↑ +704%
Coordinated Care Apple Health $122.07 ↑ +756%
United Healthcare Apple Health $122.07 ↑ +756%
WellPoint Apple Health $125.79 ↑ +782%

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Darbepoetin alfa, esrd use at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Virginia Mason Medical Center Seattle $7.24 $2.05 – $9.28
MultiCare Covington Medical Center Covington $28.72 $3.01 – $119.56
MultiCare Allenmore Hospital Tacoma $19.46 $3.01 – $122.37
Providence St Luke's Rehabilitation Medical Center Spokane not published $3.07 – $3.38
Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus Seattle not published $3.06 – $10.26
Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital Spokane not published $2.29 – $8.55
Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill Seattle not published $3.06 – $7.43
Swedish Issaquah Issaquah not published $3.06 – $10.26

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