Destruction by neurolytic agent w/imaging guidance lumbar/sacral (both sides) at MultiCare Yakima Memorial Hospital
2811 Tieton Drive, Yakima, WA · Multicare · · NPI 1053373480
$2,173.60
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.
$5,434.00
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.
$580.48 with Molina vs $10,522.00 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.
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 | $580.48 | ↓ -73% |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | Apple Health | $614.62 | ↓ -72% |
| United Healthcare | Apple Health | $654.46 | ↓ -70% |
| Coordinated Care | Apple Health | $654.46 | ↓ -70% |
| WellPoint | Apple Health | $674.38 | ↓ -69% |
| SCAN | MedAdvantage | $2,283.89 | ↑ +5% |
| Cigna Sterling | MedAdvantage | $2,329.57 | ↑ +7% |
| Regence | MedAdvantage | $2,352.41 | ↑ +8% |
| United Healthcare | MedAdvantage | $2,398.09 | ↑ +10% |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | MedAdvantage | $2,398.09 | ↑ +10% |
| Aetna | MedAdvantage | $2,398.09 | ↑ +10% |
| WellCare | MedAdvantage | $2,420.93 | ↑ +11% |
| Kaiser | MedAdvantage | $2,557.96 | ↑ +18% |
| Riverside Christian | Commercial | $2,662.66 | ↑ +23% |
| First Choice | MHS Employee MCC/PPO | $2,852.75 | ↑ +31% |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | Cascade Care | $3,654.23 | ↑ +68% |
| Ambetter | Coordinated Care Exchange | $3,905.46 | ↑ +80% |
| Multiplan/PHCS | All Commercial Plans | $4,618.90 | ↑ +113% |
| Cigna | Commercial | $4,618.90 | ↑ +113% |
| Aetna | All Commercial Plans | $4,656.94 | ↑ +114% |
| First Health | All Commercial Plans | $4,656.94 | ↑ +114% |
| First Choice | First Choice PPO | $4,676.63 | ↑ +115% |
| Kaiser | HMO/PPO | $4,997.11 | ↑ +130% |
| Regence | RealValue | $5,409.89 | ↑ +149% |
| Uniform Medical | All Commercial Plans | $5,808.63 | ↑ +167% |
| Premera | Prime | $6,009.28 | ↑ +176% |
| Regence | Commercial | $6,010.99 | ↑ +177% |
| Regence | Blue High Performance | $6,010.99 | ↑ +177% |
| Regence | MCC/AHN | $6,010.99 | ↑ +177% |
| Premera | Other Commercial Plans | $6,450.34 | ↑ +197% |
| Premera | Signature | $6,450.34 | ↑ +197% |
| United Healthcare | Commercial | $10,522.00 | ↑ +384% |
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Destruction by neurolytic agent w/imaging guidance lumbar/sacral (both sides) at other Washington hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus | Seattle | $5,515.20 | $2,261.24 – $8,373.23 |
| Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill | Seattle | $5,515.20 | $2,261.24 – $8,063.75 |
| Swedish Issaquah | Issaquah | $5,515.20 | $2,267.58 – $8,373.23 |
| Providence St Mary Medical Center | Walla Walla | $2,454.20 | $1,710.86 – $4,025.62 |
| MultiCare Valley Hospital | Spokane Valley | $1,529.60 | $580.23 – $7,998.96 |
| MultiCare Auburn Medical Center | Auburn | $3,825.20 | $593.50 – $9,373.54 |
| MultiCare Good Samaritan Hospital | Puyallup | $3,825.20 | $607.22 – $9,373.54 |
| Virginia Mason Medical Center | Seattle | $3,182.91 | $12.42 – $1,007.90 |