Drain bladder by trocar/cath 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

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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.

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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.

$257.87 with Molina vs $6,857.00 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
Molina Apple Health $257.87
Community Health Plan of Washington Apple Health $273.04
Coordinated Care Apple Health $290.74
United Healthcare Apple Health $290.74
WellPoint Apple Health $299.59
SCAN MedAdvantage $1,004.38
Cigna Sterling MedAdvantage $1,024.46
Regence MedAdvantage $1,034.51
United Healthcare MedAdvantage $1,054.60
Aetna MedAdvantage $1,054.60
Community Health Plan of Washington MedAdvantage $1,054.60
WellCare MedAdvantage $1,064.64
Kaiser MedAdvantage $1,124.90
Community Health Plan of Washington Cascade Care $1,607.00
First Choice MHS Employee MCC/PPO $1,663.38
Ambetter Coordinated Care Exchange $1,717.48
Kaiser HMO/PPO $2,597.58
First Choice First Choice PPO $2,726.85
Regence RealValue $2,929.52
Uniform Medical All Commercial Plans $3,145.44
Premera Prime $3,254.10
Regence Commercial $3,255.02
Regence Blue High Performance $3,255.02
Regence MCC/AHN $3,255.02
Premera Other Commercial Plans $3,492.94
Premera Signature $3,492.94
United Healthcare Commercial $6,857.00

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Drain bladder by trocar/cath at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Providence St Joseph Hospital Chewelah $1,397.90 not published
Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus Seattle $3,113.28 $994.41 – $4,272.07
Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital Spokane $2,212.00 $956.93 – $3,272.22
Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill Seattle $3,113.28 $994.41 – $4,135.72
Swedish Issaquah Issaquah $3,113.28 $997.20 – $4,272.07
Providence Centralia Hospital Centralia $2,158.52 $994.41 – $5,662.76
Providence Mount Carmel Hospital Colville $1,635.20 not published
Providence St Mary Medical Center Walla Walla $5,893.30 $926.45 – $1,770.32

All Washington hospitals for this procedure →