Driver pneumatic vad, rep 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.

$89,999.92 with Regence vs $280,800.91 with Kaiser — 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
Regence RealValue $89,999.92
Regence Commercial $99,999.91
Uniform Medical All Commercial Plans $99,999.91
Regence Blue High Performance $99,999.91
Regence MCC/AHN $99,999.91
SCAN MedAdvantage $106,078.48
Cigna Sterling MedAdvantage $108,200.05
Regence MedAdvantage $109,260.84
Community Health Plan of Washington MedAdvantage $111,382.41
Aetna MedAdvantage $111,382.41
United Healthcare MedAdvantage $111,382.41
WellCare MedAdvantage $112,443.19
Kaiser MedAdvantage $118,807.90
Premera Prime $154,999.86
Premera Signature $154,999.86
Premera Other Commercial Plans $154,999.86
First Choice MHS Employee MCC/PPO $161,474.81
Community Health Plan of Washington Cascade Care $169,725.57
Ambetter Coordinated Care Exchange $181,394.21
First Choice First Choice PPO $264,712.80
Kaiser HMO/PPO $280,800.91

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Driver pneumatic vad, rep at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Providence St Luke's Rehabilitation Medical Center Spokane not published $108,243.35 – $119,067.69
Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus Seattle not published $108,243.35 – $328,843.30
Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital Spokane not published $108,243.35 – $275,479.33
Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill Seattle not published $108,243.35 – $264,712.80
Swedish Issaquah Issaquah not published $108,243.35 – $240,300.24
Providence Centralia Hospital Centralia not published $108,243.35 – $204,711.23
Swedish Edmonds Hospital Edmonds not published $108,243.35 – $352,950.40
Kadlec Regional Medical Center Richland not published $108,243.35 – $200,250.20

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