Echo transthoracic 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

$791.60

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.

$1,979.00

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.

$314.92 with Molina vs $1,843.03 with Premera — 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 $314.92 ↓ -60%
Community Health Plan of Washington Apple Health $333.44 ↓ -58%
United Healthcare Apple Health $355.05 ↓ -55%
Coordinated Care Apple Health $355.05 ↓ -55%
WellPoint Apple Health $365.86 ↓ -54%
SCAN MedAdvantage $639.08 ↓ -19%
Cigna Sterling MedAdvantage $651.87 ↓ -18%
Regence MedAdvantage $658.26 ↓ -17%
United Healthcare MedAdvantage $671.04 ↓ -15%
Community Health Plan of Washington MedAdvantage $671.04 ↓ -15%
Aetna MedAdvantage $671.04 ↓ -15%
WellCare MedAdvantage $677.43 ↓ -14%
Kaiser MedAdvantage $715.77 ↓ -10%
First Choice MHS Employee MCC/PPO $881.29 ↑ +11%
Riverside Christian Commercial $969.71 ↑ +23%
Community Health Plan of Washington Cascade Care $1,022.53 ↑ +29%
Ambetter Coordinated Care Exchange $1,092.83 ↑ +38%
Kaiser HMO/PPO $1,398.70 ↑ +77%
First Choice First Choice PPO $1,444.74 ↑ +83%
Regence RealValue $1,545.75 ↑ +95%
United Healthcare Commercial $1,624.76 ↑ +105%
Uniform Medical All Commercial Plans $1,659.68 ↑ +110%
Multiplan/PHCS All Commercial Plans $1,682.15 ↑ +113%
Cigna Commercial $1,682.15 ↑ +113%
Aetna All Commercial Plans $1,696.00 ↑ +114%
First Health All Commercial Plans $1,696.00 ↑ +114%
Premera Prime $1,717.01 ↑ +117%
Regence Blue High Performance $1,717.50 ↑ +117%
Regence Commercial $1,717.50 ↑ +117%
Regence MCC/AHN $1,717.50 ↑ +117%
Premera Signature $1,843.03 ↑ +133%
Premera Other Commercial Plans $1,843.03 ↑ +133%

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Echo transthoracic at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus Seattle $2,248.80 $632.74 – $2,263.43
Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital Spokane $1,331.40 $608.89 – $1,733.69
Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill Seattle $2,248.80 $632.74 – $2,191.19
Swedish Issaquah Issaquah $2,248.80 $557.04 – $2,263.43
Kadlec Regional Medical Center Richland $653.80 $270.22 – $1,882.98
Providence Holy Family Hospital Spokane $1,401.40 $608.89 – $1,598.35
Providence Regional Medical Center Everett - Colby Campus Everett $1,476.28 $622.26 – $2,022.64
MultiCare Valley Hospital Spokane Valley $932.80 $314.78 – $2,238.93

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