ER Visit (level 3) at MultiCare Yakima Memorial Hospital
2811 Tieton Drive, Yakima, WA · Multicare · · NPI 1053373480
$549.60
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.
$1,374.00
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.
$319.27 with SCAN vs $2,620.00 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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| SCAN | MedAdvantage | $319.27 | ↓ -42% |
| Cigna Sterling | MedAdvantage | $325.66 | ↓ -41% |
| Regence | MedAdvantage | $328.85 | ↓ -40% |
| United Healthcare | MedAdvantage | $335.24 | ↓ -39% |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | MedAdvantage | $335.24 | ↓ -39% |
| Aetna | MedAdvantage | $335.24 | ↓ -39% |
| WellCare | MedAdvantage | $338.43 | ↓ -38% |
| Kaiser | MedAdvantage | $357.59 | ↓ -35% |
| First Choice | MHS Employee MCC/PPO | $370.57 | ↓ -33% |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | Cascade Care | $510.84 | ↓ -7% |
| Ambetter | Coordinated Care Exchange | $545.96 | ↓ -1% |
| First Choice | First Choice PPO | $607.48 | ↑ +11% |
| Riverside Christian | Commercial | $673.26 | ↑ +23% |
| Kaiser | HMO/PPO | $681.18 | ↑ +24% |
| Regence | RealValue | $799.44 | ↑ +45% |
| Uniform Medical | All Commercial Plans | $858.37 | ↑ +56% |
| Premera | Prime | $888.03 | ↑ +62% |
| Regence | MCC/AHN | $888.27 | ↑ +62% |
| Regence | Commercial | $888.27 | ↑ +62% |
| Regence | Blue High Performance | $888.27 | ↑ +62% |
| Premera | Signature | $953.21 | ↑ +73% |
| Premera | Other Commercial Plans | $953.21 | ↑ +73% |
| Cigna | Commercial | $1,167.90 | ↑ +113% |
| Multiplan/PHCS | All Commercial Plans | $1,167.90 | ↑ +113% |
| First Health | All Commercial Plans | $1,177.52 | ↑ +114% |
| Aetna | All Commercial Plans | $1,177.52 | ↑ +114% |
| United Healthcare | Commercial | $2,620.00 | ↑ +377% |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | Apple Health | not published by hospital | — |
| Coordinated Care | Apple Health | not published by hospital | — |
| WellPoint | Apple Health | not published by hospital | — |
| Molina | Apple Health | not published by hospital | — |
| United Healthcare | Apple Health | not published by hospital | — |
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ER Visit (level 3) at other Washington hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Providence St Joseph Hospital | Chewelah | $345.80 | not published |
| Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus | Seattle | $630.72 | $316.11 – $1,087.67 |
| Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital | Spokane | $599.20 | $304.19 – $774.17 |
| Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill | Seattle | $630.72 | $316.11 – $1,047.46 |
| Swedish Issaquah | Issaquah | $630.72 | $316.99 – $1,087.67 |
| Central Medical Center | Seattle | $1,180.80 | $451.00 – $451.00 |
| Providence Centralia Hospital | Centralia | $826.80 | $316.11 – $1,391.41 |
| Providence Mount Carmel Hospital | Colville | $308.70 | not published |