Esoph imped funct test > 1hr 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

$620.00

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.

$1,550.00

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.

$436.44 with SCAN vs $5,793.00 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
SCAN MedAdvantage $436.44 ↓ -30%
Cigna Sterling MedAdvantage $445.17 ↓ -28%
Regence MedAdvantage $449.54 ↓ -27%
Molina Apple Health $456.32 ↓ -26%
Community Health Plan of Washington MedAdvantage $458.26 ↓ -26%
Aetna MedAdvantage $458.26 ↓ -26%
United Healthcare MedAdvantage $458.26 ↓ -26%
WellCare MedAdvantage $462.63 ↓ -25%
Community Health Plan of Washington Apple Health $483.16 ↓ -22%
Kaiser MedAdvantage $488.82 ↓ -21%
United Healthcare Apple Health $514.48 ↓ -17%
Coordinated Care Apple Health $514.48 ↓ -17%
WellPoint Apple Health $530.14 ↓ -14%
Community Health Plan of Washington Cascade Care $698.31 ↑ +13%
Ambetter Coordinated Care Exchange $746.32 ↑ +20%
Riverside Christian Commercial $759.50 ↑ +23%
First Choice MHS Employee MCC/PPO $888.67 ↑ +43%
Multiplan/PHCS All Commercial Plans $1,317.50 ↑ +113%
Cigna Commercial $1,317.50 ↑ +113%
First Health All Commercial Plans $1,328.35 ↑ +114%
Aetna All Commercial Plans $1,328.35 ↑ +114%
Kaiser HMO/PPO $1,343.94 ↑ +117%
First Choice First Choice PPO $1,456.83 ↑ +135%
Regence RealValue $1,501.79 ↑ +142%
Uniform Medical All Commercial Plans $1,612.47 ↑ +160%
Premera Prime $1,668.17 ↑ +169%
Regence Blue High Performance $1,668.65 ↑ +169%
Regence Commercial $1,668.65 ↑ +169%
Regence MCC/AHN $1,668.65 ↑ +169%
Premera Other Commercial Plans $1,790.60 ↑ +189%
Premera Signature $1,790.60 ↑ +189%
United Healthcare Commercial $5,793.00 ↑ +834%

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Esoph imped funct test > 1hr at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus Seattle $1,466.88 $432.11 – $2,282.37
Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill Seattle $1,466.88 $432.11 – $2,209.53
Swedish Issaquah Issaquah $1,466.88 $433.33 – $2,282.37
Central Medical Center Seattle $2,716.00 not published
St. Michael Medical Center Silverdale $599.49 $855.73 – $2,278.41
St. Anne Hospital Burien $414.77 $584.07 – $1,684.98
St. Anthony Hospital Gig Harbor $413.13 $977.98 – $1,315.36
St. Joseph Medical Center Tacoma $449.87 $977.98 – $1,315.36

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