Ghs cricothyroidotomy 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

$761.60

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.

$1,904.00

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.

$277.02 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 $277.02 ↓ -64%
Cigna Sterling MedAdvantage $282.56 ↓ -63%
Regence MedAdvantage $285.33 ↓ -63%
United Healthcare MedAdvantage $290.87 ↓ -62%
Aetna MedAdvantage $290.87 ↓ -62%
Community Health Plan of Washington MedAdvantage $290.87 ↓ -62%
WellCare MedAdvantage $293.64 ↓ -61%
Kaiser MedAdvantage $310.26 ↓ -59%
First Choice MHS Employee MCC/PPO $372.66 ↓ -51%
Community Health Plan of Washington Cascade Care $443.23 ↓ -42%
Ambetter Coordinated Care Exchange $473.70 ↓ -38%
Kaiser HMO/PPO $577.77 ↓ -24%
First Choice First Choice PPO $610.92 ↓ -20%
Regence RealValue $684.41 ↓ -10%
Uniform Medical All Commercial Plans $734.84 ↓ -4%
Premera Prime $760.24 ↓ -0%
Regence Blue High Performance $760.45 ↓ -0%
Regence MCC/AHN $760.45 ↓ -0%
Regence Commercial $760.45 ↓ -0%
Premera Other Commercial Plans $816.04 ↑ +7%
Premera Signature $816.04 ↑ +7%
Riverside Christian Commercial $932.96 ↑ +23%
Molina Apple Health $1,398.18 ↑ +84%
Community Health Plan of Washington Apple Health $1,480.43 ↑ +94%
Coordinated Care Apple Health $1,576.38 ↑ +107%
United Healthcare Apple Health $1,576.38 ↑ +107%
Multiplan/PHCS All Commercial Plans $1,618.40 ↑ +113%
Cigna Commercial $1,618.40 ↑ +113%
WellPoint Apple Health $1,624.36 ↑ +113%
First Health All Commercial Plans $1,631.73 ↑ +114%
Aetna All Commercial Plans $1,631.73 ↑ +114%
United Healthcare Commercial $5,793.00 ↑ +661%

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Ghs cricothyroidotomy at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Providence St Joseph Hospital Chewelah $1,071.00 not published
Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus Seattle $1,569.60 $274.27 – $957.11
Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital Spokane $1,614.90 $263.93 – $671.71
Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill Seattle $1,569.60 $274.27 – $926.56
Swedish Issaquah Issaquah $1,569.60 $275.04 – $957.11
Providence Centralia Hospital Centralia $954.20 $274.27 – $1,191.29
Providence Mount Carmel Hospital Colville $1,481.90 not published
Providence St Mary Medical Center Walla Walla $1,008.70 $216.44 – $924.53

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