Head CT scan (without contrast) at MultiCare Yakima Memorial Hospital
2811 Tieton Drive, Yakima, WA · Multicare · · NPI 1053373480
$1,044.40
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.
$2,611.00
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.
$122.28 with SCAN vs $2,285.00 with Cigna — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| SCAN | MedAdvantage | $122.28 | ↓ -88% |
| Cigna Sterling | MedAdvantage | $124.72 | ↓ -88% |
| Regence | MedAdvantage | $125.94 | ↓ -88% |
| United Healthcare | MedAdvantage | $128.39 | ↓ -88% |
| Aetna | MedAdvantage | $128.39 | ↓ -88% |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | MedAdvantage | $128.39 | ↓ -88% |
| WellCare | MedAdvantage | $129.61 | ↓ -88% |
| Kaiser | MedAdvantage | $136.95 | ↓ -87% |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | Cascade Care | $195.64 | ↓ -81% |
| First Choice | MHS Employee MCC/PPO | $205.11 | ↓ -80% |
| Ambetter | Coordinated Care Exchange | $209.09 | ↓ -80% |
| Molina | Apple Health | $214.46 | ↓ -79% |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | Apple Health | $227.07 | ↓ -78% |
| United Healthcare | Apple Health | $241.79 | ↓ -77% |
| Coordinated Care | Apple Health | $241.79 | ↓ -77% |
| WellPoint | Apple Health | $249.15 | ↓ -76% |
| Kaiser | HMO/PPO | $297.13 | ↓ -72% |
| Regence | RealValue | $308.04 | ↓ -71% |
| Uniform Medical | All Commercial Plans | $330.75 | ↓ -68% |
| First Choice | First Choice PPO | $336.24 | ↓ -68% |
| Premera | Prime | $342.19 | ↓ -67% |
| Regence | MCC/AHN | $342.27 | ↓ -67% |
| Regence | Commercial | $342.27 | ↓ -67% |
| Regence | Blue High Performance | $342.27 | ↓ -67% |
| Premera | Other Commercial Plans | $367.30 | ↓ -65% |
| Premera | Signature | $367.30 | ↓ -65% |
| Riverside Christian | Commercial | $1,279.39 | ↑ +23% |
| United Healthcare | Commercial | $2,143.63 | ↑ +105% |
| Multiplan/PHCS | All Commercial Plans | $2,219.35 | ↑ +113% |
| First Health | All Commercial Plans | $2,237.63 | ↑ +114% |
| Aetna | All Commercial Plans | $2,237.63 | ↑ +114% |
| Cigna | Commercial | $2,285.00 | ↑ +119% |
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Head CT scan (without contrast) at other Washington hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Providence St Luke's Rehabilitation Medical Center | Spokane | $527.31 | $116.50 – $128.15 |
| Providence St Joseph Hospital | Chewelah | $1,033.20 | not published |
| Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus | Seattle | $304.32 | $121.06 – $526.78 |
| Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital | Spokane | $1,151.50 | $116.50 – $403.49 |
| Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill | Seattle | $304.32 | $121.06 – $509.96 |
| Swedish Issaquah | Issaquah | $304.32 | $121.40 – $526.78 |
| Central Medical Center | Seattle | $1,600.00 | $107.00 – $107.00 |
| Providence Centralia Hospital | Centralia | $807.04 | $121.06 – $698.26 |