Iron stain peripheral blood 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

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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.

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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.

$3.83 with Molina vs $17.20 with First Choice — 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 $3.83
Community Health Plan of Washington Apple Health $4.06
United Healthcare Apple Health $4.32
Coordinated Care Apple Health $4.32
WellPoint Apple Health $4.45
Regence RealValue $7.12
SCAN MedAdvantage $7.22
Cigna Sterling MedAdvantage $7.37
Regence MedAdvantage $7.44
Kaiser HMO/PPO $7.57
Community Health Plan of Washington MedAdvantage $7.58
United Healthcare MedAdvantage $7.58
Aetna MedAdvantage $7.58
WellCare MedAdvantage $7.65
Regence Blue High Performance $7.91
Uniform Medical All Commercial Plans $7.91
Regence MCC/AHN $7.91
Regence Commercial $7.91
Kaiser MedAdvantage $8.09
Premera Other Commercial Plans $8.60
Premera Signature $8.60
Premera Prime $8.60
First Choice MHS Employee MCC/PPO $10.49
Community Health Plan of Washington Cascade Care $11.55
Ambetter Coordinated Care Exchange $12.35
First Choice First Choice PPO $17.20

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Iron stain peripheral blood at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Central Medical Center Seattle $30.40 $6.00 – $6.00
Providence Holy Family Hospital Spokane $29.40 $6.88 – $29.37
Virginia Mason Medical Center Seattle $18.87 $4.82 – $21.50
Providence St Luke's Rehabilitation Medical Center Spokane not published $6.88 – $7.57
Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus Seattle not published $6.19 – $32.34
Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital Spokane not published $6.88 – $24.77
Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill Seattle not published $6.19 – $31.30
Swedish Issaquah Issaquah not published $6.19 – $32.34

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