Knee joint drop lock ea jnt 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.

$90.11 with Regence vs $271.27 with Kaiser — 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
Regence RealValue $90.11
Regence Commercial $100.12
Uniform Medical All Commercial Plans $100.12
Regence Blue High Performance $100.12
Regence MCC/AHN $100.12
SCAN MedAdvantage $102.48
Cigna Sterling MedAdvantage $104.53
Regence MedAdvantage $105.55
Community Health Plan of Washington MedAdvantage $107.60
Aetna MedAdvantage $107.60
United Healthcare MedAdvantage $107.60
WellCare MedAdvantage $108.63
Kaiser MedAdvantage $114.78
Premera Prime $155.19
Premera Signature $155.19
Premera Other Commercial Plans $155.19
First Choice MHS Employee MCC/PPO $155.99
Community Health Plan of Washington Cascade Care $163.97
Ambetter Coordinated Care Exchange $175.24
First Choice First Choice PPO $255.72
Kaiser HMO/PPO $271.27

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Knee joint drop lock ea jnt at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
MultiCare Valley Hospital Spokane Valley $53.20 $100.12 – $434.23
MultiCare Auburn Medical Center Auburn $53.20 $87.61 – $451.80
MultiCare Good Samaritan Hospital Puyallup $53.20 $87.61 – $451.80
MultiCare Capital Medical Center Olympia $53.20 $90.11 – $189.59
MultiCare Covington Medical Center Covington $53.20 $87.61 – $451.80
MultiCare Mary Bridge Children's Hospital Tacoma $53.20 $87.60 – $767.47
MultiCare Allenmore Hospital Tacoma $53.20 $87.61 – $451.80
Providence St Luke's Rehabilitation Medical Center Spokane not published $104.57 – $115.03

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