Macroscopic exam parasite 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

$8.40

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.

$21.00

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.

$4.46 with Regence vs $18.00 with Aetna — 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 $4.46 ↓ -47%
SCAN MedAdvantage $4.52 ↓ -46%
Cigna Sterling MedAdvantage $4.61 ↓ -45%
Regence MedAdvantage $4.66 ↓ -45%
Kaiser HMO/PPO $4.74 ↓ -44%
Aetna MedAdvantage $4.75 ↓ -43%
Community Health Plan of Washington MedAdvantage $4.75 ↓ -43%
United Healthcare MedAdvantage $4.75 ↓ -43%
WellCare MedAdvantage $4.80 ↓ -43%
Molina Apple Health $4.89 ↓ -42%
Regence MCC/AHN $4.96 ↓ -41%
Uniform Medical All Commercial Plans $4.96 ↓ -41%
Regence Commercial $4.96 ↓ -41%
Regence Blue High Performance $4.96 ↓ -41%
Kaiser MedAdvantage $5.07 ↓ -40%
Community Health Plan of Washington Apple Health $5.18 ↓ -38%
Premera Prime $5.39 ↓ -36%
Premera Other Commercial Plans $5.39 ↓ -36%
Premera Signature $5.39 ↓ -36%
United Healthcare Apple Health $5.51 ↓ -34%
Coordinated Care Apple Health $5.51 ↓ -34%
WellPoint Apple Health $5.68 ↓ -32%
First Choice MHS Employee MCC/PPO $6.57 ↓ -22%
Community Health Plan of Washington Cascade Care $7.24 ↓ -14%
Ambetter Coordinated Care Exchange $7.74 ↓ -8%
Riverside Christian Commercial $10.29 ↑ +23%
First Choice First Choice PPO $10.78 ↑ +28%
United Healthcare Commercial $17.24 ↑ +105%
Multiplan/PHCS All Commercial Plans $17.85 ↑ +113%
Cigna Commercial $17.85 ↑ +113%
First Health All Commercial Plans $18.00 ↑ +114%
Aetna All Commercial Plans $18.00 ↑ +114%

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Macroscopic exam parasite at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Providence St Luke's Rehabilitation Medical Center Spokane $157.50 $4.31 – $4.74
Providence St Joseph Hospital Chewelah $93.80 not published
Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus Seattle $27.36 $3.88 – $20.26
Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital Spokane $224.70 $4.31 – $15.52
Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill Seattle $27.36 $3.88 – $19.61
Swedish Issaquah Issaquah $27.36 $3.88 – $20.26
Central Medical Center Seattle $19.20 $3.00 – $3.00
Providence Centralia Hospital Centralia $142.48 $4.31 – $26.85

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