Mr spectroscopy 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

$753.20

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.

$1,883.00

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.

$101.78 with SCAN vs $2,600.00 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.

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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 $101.78 ↓ -86%
Cigna Sterling MedAdvantage $103.82 ↓ -86%
Regence MedAdvantage $104.84 ↓ -86%
Community Health Plan of Washington MedAdvantage $106.87 ↓ -86%
United Healthcare MedAdvantage $106.87 ↓ -86%
Aetna MedAdvantage $106.87 ↓ -86%
WellCare MedAdvantage $107.89 ↓ -86%
Kaiser MedAdvantage $114.00 ↓ -85%
Community Health Plan of Washington Cascade Care $162.85 ↓ -78%
Molina Apple Health $172.81 ↓ -77%
Ambetter Coordinated Care Exchange $174.05 ↓ -77%
Community Health Plan of Washington Apple Health $182.97 ↓ -76%
United Healthcare Apple Health $194.83 ↓ -74%
Coordinated Care Apple Health $194.83 ↓ -74%
WellPoint Apple Health $200.76 ↓ -73%
Kaiser HMO/PPO $241.53 ↓ -68%
Regence RealValue $254.61 ↓ -66%
Uniform Medical All Commercial Plans $273.38 ↓ -64%
Premera Prime $282.81 ↓ -62%
Regence Blue High Performance $282.90 ↓ -62%
Regence Commercial $282.90 ↓ -62%
Regence MCC/AHN $282.90 ↓ -62%
Premera Signature $303.57 ↓ -60%
Premera Other Commercial Plans $303.57 ↓ -60%
First Choice MHS Employee MCC/PPO $885.01 ↑ +18%
Riverside Christian Commercial $922.67 ↑ +23%
First Choice First Choice PPO $1,449.91 ↑ +93%
United Healthcare Commercial $1,545.94 ↑ +105%
Multiplan/PHCS All Commercial Plans $1,600.55 ↑ +113%
First Health All Commercial Plans $1,613.73 ↑ +114%
Aetna All Commercial Plans $1,613.73 ↑ +114%
Cigna Commercial $2,600.00 ↑ +245%

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Mr spectroscopy at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Providence St Joseph Hospital Chewelah $1,352.40 not published
Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus Seattle $1,166.88 $100.77 – $306.15
Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital Spokane $2,014.60 $96.98 – $246.80
Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill Seattle $1,166.88 $100.77 – $235.81
Swedish Issaquah Issaquah $1,166.88 $101.06 – $224.35
Central Medical Center Seattle $1,600.00 $89.00 – $89.00
Kadlec Regional Medical Center Richland $1,253.00 $96.98 – $179.41
Providence Holy Family Hospital Spokane $2,121.00 $96.98 – $1,774.96

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