Pericardiocentesis wwo imaging at MultiCare Yakima Memorial Hospital
2811 Tieton Drive, Yakima, WA · Multicare · · NPI 1053373480
$1,921.60
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.
$4,804.00
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.
$646.45 with Molina vs $5,350.43 with Premera — 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 |
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| Molina | Apple Health | $646.45 | ↓ -66% |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | Apple Health | $684.48 | ↓ -64% |
| United Healthcare | Apple Health | $728.84 | ↓ -62% |
| Coordinated Care | Apple Health | $728.84 | ↓ -62% |
| WellPoint | Apple Health | $751.02 | ↓ -61% |
| SCAN | MedAdvantage | $1,841.12 | ↓ -4% |
| Cigna Sterling | MedAdvantage | $1,877.94 | ↓ -2% |
| Regence | MedAdvantage | $1,896.35 | ↓ -1% |
| United Healthcare | MedAdvantage | $1,933.18 | ↑ +1% |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | MedAdvantage | $1,933.18 | ↑ +1% |
| Aetna | MedAdvantage | $1,933.18 | ↑ +1% |
| WellCare | MedAdvantage | $1,951.59 | ↑ +2% |
| Kaiser | MedAdvantage | $2,062.06 | ↑ +7% |
| Riverside Christian | Commercial | $2,353.96 | ↑ +23% |
| First Choice | MHS Employee MCC/PPO | $2,706.37 | ↑ +41% |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | Cascade Care | $2,945.79 | ↑ +53% |
| Ambetter | Coordinated Care Exchange | $3,148.32 | ↑ +64% |
| Multiplan/PHCS | All Commercial Plans | $4,083.40 | ↑ +113% |
| Cigna | Commercial | $4,083.40 | ↑ +113% |
| Aetna | All Commercial Plans | $4,117.03 | ↑ +114% |
| First Health | All Commercial Plans | $4,117.03 | ↑ +114% |
| Kaiser | HMO/PPO | $4,136.22 | ↑ +115% |
| First Choice | First Choice PPO | $4,436.67 | ↑ +131% |
| Regence | RealValue | $4,487.38 | ↑ +134% |
| United Healthcare | Commercial | $4,611.00 | ↑ +140% |
| Uniform Medical | All Commercial Plans | $4,818.12 | ↑ +151% |
| Premera | Prime | $4,984.58 | ↑ +159% |
| Regence | Blue High Performance | $4,985.98 | ↑ +159% |
| Regence | Commercial | $4,985.98 | ↑ +159% |
| Regence | MCC/AHN | $4,985.98 | ↑ +159% |
| Premera | Other Commercial Plans | $5,350.43 | ↑ +178% |
| Premera | Signature | $5,350.43 | ↑ +178% |
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Pericardiocentesis wwo imaging at other Washington hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Providence St Joseph Hospital | Chewelah | $3,889.90 | not published |
| Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus | Seattle | $3,133.44 | $1,822.85 – $7,943.60 |
| Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital | Spokane | $5,061.70 | $1,754.15 – $5,056.50 |
| Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill | Seattle | $3,133.44 | $1,822.85 – $7,650.00 |
| Swedish Issaquah | Issaquah | $3,133.44 | $1,827.97 – $7,943.60 |
| Central Medical Center | Seattle | $3,760.00 | not published |
| Providence Centralia Hospital | Centralia | $1,052.48 | $1,822.85 – $9,542.11 |
| Providence Mount Carmel Hospital | Colville | $3,969.70 | not published |