Red blood cells washed each unit 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

$530.00

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.

$1,325.00

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.

$253.69 with Molina vs $1,392.45 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.

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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 $253.69 ↓ -52%
Community Health Plan of Washington Apple Health $268.61 ↓ -49%
United Healthcare Apple Health $286.02 ↓ -46%
Coordinated Care Apple Health $286.02 ↓ -46%
WellPoint Apple Health $294.73 ↓ -44%
SCAN MedAdvantage $421.95 ↓ -20%
Cigna Sterling MedAdvantage $430.39 ↓ -19%
Regence MedAdvantage $434.61 ↓ -18%
United Healthcare MedAdvantage $443.05 ↓ -16%
Community Health Plan of Washington MedAdvantage $443.05 ↓ -16%
Aetna MedAdvantage $443.05 ↓ -16%
WellCare MedAdvantage $447.27 ↓ -16%
Kaiser MedAdvantage $472.58 ↓ -11%
First Choice MHS Employee MCC/PPO $484.12 ↓ -9%
Riverside Christian Commercial $649.25 ↑ +23%
Community Health Plan of Washington Cascade Care $675.12 ↑ +27%
Ambetter Coordinated Care Exchange $721.53 ↑ +36%
First Choice First Choice PPO $793.64 ↑ +50%
United Healthcare Commercial $1,087.83 ↑ +105%
Kaiser HMO/PPO $1,100.27 ↑ +108%
Multiplan/PHCS All Commercial Plans $1,126.25 ↑ +113%
Cigna Commercial $1,126.25 ↑ +113%
Aetna All Commercial Plans $1,135.53 ↑ +114%
First Health All Commercial Plans $1,135.53 ↑ +114%
Regence RealValue $1,167.83 ↑ +120%
Uniform Medical All Commercial Plans $1,253.91 ↑ +137%
Premera Prime $1,297.24 ↑ +145%
Regence MCC/AHN $1,297.59 ↑ +145%
Regence Blue High Performance $1,297.59 ↑ +145%
Regence Commercial $1,297.59 ↑ +145%
Premera Signature $1,392.45 ↑ +163%
Premera Other Commercial Plans $1,392.45 ↑ +163%

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Red blood cells washed each unit at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Providence St Luke's Rehabilitation Medical Center Spokane $669.20 $368.58 – $405.44
Providence St Joseph Hospital Chewelah $303.10 not published
Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus Seattle $270.72 $368.58 – $1,689.80
Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital Spokane $669.20 $368.58 – $1,367.03
Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill Seattle $270.72 $368.58 – $1,594.87
Swedish Issaquah Issaquah $270.72 $368.58 – $1,689.80
Central Medical Center Seattle $272.80 not published
Swedish Edmonds Hospital Edmonds $270.72 $368.58 – $1,556.89

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