Sedimentation rate erythrocyte automated 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

$38.00

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.

$95.00

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.

$2.80 with Regence vs $81.42 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 $2.80 ↓ -93%
SCAN MedAdvantage $2.83 ↓ -93%
Cigna Sterling MedAdvantage $2.89 ↓ -92%
Regence MedAdvantage $2.92 ↓ -92%
Kaiser HMO/PPO $2.97 ↓ -92%
Aetna MedAdvantage $2.98 ↓ -92%
United Healthcare MedAdvantage $2.98 ↓ -92%
Community Health Plan of Washington MedAdvantage $2.98 ↓ -92%
WellCare MedAdvantage $3.00 ↓ -92%
Regence MCC/AHN $3.11 ↓ -92%
Uniform Medical All Commercial Plans $3.11 ↓ -92%
Regence Commercial $3.11 ↓ -92%
Regence Blue High Performance $3.11 ↓ -92%
Kaiser MedAdvantage $3.17 ↓ -92%
Premera Other Commercial Plans $3.38 ↓ -91%
Premera Signature $3.38 ↓ -91%
Premera Prime $3.38 ↓ -91%
Molina Apple Health $3.83 ↓ -90%
Community Health Plan of Washington Apple Health $4.06 ↓ -89%
First Choice MHS Employee MCC/PPO $4.12 ↓ -89%
Coordinated Care Apple Health $4.32 ↓ -89%
United Healthcare Apple Health $4.32 ↓ -89%
WellPoint Apple Health $4.45 ↓ -88%
Community Health Plan of Washington Cascade Care $4.53 ↓ -88%
Ambetter Coordinated Care Exchange $4.85 ↓ -87%
First Choice First Choice PPO $6.75 ↓ -82%
Riverside Christian Commercial $46.55 ↑ +23%
United Healthcare Commercial $78.00 ↑ +105%
Multiplan/PHCS All Commercial Plans $80.75 ↑ +113%
Cigna Commercial $80.75 ↑ +113%
First Health All Commercial Plans $81.42 ↑ +114%
Aetna All Commercial Plans $81.42 ↑ +114%

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Sedimentation rate erythrocyte automated at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Providence St Luke's Rehabilitation Medical Center Spokane $5.67 $2.70 – $2.97
Providence St Joseph Hospital Chewelah $53.90 not published
Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus Seattle $15.36 $2.43 – $12.69
Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital Spokane $44.10 $2.70 – $9.72
Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill Seattle $15.36 $2.43 – $12.29
Swedish Issaquah Issaquah $15.36 $2.43 – $12.69
Central Medical Center Seattle $32.00 $2.00 – $2.00
Providence Centralia Hospital Centralia $120.64 $2.70 – $16.82

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