Shoulder X-ray 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

$428.80

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.

$1,072.00

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.

$38.85 with Molina vs $918.70 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
Molina Apple Health $38.85 ↓ -91%
Community Health Plan of Washington Apple Health $41.14 ↓ -90%
United Healthcare Apple Health $43.81 ↓ -90%
Coordinated Care Apple Health $43.81 ↓ -90%
WellPoint Apple Health $45.14 ↓ -89%
SCAN MedAdvantage $101.78 ↓ -76%
Cigna Sterling MedAdvantage $103.82 ↓ -76%
Regence MedAdvantage $104.84 ↓ -76%
Aetna MedAdvantage $106.87 ↓ -75%
Community Health Plan of Washington MedAdvantage $106.87 ↓ -75%
United Healthcare MedAdvantage $106.87 ↓ -75%
WellCare MedAdvantage $107.89 ↓ -75%
Kaiser MedAdvantage $114.00 ↓ -73%
First Choice MHS Employee MCC/PPO $146.05 ↓ -66%
Community Health Plan of Washington Cascade Care $162.85 ↓ -62%
Ambetter Coordinated Care Exchange $174.05 ↓ -59%
First Choice First Choice PPO $239.43 ↓ -44%
Kaiser HMO/PPO $241.53 ↓ -44%
Regence RealValue $254.61 ↓ -41%
Uniform Medical All Commercial Plans $273.38 ↓ -36%
Premera Prime $282.81 ↓ -34%
Regence MCC/AHN $282.90 ↓ -34%
Regence Commercial $282.90 ↓ -34%
Regence Blue High Performance $282.90 ↓ -34%
Premera Other Commercial Plans $303.57 ↓ -29%
Premera Signature $303.57 ↓ -29%
Riverside Christian Commercial $525.28 ↑ +23%
United Healthcare Commercial $880.11 ↑ +105%
Multiplan/PHCS All Commercial Plans $911.20 ↑ +113%
Cigna Commercial $911.20 ↑ +113%
First Health All Commercial Plans $918.70 ↑ +114%
Aetna All Commercial Plans $918.70 ↑ +114%

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Shoulder X-ray at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Providence St Luke's Rehabilitation Medical Center Spokane $194.67 $30.97 – $106.67
Providence St Joseph Hospital Chewelah $420.70 not published
Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus Seattle $264.48 $100.77 – $375.11
Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital Spokane $505.40 $96.98 – $287.32
Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill Seattle $264.48 $100.77 – $363.14
Swedish Issaquah Issaquah $264.48 $101.06 – $375.11
Central Medical Center Seattle $304.00 $89.00 – $89.00
Providence Centralia Hospital Centralia $310.44 $100.77 – $497.22

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