Smear nasal eosinophil 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

$18.00

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.

$45.00

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.

$5.99 with Regence vs $38.57 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 $5.99 ↓ -67%
SCAN MedAdvantage $6.08 ↓ -66%
Cigna Sterling MedAdvantage $6.20 ↓ -66%
Regence MedAdvantage $6.26 ↓ -65%
Kaiser HMO/PPO $6.37 ↓ -65%
Aetna MedAdvantage $6.38 ↓ -65%
Community Health Plan of Washington MedAdvantage $6.38 ↓ -65%
United Healthcare MedAdvantage $6.38 ↓ -65%
WellCare MedAdvantage $6.44 ↓ -64%
Molina Apple Health $6.52 ↓ -64%
Regence MCC/AHN $6.66 ↓ -63%
Uniform Medical All Commercial Plans $6.66 ↓ -63%
Regence Commercial $6.66 ↓ -63%
Regence Blue High Performance $6.66 ↓ -63%
Kaiser MedAdvantage $6.81 ↓ -62%
Community Health Plan of Washington Apple Health $6.90 ↓ -62%
Premera Prime $7.24 ↓ -60%
Premera Signature $7.24 ↓ -60%
Premera Other Commercial Plans $7.24 ↓ -60%
Coordinated Care Apple Health $7.35 ↓ -59%
United Healthcare Apple Health $7.35 ↓ -59%
WellPoint Apple Health $7.57 ↓ -58%
First Choice MHS Employee MCC/PPO $8.83 ↓ -51%
Community Health Plan of Washington Cascade Care $9.72 ↓ -46%
Ambetter Coordinated Care Exchange $10.39 ↓ -42%
First Choice First Choice PPO $14.48 ↓ -20%
Riverside Christian Commercial $22.05 ↑ +23%
United Healthcare Commercial $36.95 ↑ +105%
Multiplan/PHCS All Commercial Plans $38.25 ↑ +113%
Cigna Commercial $38.25 ↑ +113%
First Health All Commercial Plans $38.57 ↑ +114%
Aetna All Commercial Plans $38.57 ↑ +114%

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Smear nasal eosinophil at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Providence St Luke's Rehabilitation Medical Center Spokane $68.04 $5.79 – $6.37
Providence St Joseph Hospital Chewelah $65.80 not published
Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus Seattle $22.08 $5.21 – $27.21
Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital Spokane $160.30 $5.79 – $20.84
Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill Seattle $22.08 $5.21 – $26.34
Swedish Issaquah Issaquah $22.08 $5.21 – $27.21
Central Medical Center Seattle $32.00 $25.00 – $25.00
Providence Centralia Hospital Centralia $41.08 $5.79 – $36.07

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