Socket insert knee articulat 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

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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.

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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.

$521.75 with Regence vs $1,570.78 with Kaiser — 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 $521.75
Regence Commercial $579.72
Uniform Medical All Commercial Plans $579.72
Regence Blue High Performance $579.72
Regence MCC/AHN $579.72
SCAN MedAdvantage $593.40
Cigna Sterling MedAdvantage $605.27
Regence MedAdvantage $611.20
Community Health Plan of Washington MedAdvantage $623.07
Aetna MedAdvantage $623.07
United Healthcare MedAdvantage $623.07
WellCare MedAdvantage $629.00
Kaiser MedAdvantage $664.61
Premera Prime $898.57
Premera Signature $898.57
Premera Other Commercial Plans $898.57
First Choice MHS Employee MCC/PPO $903.29
Community Health Plan of Washington Cascade Care $949.44
Ambetter Coordinated Care Exchange $1,014.71
First Choice First Choice PPO $1,480.80
Kaiser HMO/PPO $1,570.78

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Socket insert knee articulat at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Providence St Luke's Rehabilitation Medical Center Spokane not published $605.51 – $666.06
Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus Seattle not published $605.51 – $1,839.54
Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital Spokane not published $605.51 – $1,541.02
Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill Seattle not published $605.51 – $1,480.80
Swedish Issaquah Issaquah not published $605.51 – $1,344.23
Providence Centralia Hospital Centralia not published $605.51 – $1,145.15
Swedish Edmonds Hospital Edmonds not published $605.51 – $1,974.40
Kadlec Regional Medical Center Richland not published $605.51 – $1,120.19

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