Surgical pathology level 5 gross & microscopic examination at MultiCare Yakima Memorial Hospital
2811 Tieton Drive, Yakima, WA · Multicare · · NPI 1053373480
$425.60
Cash price 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.
$1,064.00
Gross charge 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.
$27.43 with Molina vs $1,200.83 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
|---|---|---|---|
| Molina | Apple Health | $27.43 | ↓ -94% |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | Apple Health | $29.04 | ↓ -93% |
| United Healthcare | Apple Health | $30.92 | ↓ -93% |
| Coordinated Care | Apple Health | $30.92 | ↓ -93% |
| WellPoint | Apple Health | $31.86 | ↓ -93% |
| SCAN | MedAdvantage | $419.24 | ↓ -1% |
| Cigna Sterling | MedAdvantage | $427.62 | ↑ +0% |
| Regence | MedAdvantage | $431.81 | ↑ +1% |
| United Healthcare | MedAdvantage | $440.20 | ↑ +3% |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | MedAdvantage | $440.20 | ↑ +3% |
| Aetna | MedAdvantage | $440.20 | ↑ +3% |
| WellCare | MedAdvantage | $444.39 | ↑ +4% |
| Kaiser | MedAdvantage | $469.54 | ↑ +10% |
| First Choice | MHS Employee MCC/PPO | $518.64 | ↑ +22% |
| Riverside Christian | Commercial | $521.36 | ↑ +23% |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | Cascade Care | $670.78 | ↑ +58% |
| Ambetter | Coordinated Care Exchange | $716.89 | ↑ +68% |
| First Choice | First Choice PPO | $850.23 | ↑ +100% |
| United Healthcare | Commercial | $873.54 | ↑ +105% |
| Kaiser | HMO/PPO | $901.03 | ↑ +112% |
| Multiplan/PHCS | All Commercial Plans | $904.40 | ↑ +113% |
| Cigna | Commercial | $904.40 | ↑ +113% |
| Aetna | All Commercial Plans | $911.85 | ↑ +114% |
| First Health | All Commercial Plans | $911.85 | ↑ +114% |
| Regence | RealValue | $1,007.15 | ↑ +137% |
| Uniform Medical | All Commercial Plans | $1,081.38 | ↑ +154% |
| Premera | Prime | $1,118.72 | ↑ +163% |
| Regence | MCC/AHN | $1,119.05 | ↑ +163% |
| Regence | Blue High Performance | $1,119.05 | ↑ +163% |
| Regence | Commercial | $1,119.05 | ↑ +163% |
| Premera | Signature | $1,200.83 | ↑ +182% |
| Premera | Other Commercial Plans | $1,200.83 | ↑ +182% |
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Surgical pathology level 5 gross & microscopic examination at other Washington hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Providence St Joseph Hospital | Chewelah | $291.20 | not published |
| Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus | Seattle | $252.48 | $400.35 – $1,332.03 |
| Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital | Spokane | $492.10 | $399.43 – $1,020.28 |
| Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill | Seattle | $252.48 | $400.35 – $1,289.52 |
| Swedish Issaquah | Issaquah | $252.48 | $400.35 – $1,332.03 |
| Central Medical Center | Seattle | $993.60 | $1,035.00 – $1,035.00 |
| Providence Centralia Hospital | Centralia | $500.76 | $415.08 – $1,765.64 |
| Providence Mount Carmel Hospital | Colville | $254.80 | not published |