Tilt table study at MultiCare Yakima Memorial Hospital
2811 Tieton Drive, Yakima, WA · Multicare · · NPI 1053373480
$217.60
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.
$544.00
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.
$113.73 with Molina vs $5,793.00 with United Healthcare — 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 |
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| Molina | Apple Health | $113.73 | ↓ -48% |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | Apple Health | $120.42 | ↓ -45% |
| United Healthcare | Apple Health | $128.23 | ↓ -41% |
| Coordinated Care | Apple Health | $128.23 | ↓ -41% |
| WellPoint | Apple Health | $132.13 | ↓ -39% |
| Riverside Christian | Commercial | $266.56 | ↑ +23% |
| SCAN | MedAdvantage | $436.44 | ↑ +101% |
| Cigna Sterling | MedAdvantage | $445.17 | ↑ +105% |
| Regence | MedAdvantage | $449.54 | ↑ +107% |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | MedAdvantage | $458.26 | ↑ +111% |
| United Healthcare | MedAdvantage | $458.26 | ↑ +111% |
| Aetna | MedAdvantage | $458.26 | ↑ +111% |
| Multiplan/PHCS | All Commercial Plans | $462.40 | ↑ +113% |
| Cigna | Commercial | $462.40 | ↑ +113% |
| WellCare | MedAdvantage | $462.63 | ↑ +113% |
| First Health | All Commercial Plans | $466.21 | ↑ +114% |
| Aetna | All Commercial Plans | $466.21 | ↑ +114% |
| Kaiser | MedAdvantage | $488.82 | ↑ +125% |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | Cascade Care | $698.31 | ↑ +221% |
| Ambetter | Coordinated Care Exchange | $746.32 | ↑ +243% |
| First Choice | MHS Employee MCC/PPO | $888.67 | ↑ +308% |
| Kaiser | HMO/PPO | $1,343.94 | ↑ +518% |
| First Choice | First Choice PPO | $1,456.83 | ↑ +569% |
| Regence | RealValue | $1,501.79 | ↑ +590% |
| Uniform Medical | All Commercial Plans | $1,612.47 | ↑ +641% |
| Premera | Prime | $1,668.17 | ↑ +667% |
| Regence | Blue High Performance | $1,668.65 | ↑ +667% |
| Regence | Commercial | $1,668.65 | ↑ +667% |
| Regence | MCC/AHN | $1,668.65 | ↑ +667% |
| Premera | Other Commercial Plans | $1,790.60 | ↑ +723% |
| Premera | Signature | $1,790.60 | ↑ +723% |
| United Healthcare | Commercial | $5,793.00 | ↑ +2562% |
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Tilt table study at other Washington hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus | Seattle | $1,240.80 | $432.11 – $2,282.37 |
| Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital | Spokane | $1,569.40 | $415.83 – $1,748.20 |
| Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill | Seattle | $1,240.80 | $432.11 – $2,209.53 |
| Swedish Issaquah | Issaquah | $1,240.80 | $433.33 – $2,282.37 |
| Providence Mount Carmel Hospital | Colville | $1,425.20 | not published |
| Providence St Mary Medical Center | Walla Walla | $991.90 | $415.83 – $769.28 |
| Kadlec Regional Medical Center | Richland | $9,391.90 | $269.07 – $1,898.74 |
| Providence Holy Family Hospital | Spokane | $1,445.50 | $415.83 – $1,091.54 |