17-ketosteroids at MultiCare Valley Hospital

12606 East Mission Ave, Spokane Valley, WA · Multicare · · NPI 1538345251

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Aug 27, 2026 · Ingested Sep 17, 2026

$56.40

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.

$141.00

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.

$8.53 with Molina vs $101.52 with Multiplan/PHCS — 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 $8.53 ↓ -85%
Coordinated Care Apple Health $8.62 ↓ -85%
WellPoint Apple Health $8.62 ↓ -85%
United Healthcare Apple Health $8.78 ↓ -84%
Community Health Plan of Washington Apple Health $9.04 ↓ -84%
Premera HMO $12.80 ↓ -77%
Blue Cross of Idaho MedAdvantage $12.92 ↓ -77%
Aetna MedAdvantage $12.92 ↓ -77%
Regence MedAdvantage $12.92 ↓ -77%
United Healthcare MedAdvantage $13.05 ↓ -77%
WellCare MedAdvantage $13.17 ↓ -77%
Molina MedAdvantage $13.17 ↓ -77%
Community Health Plan of Washington MedAdvantage $13.80 ↓ -76%
Kaiser PPO $14.08 ↓ -75%
Regence/Asuris Commercial $14.72 ↓ -74%
United Healthcare Commercial $15.36 ↓ -73%
Cigna Commercial $15.36 ↓ -73%
Aetna All Commercial Plans $15.87 ↓ -72%
Premera Other Commercial Plans $16.00 ↓ -72%
Premera Signature $16.00 ↓ -72%
Premera Prime $16.00 ↓ -72%
Community Health Plan of Washington Cascade Care $21.15 ↓ -63%
Ambetter Coordinated Care Exchange $23.21 ↓ -59%
First Choice MHS Employee MCC/PPO $52.38 ↓ -7%
First Choice MCC Wellfound Employee $68.20 ↑ +21%
First Choice PPO $98.84 ↑ +75%
First Health All Commercial Plans $101.52 ↑ +80%
Multiplan/PHCS All Commercial Plans $101.52 ↑ +80%
SCAN MedAdvantage not published by hospital

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17-ketosteroids at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Providence St Joseph Hospital Chewelah $204.40 not published
Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital Spokane $112.70 $12.80 – $46.08
Central Medical Center Seattle $57.60 $10.00 – $10.00
Providence Mount Carmel Hospital Colville $181.30 not published
Providence Holy Family Hospital Spokane $105.00 $12.80 – $54.62
MultiCare Yakima Memorial Hospital Yakima $129.20 $13.25 – $22.97
St. Michael Medical Center Silverdale $86.39 $12.80 – $176.16
St. Anne Hospital Burien $59.77 $12.80 – $176.16

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