Ablate bone tumor(s) perq 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

$9,030.00

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.

$22,575.00

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.

$1,183.41 with Molina vs $55,070.36 with Cigna — 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 $1,183.41 ↓ -87%
WellPoint Apple Health $1,195.01 ↓ -87%
Coordinated Care Apple Health $1,195.01 ↓ -87%
United Healthcare Apple Health $1,218.21 ↓ -87%
Community Health Plan of Washington Apple Health $1,253.02 ↓ -86%
First Choice MHS Employee MCC/PPO $8,386.61 ↓ -7%
First Choice MCC Wellfound Employee $10,919.53 ↑ +21%
First Choice PPO $15,825.08 ↑ +75%
Multiplan/PHCS All Commercial Plans $16,254.00 ↑ +80%
First Health All Commercial Plans $16,254.00 ↑ +80%
Regence MedAdvantage $19,722.37 ↑ +118%
Aetna MedAdvantage $19,722.37 ↑ +118%
Blue Cross of Idaho MedAdvantage $19,722.37 ↑ +118%
United Healthcare MedAdvantage $19,913.85 ↑ +121%
Molina MedAdvantage $20,105.33 ↑ +123%
WellCare MedAdvantage $20,105.33 ↑ +123%
Community Health Plan of Washington MedAdvantage $21,062.73 ↑ +133%
Premera HMO $21,622.30 ↑ +139%
Kaiser PPO $29,435.10 ↑ +226%
Community Health Plan of Washington Cascade Care $32,283.42 ↑ +258%
Premera Other Commercial Plans $34,824.55 ↑ +286%
Premera Prime $34,824.55 ↑ +286%
Premera Signature $34,824.55 ↑ +286%
Ambetter Coordinated Care Exchange $35,423.68 ↑ +292%
Regence/Asuris Commercial $35,589.26 ↑ +294%
Aetna All Commercial Plans $48,094.19 ↑ +433%
United Healthcare Commercial $54,406.06 ↑ +503%
Cigna Commercial $55,070.36 ↑ +510%
SCAN MedAdvantage not published by hospital

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Ablate bone tumor(s) perq at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus Seattle $19,362.72 $7,277.00 – $61,683.49
Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital Spokane $10,950.10 $5,419.00 – $49,726.02
Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill Seattle $19,362.72 $7,277.00 – $47,511.31
Swedish Issaquah Issaquah $19,362.72 $7,277.00 – $45,201.30
Kadlec Regional Medical Center Richland $3,678.50 $612.15 – $36,146.62
Providence Holy Family Hospital Spokane $11,193.70 $2,985.00 – $51,289.12
Providence Regional Medical Center Everett - Colby Campus Everett $7,297.68 $1,985.00 – $46,324.74
Providence St Peter Hospital Olympia $17,142.84 $2,769.52 – $65,839.80

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