Ablate pulm tumor perq crybl 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

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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.

$3,526.49 with Molina vs $38,915.54 with Aetna — 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 $3,526.49
WellPoint Apple Health $3,561.06
Coordinated Care Apple Health $3,561.06
United Healthcare Apple Health $3,630.21
Community Health Plan of Washington Apple Health $3,733.93
Blue Cross of Idaho MedAdvantage $11,956.64
Regence MedAdvantage $11,956.64
Aetna MedAdvantage $11,956.64
United Healthcare MedAdvantage $12,072.73
WellCare MedAdvantage $12,188.81
Molina MedAdvantage $12,188.81
Community Health Plan of Washington MedAdvantage $12,769.23
Premera HMO $15,058.79
Community Health Plan of Washington Cascade Care $19,571.74
Ambetter Coordinated Care Exchange $21,475.52
Kaiser PPO $23,194.07
Premera Prime $27,237.31
Premera Signature $27,237.31
Premera Other Commercial Plans $27,237.31
Regence/Asuris Commercial $27,835.40
Cigna Commercial $33,386.28
Aetna All Commercial Plans $38,915.54

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Ablate pulm tumor perq crybl at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus Seattle $14,797.92 $7,277.00 – $37,395.46
Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill Seattle $14,797.92 $7,277.00 – $28,803.62
Swedish Issaquah Issaquah $14,797.92 $7,277.00 – $27,403.18
Central Medical Center Seattle $23,520.00 not published
Providence St Mary Medical Center Walla Walla $10,059.00 $9,121.22 – $21,913.80
Kadlec Regional Medical Center Richland $10,607.80 $729.76 – $21,913.80
Providence Regional Medical Center Everett - Colby Campus Everett $9,350.64 $7,246.00 – $28,084.26
Virginia Mason Medical Center Seattle $2,992.68 $101.16 – $2,330.20

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