Abrasion lesion single 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.

$110.92 with Molina vs $803.58 with Kaiser — 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 $110.92
WellPoint Apple Health $112.01
Coordinated Care Apple Health $112.01
United Healthcare Apple Health $114.18
Community Health Plan of Washington Apple Health $117.45
Blue Cross of Idaho MedAdvantage $225.68
Regence MedAdvantage $225.68
Aetna MedAdvantage $225.68
United Healthcare MedAdvantage $227.87
WellCare MedAdvantage $230.06
Molina MedAdvantage $230.06
Community Health Plan of Washington MedAdvantage $241.01
Premera HMO $319.20
Community Health Plan of Washington Cascade Care $369.41
Ambetter Coordinated Care Exchange $405.34
Premera Prime $529.72
Premera Signature $529.72
Premera Other Commercial Plans $529.72
Regence/Asuris Commercial $541.37
Cigna Commercial $630.15
Aetna All Commercial Plans $742.73
Kaiser PPO $803.58

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Abrasion lesion single at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Providence Regional Medical Center Everett - Colby Campus Everett $360.88 $228.48 – $681.45
MultiCare Auburn Medical Center Auburn $461.60 $113.46 – $963.09
MultiCare Good Samaritan Hospital Puyallup $461.60 $116.08 – $963.09
MultiCare Capital Medical Center Olympia $461.60 $122.10 – $1,038.03
MultiCare Covington Medical Center Covington $461.60 $113.46 – $963.09
MultiCare Mary Bridge Children's Hospital Tacoma $461.60 $115.55 – $1,420.26
MultiCare Allenmore Hospital Tacoma $461.60 $116.13 – $963.09
Providence St Luke's Rehabilitation Medical Center Spokane not published $223.58 – $245.93

All Washington hospitals for this procedure →