Acute venous thrombus image 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.

$260.30 with Molina vs $5,906.35 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 $260.30
WellPoint Apple Health $262.85
Coordinated Care Apple Health $262.85
United Healthcare Apple Health $267.96
Community Health Plan of Washington Apple Health $275.61
Blue Cross of Idaho MedAdvantage $1,456.25
Regence MedAdvantage $1,456.25
Aetna MedAdvantage $1,456.25
United Healthcare MedAdvantage $1,470.38
WellCare MedAdvantage $1,484.52
Molina MedAdvantage $1,484.52
Community Health Plan of Washington MedAdvantage $1,555.21
Premera HMO $2,346.08
Community Health Plan of Washington Cascade Care $2,383.72
Ambetter Coordinated Care Exchange $2,615.59
Premera Prime $3,757.24
Premera Signature $3,757.24
Premera Other Commercial Plans $3,757.24
Regence/Asuris Commercial $3,839.75
Cigna Commercial $4,066.25
Aetna All Commercial Plans $4,879.68
Kaiser PPO $5,906.35

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Acute venous thrombus image at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Central Medical Center Seattle $4,560.00 $1,306.00 – $1,306.00
Virginia Mason Medical Center Seattle $2,270.52 $3.65 – $1,100.26
Providence St Luke's Rehabilitation Medical Center Spokane not published $159.71 – $1,586.95
Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus Seattle not published $1,499.19 – $5,979.29
Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital Spokane not published $1,442.68 – $4,579.88
Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill Seattle not published $1,499.19 – $5,788.46
Swedish Issaquah Issaquah not published $977.22 – $5,979.29
Providence Centralia Hospital Centralia not published $1,499.19 – $7,925.74

All Washington hospitals for this procedure →