Administration vaccine influenza virus 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

$24.40

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.

$61.00

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.

$22.66 with First Choice vs $188.55 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
First Choice MHS Employee MCC/PPO $22.66 ↓ -7%
Molina Apple Health $26.08 ↑ +7%
Coordinated Care Apple Health $26.34 ↑ +8%
WellPoint Apple Health $26.34 ↑ +8%
United Healthcare Apple Health $26.85 ↑ +10%
Community Health Plan of Washington Apple Health $27.61 ↑ +13%
First Choice MCC Wellfound Employee $29.51 ↑ +21%
First Choice PPO $42.76 ↑ +75%
Multiplan/PHCS All Commercial Plans $43.92 ↑ +80%
First Health All Commercial Plans $43.92 ↑ +80%
Regence MedAdvantage $52.67 ↑ +116%
Aetna MedAdvantage $52.67 ↑ +116%
Blue Cross of Idaho MedAdvantage $52.67 ↑ +116%
United Healthcare MedAdvantage $53.18 ↑ +118%
Molina MedAdvantage $53.69 ↑ +120%
WellCare MedAdvantage $53.69 ↑ +120%
Community Health Plan of Washington MedAdvantage $56.25 ↑ +131%
Premera HMO $74.90 ↑ +207%
Community Health Plan of Washington Cascade Care $86.22 ↑ +253%
Ambetter Coordinated Care Exchange $94.60 ↑ +288%
Premera Signature $125.68 ↑ +415%
Premera Prime $125.68 ↑ +415%
Premera Other Commercial Plans $125.68 ↑ +415%
Regence/Asuris Commercial $128.45 ↑ +426%
United Healthcare Commercial $145.29 ↑ +495%
Cigna Commercial $147.06 ↑ +503%
Aetna All Commercial Plans $172.45 ↑ +607%
Kaiser PPO $188.55 ↑ +673%
SCAN MedAdvantage not published by hospital

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Administration vaccine influenza virus at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus Seattle $34.56 $54.22 – $179.12
Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill Seattle $34.56 $54.22 – $173.40
Swedish Issaquah Issaquah $34.56 $54.38 – $179.12
Swedish Edmonds Hospital Edmonds $15.36 $53.33 – $171.50
MultiCare Yakima Memorial Hospital Yakima $22.00 $55.86 – $147.83
St. Michael Medical Center Silverdale $58.56 $83.59 – $199.69
St. Anne Hospital Burien $40.52 $57.06 – $136.45
St. Anthony Hospital Gig Harbor $40.36 $95.53 – $128.52

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