Air conduction bilat at MultiCare Valley Hospital
12606 East Mission Ave, Spokane Valley, WA · Multicare · · NPI 1538345251
$126.00
Cash price 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.
$315.00
Gross charge 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.
$23.48 with Molina vs $516.69 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
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| Molina | Apple Health | $23.48 | ↓ -81% |
| Coordinated Care | Apple Health | $23.71 | ↓ -81% |
| WellPoint | Apple Health | $23.71 | ↓ -81% |
| United Healthcare | Apple Health | $24.17 | ↓ -81% |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | Apple Health | $24.86 | ↓ -80% |
| First Choice | MHS Employee MCC/PPO | $117.02 | ↓ -7% |
| Blue Cross of Idaho | MedAdvantage | $149.66 | ↑ +19% |
| Aetna | MedAdvantage | $149.66 | ↑ +19% |
| Regence | MedAdvantage | $149.66 | ↑ +19% |
| United Healthcare | MedAdvantage | $151.11 | ↑ +20% |
| First Choice | MCC Wellfound Employee | $152.37 | ↑ +21% |
| WellCare | MedAdvantage | $152.56 | ↑ +21% |
| Molina | MedAdvantage | $152.56 | ↑ +21% |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | MedAdvantage | $159.83 | ↑ +27% |
| Premera | HMO | $205.24 | ↑ +63% |
| First Choice | PPO | $220.82 | ↑ +75% |
| First Health | All Commercial Plans | $226.80 | ↑ +80% |
| Multiplan/PHCS | All Commercial Plans | $226.80 | ↑ +80% |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | Cascade Care | $244.97 | ↑ +94% |
| Ambetter | Coordinated Care Exchange | $268.80 | ↑ +113% |
| Premera | Signature | $337.99 | ↑ +168% |
| Premera | Prime | $337.99 | ↑ +168% |
| Premera | Other Commercial Plans | $337.99 | ↑ +168% |
| Regence/Asuris | Commercial | $345.43 | ↑ +174% |
| United Healthcare | Commercial | $412.85 | ↑ +228% |
| Cigna | Commercial | $417.89 | ↑ +232% |
| Aetna | All Commercial Plans | $481.82 | ↑ +282% |
| Kaiser | PPO | $516.69 | ↑ +310% |
| SCAN | MedAdvantage | not published by hospital | — |
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Air conduction bilat at other Washington hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus | Seattle | $350.88 | $154.07 – $512.44 |
| Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital | Spokane | $418.60 | $148.26 – $392.51 |
| Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill | Seattle | $350.88 | $154.07 – $496.09 |
| Swedish Issaquah | Issaquah | $350.88 | $154.50 – $512.44 |
| Providence Mount Carmel Hospital | Colville | $201.60 | not published |
| Providence St Mary Medical Center | Walla Walla | $70.70 | $113.19 – $274.28 |
| Kadlec Regional Medical Center | Richland | $137.90 | $42.42 – $426.31 |
| Providence Regional Medical Center Everett - Colby Campus | Everett | $254.28 | $151.52 – $457.93 |