Alys cplx sp/pn npgt w/prgrm 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

$306.40

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.

$766.00

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.

$99.40 with Molina vs $551.52 with First Health — 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 $99.40 ↓ -68%
WellPoint Apple Health $100.38 ↓ -67%
Coordinated Care Apple Health $100.38 ↓ -67%
United Healthcare Apple Health $102.33 ↓ -67%
Community Health Plan of Washington Apple Health $105.25 ↓ -66%
Aetna MedAdvantage $106.94 ↓ -65%
Regence MedAdvantage $106.94 ↓ -65%
Blue Cross of Idaho MedAdvantage $106.94 ↓ -65%
United Healthcare MedAdvantage $107.98 ↓ -65%
Molina MedAdvantage $109.01 ↓ -64%
WellCare MedAdvantage $109.01 ↓ -64%
Community Health Plan of Washington MedAdvantage $114.21 ↓ -63%
Community Health Plan of Washington Cascade Care $175.05 ↓ -43%
Premera HMO $176.42 ↓ -42%
Ambetter Coordinated Care Exchange $192.07 ↓ -37%
Premera Signature $256.14 ↓ -16%
Premera Other Commercial Plans $256.14 ↓ -16%
Premera Prime $256.14 ↓ -16%
Regence/Asuris Commercial $261.76 ↓ -15%
First Choice MHS Employee MCC/PPO $284.57 ↓ -7%
United Healthcare Commercial $294.99 ↓ -4%
Cigna Commercial $298.59 ↓ -3%
Aetna All Commercial Plans $343.10 ↑ +12%
First Choice MCC Wellfound Employee $370.51 ↑ +21%
Kaiser PPO $444.15 ↑ +45%
First Choice PPO $536.97 ↑ +75%
Multiplan/PHCS All Commercial Plans $551.52 ↑ +80%
First Health All Commercial Plans $551.52 ↑ +80%
SCAN MedAdvantage not published by hospital

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Alys cplx sp/pn npgt w/prgrm at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus Seattle $396.48 $110.09 – $533.12
Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill Seattle $396.48 $110.09 – $516.11
Swedish Issaquah Issaquah $396.48 $110.40 – $533.12
MultiCare Yakima Memorial Hospital Yakima $138.40 $113.42 – $301.28
MultiCare Auburn Medical Center Auburn $336.40 $101.68 – $462.12
MultiCare Good Samaritan Hospital Puyallup $336.40 $104.03 – $462.12
Virginia Mason Medical Center Seattle $217.26 $1.65 – $1,084.02
MultiCare Capital Medical Center Olympia $155.60 $107.89 – $491.86

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