Ambl bp mntr w/sw a/r 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

$214.00

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.

$535.00

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.

$46.32 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.

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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 $46.32 ↓ -78%
Coordinated Care Apple Health $46.78 ↓ -78%
WellPoint Apple Health $46.78 ↓ -78%
United Healthcare Apple Health $47.69 ↓ -78%
Community Health Plan of Washington Apple Health $49.05 ↓ -77%
Regence MedAdvantage $149.66 ↓ -30%
Blue Cross of Idaho MedAdvantage $149.66 ↓ -30%
Aetna MedAdvantage $149.66 ↓ -30%
United Healthcare MedAdvantage $151.11 ↓ -29%
Molina MedAdvantage $152.56 ↓ -29%
WellCare MedAdvantage $152.56 ↓ -29%
Community Health Plan of Washington MedAdvantage $159.83 ↓ -25%
First Choice MHS Employee MCC/PPO $198.75 ↓ -7%
Premera HMO $205.24 ↓ -4%
Community Health Plan of Washington Cascade Care $244.97 ↑ +14%
First Choice MCC Wellfound Employee $258.78 ↑ +21%
Ambetter Coordinated Care Exchange $268.80 ↑ +26%
Premera Signature $337.99 ↑ +58%
Premera Other Commercial Plans $337.99 ↑ +58%
Premera Prime $337.99 ↑ +58%
Regence/Asuris Commercial $345.43 ↑ +61%
First Choice PPO $375.04 ↑ +75%
First Health All Commercial Plans $385.20 ↑ +80%
Multiplan/PHCS All Commercial Plans $385.20 ↑ +80%
United Healthcare Commercial $412.85 ↑ +93%
Cigna Commercial $417.89 ↑ +95%
Aetna All Commercial Plans $481.82 ↑ +125%
Kaiser PPO $516.69 ↑ +141%
SCAN MedAdvantage not published by hospital

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Ambl bp mntr w/sw a/r at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Providence St Mary Medical Center Walla Walla $194.60 $113.19 – $274.28
MultiCare Auburn Medical Center Auburn $276.80 $47.38 – $638.68
MultiCare Good Samaritan Hospital Puyallup $276.80 $48.48 – $638.68
Virginia Mason Medical Center Seattle $243.27 $0.15 – $892.48
MultiCare Capital Medical Center Olympia $276.80 $50.99 – $688.38
MultiCare Covington Medical Center Covington $276.80 $47.38 – $638.68
MultiCare Mary Bridge Children's Hospital Tacoma $276.80 $48.26 – $913.21
MultiCare Allenmore Hospital Tacoma $276.80 $48.50 – $638.68

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