Aortic dysfunction/dilation 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.

$274.06 with Molina vs $1,703.52 with Aetna — 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 $274.06
WellPoint Apple Health $276.75
Coordinated Care Apple Health $276.75
United Healthcare Apple Health $282.12
Community Health Plan of Washington Apple Health $290.18
Premera HMO $504.00
Regence MedAdvantage $508.74
Blue Cross of Idaho MedAdvantage $508.74
Aetna MedAdvantage $508.74
United Healthcare MedAdvantage $513.68
Molina MedAdvantage $518.62
WellCare MedAdvantage $518.62
Community Health Plan of Washington MedAdvantage $543.31
Kaiser PPO $554.40
Regence/Asuris Commercial $579.60
Cigna Commercial $604.80
Premera Prime $630.00
Premera Signature $630.00
Premera Other Commercial Plans $630.00
Community Health Plan of Washington Cascade Care $832.75
Ambetter Coordinated Care Exchange $913.75
Aetna All Commercial Plans $1,703.52

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Aortic dysfunction/dilation at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
MultiCare Auburn Medical Center Auburn $955.20 $280.33 – $987.84
MultiCare Good Samaritan Hospital Puyallup $955.20 $286.81 – $987.84
Virginia Mason Medical Center Seattle $915.96 $352.80 – $1,575.35
MultiCare Capital Medical Center Olympia $764.00 $301.68 – $913.75
MultiCare Covington Medical Center Covington $955.20 $280.33 – $987.84
MultiCare Mary Bridge Children's Hospital Tacoma $955.20 $285.49 – $1,013.50
MultiCare Allenmore Hospital Tacoma $955.20 $286.92 – $987.84
Providence St Luke's Rehabilitation Medical Center Spokane not published $504.00 – $554.40

All Washington hospitals for this procedure →