Apply surf ldr radionuclide 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

$237.20

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.

$593.00

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.

$114.77 with Regence vs $544.64 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
Regence MedAdvantage $114.77 ↓ -52%
Blue Cross of Idaho MedAdvantage $114.77 ↓ -52%
Aetna MedAdvantage $114.77 ↓ -52%
United Healthcare MedAdvantage $115.88 ↓ -51%
WellCare MedAdvantage $116.99 ↓ -51%
Molina MedAdvantage $116.99 ↓ -51%
Community Health Plan of Washington MedAdvantage $122.56 ↓ -48%
Molina Apple Health $124.14 ↓ -48%
WellPoint Apple Health $125.36 ↓ -47%
Coordinated Care Apple Health $125.36 ↓ -47%
United Healthcare Apple Health $127.79 ↓ -46%
Community Health Plan of Washington Apple Health $131.44 ↓ -45%
Community Health Plan of Washington Cascade Care $187.86 ↓ -21%
Ambetter Coordinated Care Exchange $206.13 ↓ -13%
Premera HMO $216.33 ↓ -9%
First Choice MHS Employee MCC/PPO $220.30 ↓ -7%
First Choice MCC Wellfound Employee $286.83 ↑ +21%
United Healthcare Commercial $316.59 ↑ +33%
Premera Signature $317.29 ↑ +34%
Premera Prime $317.29 ↑ +34%
Premera Other Commercial Plans $317.29 ↑ +34%
Cigna Commercial $320.46 ↑ +35%
Regence/Asuris Commercial $324.25 ↑ +37%
Aetna All Commercial Plans $409.29 ↑ +73%
First Choice PPO $415.69 ↑ +75%
Multiplan/PHCS All Commercial Plans $426.96 ↑ +80%
First Health All Commercial Plans $426.96 ↑ +80%
Kaiser PPO $544.64 ↑ +130%
SCAN MedAdvantage not published by hospital

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Apply surf ldr radionuclide at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Central Medical Center Seattle $320.00 $110.00 – $110.00
MultiCare Auburn Medical Center Auburn $352.80 $116.11 – $566.67
MultiCare Good Samaritan Hospital Puyallup $352.80 $116.69 – $566.67
Virginia Mason Medical Center Seattle $281.01 $3.82 – $812.62
MultiCare Capital Medical Center Olympia $328.40 $115.79 – $569.11
MultiCare Covington Medical Center Covington $352.80 $116.11 – $566.67
MultiCare Mary Bridge Children's Hospital Tacoma $352.80 $120.19 – $962.60
MultiCare Allenmore Hospital Tacoma $352.80 $116.69 – $566.67

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