Artery x-rays adrenal gland 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

$3,874.40

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.

$9,686.00

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.

$1,238.74 with Molina vs $13,256.42 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 $1,238.74 ↓ -68%
Coordinated Care Apple Health $1,250.88 ↓ -68%
WellPoint Apple Health $1,250.88 ↓ -68%
United Healthcare Apple Health $1,275.17 ↓ -67%
Community Health Plan of Washington Apple Health $1,311.60 ↓ -66%
Aetna MedAdvantage $3,551.60 ↓ -8%
Blue Cross of Idaho MedAdvantage $3,551.60 ↓ -8%
Regence MedAdvantage $3,551.60 ↓ -8%
United Healthcare MedAdvantage $3,586.08 ↓ -7%
First Choice MHS Employee MCC/PPO $3,598.35 ↓ -7%
Molina MedAdvantage $3,620.56 ↓ -7%
WellCare MedAdvantage $3,620.56 ↓ -7%
Community Health Plan of Washington MedAdvantage $3,792.97 ↓ -2%
First Choice MCC Wellfound Employee $4,685.12 ↑ +21%
Premera HMO $4,936.54 ↑ +27%
Community Health Plan of Washington Cascade Care $5,813.58 ↑ +50%
Ambetter Coordinated Care Exchange $6,379.08 ↑ +65%
First Choice PPO $6,789.89 ↑ +75%
First Health All Commercial Plans $6,973.92 ↑ +80%
Multiplan/PHCS All Commercial Plans $6,973.92 ↑ +80%
Premera Signature $8,434.14 ↑ +118%
Premera Prime $8,434.14 ↑ +118%
Premera Other Commercial Plans $8,434.14 ↑ +118%
Regence/Asuris Commercial $8,619.34 ↑ +122%
United Healthcare Commercial $9,797.42 ↑ +153%
Cigna Commercial $9,917.04 ↑ +156%
Aetna All Commercial Plans $11,764.86 ↑ +204%
Kaiser PPO $13,256.42 ↑ +242%
SCAN MedAdvantage not published by hospital

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Artery x-rays adrenal gland at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus Seattle $2,932.32 $3,656.33 – $11,107.93
Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital Spokane $4,635.40 $1,110.37 – $8,954.64
Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill Seattle $2,932.32 $3,656.33 – $8,555.81
Swedish Issaquah Issaquah $2,932.32 $418.25 – $8,139.83
Central Medical Center Seattle $10,880.00 $3,148.00 – $3,148.00
Providence St Mary Medical Center Walla Walla $8,597.40 $590.16 – $6,509.26
Kadlec Regional Medical Center Richland $4,402.30 $258.17 – $6,509.26
Providence Holy Family Hospital Spokane $10,756.20 $515.12 – $10,916.90

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