Asp core fat pad 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

$308.40

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.

$771.00

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.

$110.92 with Molina vs $803.58 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 $110.92 ↓ -64%
WellPoint Apple Health $112.01 ↓ -64%
Coordinated Care Apple Health $112.01 ↓ -64%
United Healthcare Apple Health $114.18 ↓ -63%
Community Health Plan of Washington Apple Health $117.45 ↓ -62%
Blue Cross of Idaho MedAdvantage $225.68 ↓ -27%
Aetna MedAdvantage $225.68 ↓ -27%
Regence MedAdvantage $225.68 ↓ -27%
United Healthcare MedAdvantage $227.87 ↓ -26%
Molina MedAdvantage $230.06 ↓ -25%
WellCare MedAdvantage $230.06 ↓ -25%
Community Health Plan of Washington MedAdvantage $241.01 ↓ -22%
First Choice MHS Employee MCC/PPO $286.43 ↓ -7%
Premera HMO $319.20 ↑ +4%
Community Health Plan of Washington Cascade Care $369.41 ↑ +20%
First Choice MCC Wellfound Employee $372.93 ↑ +21%
Ambetter Coordinated Care Exchange $405.34 ↑ +31%
Premera Other Commercial Plans $529.72 ↑ +72%
Premera Prime $529.72 ↑ +72%
Premera Signature $529.72 ↑ +72%
First Choice PPO $540.47 ↑ +75%
Regence/Asuris Commercial $541.37 ↑ +76%
First Health All Commercial Plans $555.12 ↑ +80%
Multiplan/PHCS All Commercial Plans $555.12 ↑ +80%
United Healthcare Commercial $622.55 ↑ +102%
Cigna Commercial $630.15 ↑ +104%
Aetna All Commercial Plans $742.73 ↑ +141%
Kaiser PPO $803.58 ↑ +161%
SCAN MedAdvantage not published by hospital

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Asp core fat pad at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus Seattle $501.12 $232.33 – $821.23
Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital Spokane $1,152.90 $223.58 – $569.00
Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill Seattle $501.12 $232.33 – $795.02
Swedish Issaquah Issaquah $501.12 $232.98 – $821.23
Central Medical Center Seattle $480.00 not published
Providence St Mary Medical Center Walla Walla $165.90 $177.40 – $793.27
Kadlec Regional Medical Center Richland $5,543.30 $223.58 – $648.25
Providence Holy Family Hospital Spokane $237.30 $223.58 – $3,379.00

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