Asp pq spinal cord cyst/syrinx at MultiCare Valley Hospital
12606 East Mission Ave, Spokane Valley, WA · Multicare · · NPI 1538345251
$1,432.00
Cash price 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.
$3,580.00
Gross charge 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.
$580.23 with Molina vs $3,792.20 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
|---|---|---|---|
| Molina | Apple Health | $580.23 | ↓ -59% |
| Coordinated Care | Apple Health | $585.92 | ↓ -59% |
| WellPoint | Apple Health | $585.92 | ↓ -59% |
| United Healthcare | Apple Health | $597.30 | ↓ -58% |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | Apple Health | $614.37 | ↓ -57% |
| Regence | MedAdvantage | $994.87 | ↓ -31% |
| Blue Cross of Idaho | MedAdvantage | $994.87 | ↓ -31% |
| Aetna | MedAdvantage | $994.87 | ↓ -31% |
| United Healthcare | MedAdvantage | $1,004.53 | ↓ -30% |
| Molina | MedAdvantage | $1,014.19 | ↓ -29% |
| WellCare | MedAdvantage | $1,014.19 | ↓ -29% |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | MedAdvantage | $1,062.48 | ↓ -26% |
| First Choice | MHS Employee MCC/PPO | $1,329.97 | ↓ -7% |
| Premera | HMO | $1,412.17 | ↓ -1% |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | Cascade Care | $1,628.50 | ↑ +14% |
| First Choice | MCC Wellfound Employee | $1,731.65 | ↑ +21% |
| Ambetter | Coordinated Care Exchange | $1,786.91 | ↑ +25% |
| Premera | Signature | $2,411.78 | ↑ +68% |
| Premera | Other Commercial Plans | $2,411.78 | ↑ +68% |
| Premera | Prime | $2,411.78 | ↑ +68% |
| Regence/Asuris | Commercial | $2,464.75 | ↑ +72% |
| First Choice | PPO | $2,509.58 | ↑ +75% |
| First Health | All Commercial Plans | $2,577.60 | ↑ +80% |
| Multiplan/PHCS | All Commercial Plans | $2,577.60 | ↑ +80% |
| United Healthcare | Commercial | $2,744.44 | ↑ +92% |
| Cigna | Commercial | $2,777.95 | ↑ +94% |
| Aetna | All Commercial Plans | $3,327.77 | ↑ +132% |
| Kaiser | PPO | $3,792.20 | ↑ +165% |
| SCAN | MedAdvantage | not published by hospital | — |
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Asp pq spinal cord cyst/syrinx at other Washington hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus | Seattle | $2,284.32 | $1,024.21 – $3,816.64 |
| Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill | Seattle | $2,284.32 | $1,024.21 – $3,694.83 |
| Swedish Issaquah | Issaquah | $2,284.32 | $1,027.08 – $3,816.64 |
| MultiCare Auburn Medical Center | Auburn | $2,119.60 | $593.50 – $4,245.66 |
| MultiCare Good Samaritan Hospital | Puyallup | $2,119.60 | $607.22 – $4,245.66 |
| Virginia Mason Medical Center | Seattle | $1,412.70 | $7.55 – $1,218.89 |
| MultiCare Capital Medical Center | Olympia | $2,119.60 | $638.70 – $4,576.02 |
| MultiCare Covington Medical Center | Covington | $2,119.60 | $593.50 – $4,245.66 |