Aspiration peritonsillar abscess at MultiCare Valley Hospital
12606 East Mission Ave, Spokane Valley, WA · Multicare · · NPI 1538345251
$326.00
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.
$815.00
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.
$266.41 with Regence vs $1,434.96 with Community Health Plan of Washington — 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 |
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| Regence | MedAdvantage | $266.41 | ↓ -18% |
| Aetna | MedAdvantage | $266.41 | ↓ -18% |
| Blue Cross of Idaho | MedAdvantage | $266.41 | ↓ -18% |
| United Healthcare | MedAdvantage | $269.00 | ↓ -17% |
| Molina | MedAdvantage | $271.59 | ↓ -17% |
| WellCare | MedAdvantage | $271.59 | ↓ -17% |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | MedAdvantage | $284.52 | ↓ -13% |
| First Choice | MHS Employee MCC/PPO | $302.77 | ↓ -7% |
| Premera | HMO | $367.35 | ↑ +13% |
| First Choice | MCC Wellfound Employee | $394.22 | ↑ +21% |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | Cascade Care | $436.09 | ↑ +34% |
| Ambetter | Coordinated Care Exchange | $478.51 | ↑ +47% |
| First Choice | PPO | $571.32 | ↑ +75% |
| Multiplan/PHCS | All Commercial Plans | $586.80 | ↑ +80% |
| First Health | All Commercial Plans | $586.80 | ↑ +80% |
| Premera | Other Commercial Plans | $646.33 | ↑ +98% |
| Premera | Signature | $646.33 | ↑ +98% |
| Premera | Prime | $646.33 | ↑ +98% |
| Regence/Asuris | Commercial | $660.51 | ↑ +103% |
| United Healthcare | Commercial | $734.94 | ↑ +125% |
| Cigna | Commercial | $743.91 | ↑ +128% |
| Aetna | All Commercial Plans | $868.01 | ↑ +166% |
| Kaiser | PPO | $924.84 | ↑ +184% |
| Molina | Apple Health | $1,355.24 | ↑ +316% |
| Coordinated Care | Apple Health | $1,368.53 | ↑ +320% |
| WellPoint | Apple Health | $1,368.53 | ↑ +320% |
| United Healthcare | Apple Health | $1,395.10 | ↑ +328% |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | Apple Health | $1,434.96 | ↑ +340% |
| SCAN | MedAdvantage | not published by hospital | — |
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Aspiration peritonsillar abscess at other Washington hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Providence St Joseph Hospital | Chewelah | $400.40 | not published |
| Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital | Spokane | $627.90 | $263.93 – $671.71 |
| Providence Mount Carmel Hospital | Colville | $481.60 | not published |
| Providence St Mary Medical Center | Walla Walla | $685.30 | $216.44 – $924.53 |
| Providence Holy Family Hospital | Spokane | $548.80 | $263.93 – $3,379.00 |
| Providence Regional Medical Center Everett - Colby Campus | Everett | $1,840.28 | $269.73 – $7,246.00 |
| Virginia Mason Medical Center | Seattle | $456.96 | $177.07 – $753.94 |
| Providence St Luke's Rehabilitation Medical Center | Spokane | not published | $263.93 – $290.33 |