Biopsy of nail unit 11755 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

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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.

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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.

$302.25 with Molina vs $2,887.92 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 $302.25
WellPoint Apple Health $305.21
Coordinated Care Apple Health $305.21
United Healthcare Apple Health $311.14
Community Health Plan of Washington Apple Health $320.03
Blue Cross of Idaho MedAdvantage $796.52
Regence MedAdvantage $796.52
Aetna MedAdvantage $796.52
United Healthcare MedAdvantage $804.25
WellCare MedAdvantage $811.99
Molina MedAdvantage $811.99
Community Health Plan of Washington MedAdvantage $850.65
Premera HMO $1,147.13
Community Health Plan of Washington Cascade Care $1,303.82
Ambetter Coordinated Care Exchange $1,430.64
Premera Prime $1,861.67
Premera Signature $1,861.67
Premera Other Commercial Plans $1,861.67
Regence/Asuris Commercial $1,902.55
Cigna Commercial $2,224.10
Aetna All Commercial Plans $2,629.90
Kaiser PPO $2,887.92

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Biopsy of nail unit 11755 at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus Seattle $1,899.84 $820.01 – $2,867.05
Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill Seattle $1,899.84 $820.01 – $2,775.55
Swedish Issaquah Issaquah $1,899.84 $822.31 – $2,867.05
Providence Regional Medical Center Everett - Colby Campus Everett $1,465.36 $806.42 – $5,987.00
Virginia Mason Medical Center Seattle $1,069.98 $3.73 – $349.50
Providence St Luke's Rehabilitation Medical Center Spokane not published $789.10 – $868.01
Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital Spokane not published $789.10 – $2,008.27
Central Medical Center Seattle not published not published

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