Bladder irrigate/lavage/instill 51700 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

$415.20

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What a hospital charges a self-pay patient who pays directly, without going through insurance — usually well below the gross charge.

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$1,038.00

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.

$48.87 with Molina vs $956.17 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

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

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 $48.87 ↓ -88%
Coordinated Care Apple Health $49.35 ↓ -88%
WellPoint Apple Health $49.35 ↓ -88%
United Healthcare Apple Health $50.30 ↓ -88%
Community Health Plan of Washington Apple Health $51.74 ↓ -88%
Regence MedAdvantage $281.03 ↓ -32%
Blue Cross of Idaho MedAdvantage $281.03 ↓ -32%
Aetna MedAdvantage $281.03 ↓ -32%
United Healthcare MedAdvantage $283.76 ↓ -32%
Molina MedAdvantage $286.49 ↓ -31%
WellCare MedAdvantage $286.49 ↓ -31%
Community Health Plan of Washington MedAdvantage $300.13 ↓ -28%
Premera HMO $379.80 ↓ -9%
First Choice MHS Employee MCC/PPO $385.62 ↓ -7%
Community Health Plan of Washington Cascade Care $460.02 ↑ +11%
First Choice MCC Wellfound Employee $502.08 ↑ +21%
Ambetter Coordinated Care Exchange $504.77 ↑ +22%
Premera Signature $653.95 ↑ +58%
Premera Other Commercial Plans $653.95 ↑ +58%
Premera Prime $653.95 ↑ +58%
Regence/Asuris Commercial $668.32 ↑ +61%
First Choice PPO $727.64 ↑ +75%
First Health All Commercial Plans $747.36 ↑ +80%
Multiplan/PHCS All Commercial Plans $747.36 ↑ +80%
United Healthcare Commercial $775.25 ↑ +87%
Cigna Commercial $784.72 ↑ +89%
Aetna All Commercial Plans $909.08 ↑ +119%
Kaiser PPO $956.17 ↑ +130%
SCAN MedAdvantage not published by hospital

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Bladder irrigate/lavage/instill 51700 at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Providence St Joseph Hospital Chewelah $331.10 not published
Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus Seattle $771.36 $289.32 – $1,104.03
Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital Spokane $737.10 $278.42 – $728.19
Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill Seattle $771.36 $289.32 – $1,068.80
Swedish Issaquah Issaquah $771.36 $290.13 – $1,104.03
Providence Centralia Hospital Centralia $581.88 $289.32 – $1,374.17
Providence Mount Carmel Hospital Colville $208.60 not published
Providence St Mary Medical Center Walla Walla $695.80 $219.00 – $1,066.45

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