Bld prd mix 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

$277.60

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.

$694.00

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.

$18.04 with Molina vs $699.76 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 $18.04 ↓ -94%
Coordinated Care Apple Health $18.22 ↓ -93%
WellPoint Apple Health $18.22 ↓ -93%
United Healthcare Apple Health $18.57 ↓ -93%
Community Health Plan of Washington Apple Health $19.10 ↓ -93%
Regence MedAdvantage $191.64 ↓ -31%
Blue Cross of Idaho MedAdvantage $191.64 ↓ -31%
Aetna MedAdvantage $191.64 ↓ -31%
United Healthcare MedAdvantage $193.50 ↓ -30%
Molina MedAdvantage $195.36 ↓ -30%
WellCare MedAdvantage $195.36 ↓ -30%
Community Health Plan of Washington MedAdvantage $204.66 ↓ -26%
First Choice MHS Employee MCC/PPO $257.82 ↓ -7%
Premera HMO $277.96 ↑ +0%
Community Health Plan of Washington Cascade Care $313.69 ↑ +13%
First Choice MCC Wellfound Employee $335.69 ↑ +21%
Ambetter Coordinated Care Exchange $344.20 ↑ +24%
Premera Signature $451.95 ↑ +63%
Premera Other Commercial Plans $451.95 ↑ +63%
Premera Prime $451.95 ↑ +63%
Regence/Asuris Commercial $461.87 ↑ +66%
First Choice PPO $486.49 ↑ +75%
First Health All Commercial Plans $499.68 ↑ +80%
Multiplan/PHCS All Commercial Plans $499.68 ↑ +80%
United Healthcare Commercial $528.65 ↑ +90%
Cigna Commercial $535.11 ↑ +93%
Aetna All Commercial Plans $640.54 ↑ +131%
Kaiser PPO $699.76 ↑ +152%
SCAN MedAdvantage not published by hospital

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Bld prd mix at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Providence St Luke's Rehabilitation Medical Center Spokane $197.82 $189.85 – $208.84
Providence St Joseph Hospital Chewelah $121.10 not published
Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus Seattle $143.52 $1.83 – $674.45
Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital Spokane $252.70 $2.01 – $516.60
Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill Seattle $143.52 $1.83 – $652.93
Swedish Issaquah Issaquah $143.52 $1.83 – $674.45
Central Medical Center Seattle $407.20 $172.00 – $172.00
Providence Mount Carmel Hospital Colville $161.70 not published

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