Brace knee hing pat open med at MultiCare Valley Hospital
12606 East Mission Ave, Spokane Valley, WA · Multicare · · NPI 1538345251
$82.40
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.
$206.00
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.
$76.53 with First Choice vs $688.37 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 |
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| First Choice | MHS Employee MCC/PPO | $76.53 | ↓ -7% |
| First Choice | MCC Wellfound Employee | $99.64 | ↑ +21% |
| First Choice | PPO | $144.41 | ↑ +75% |
| First Health | All Commercial Plans | $148.32 | ↑ +80% |
| Multiplan/PHCS | All Commercial Plans | $148.32 | ↑ +80% |
| Regence/Asuris | Commercial | $158.71 | ↑ +93% |
| Aetna | MedAdvantage | $167.33 | ↑ +103% |
| Blue Cross of Idaho | MedAdvantage | $167.33 | ↑ +103% |
| Regence | MedAdvantage | $167.33 | ↑ +103% |
| United Healthcare | MedAdvantage | $168.95 | ↑ +105% |
| WellCare | MedAdvantage | $170.58 | ↑ +107% |
| Molina | MedAdvantage | $170.58 | ↑ +107% |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | MedAdvantage | $178.70 | ↑ +117% |
| Premera | Signature | $198.39 | ↑ +141% |
| Premera | Other Commercial Plans | $198.39 | ↑ +141% |
| Premera | Prime | $198.39 | ↑ +141% |
| United Healthcare | Commercial | $198.92 | ↑ +141% |
| Cigna | Commercial | $227.53 | ↑ +176% |
| Premera | HMO | $247.50 | ↑ +200% |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | Cascade Care | $273.90 | ↑ +232% |
| Ambetter | Coordinated Care Exchange | $300.54 | ↑ +265% |
| Aetna | All Commercial Plans | $549.32 | ↑ +567% |
| Kaiser | PPO | $688.37 | ↑ +735% |
| Molina | Apple Health | not published by hospital | — |
| SCAN | MedAdvantage | not published by hospital | — |
| United Healthcare | Apple Health | not published by hospital | — |
| Coordinated Care | Apple Health | not published by hospital | — |
| WellPoint | Apple Health | not published by hospital | — |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | Apple Health | not published by hospital | — |
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Brace knee hing pat open med at other Washington hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus | Seattle | $62.63 | $165.77 – $503.61 |
| Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill | Seattle | $62.63 | $165.77 – $405.39 |
| Swedish Issaquah | Issaquah | $62.63 | $165.77 – $368.01 |
| Swedish Edmonds Hospital | Edmonds | $62.63 | $165.77 – $540.52 |
| St. Michael Medical Center | Silverdale | $53.33 | $76.12 – $729.05 |
| St. Anne Hospital | Burien | $36.90 | $51.96 – $518.50 |
| St. Anthony Hospital | Gig Harbor | $36.75 | $60.41 – $536.00 |
| MultiCare Auburn Medical Center | Auburn | $82.40 | $138.87 – $716.21 |