Brachy source yttrium-90 at MultiCare Valley Hospital
12606 East Mission Ave, Spokane Valley, WA · Multicare · · NPI 1538345251
$28,460.00
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.
$71,150.00
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.
$8,644.52 with Molina vs $78,363.43 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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| Molina | Apple Health | $8,644.52 | ↓ -70% |
| WellPoint | Apple Health | $8,729.27 | ↓ -69% |
| Coordinated Care | Apple Health | $8,729.27 | ↓ -69% |
| United Healthcare | Apple Health | $8,898.77 | ↓ -69% |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | Apple Health | $9,153.02 | ↓ -68% |
| Aetna | MedAdvantage | $19,565.40 | ↓ -31% |
| Blue Cross of Idaho | MedAdvantage | $19,565.40 | ↓ -31% |
| Regence | MedAdvantage | $19,565.40 | ↓ -31% |
| United Healthcare | MedAdvantage | $19,755.35 | ↓ -31% |
| Molina | MedAdvantage | $19,945.31 | ↓ -30% |
| WellCare | MedAdvantage | $19,945.31 | ↓ -30% |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | MedAdvantage | $20,895.09 | ↓ -27% |
| First Choice | MHS Employee MCC/PPO | $23,961.75 | ↓ -16% |
| Premera | HMO | $31,126.99 | ↑ +9% |
| First Choice | MCC Wellfound Employee | $31,198.65 | ↑ +10% |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | Cascade Care | $32,026.47 | ↑ +13% |
| Ambetter | Coordinated Care Exchange | $35,141.73 | ↑ +23% |
| First Choice | PPO | $45,214.50 | ↑ +59% |
| Multiplan/PHCS | All Commercial Plans | $46,440.00 | ↑ +63% |
| First Health | All Commercial Plans | $46,440.00 | ↑ +63% |
| Premera | Signature | $47,702.56 | ↑ +68% |
| Premera | Prime | $47,702.56 | ↑ +68% |
| Premera | Other Commercial Plans | $47,702.56 | ↑ +68% |
| Regence/Asuris | Commercial | $48,750.07 | ↑ +71% |
| United Healthcare | Commercial | $53,973.02 | ↑ +90% |
| Cigna | Commercial | $54,632.04 | ↑ +92% |
| Aetna | All Commercial Plans | $65,356.63 | ↑ +130% |
| Kaiser | PPO | $78,363.43 | ↑ +175% |
| SCAN | MedAdvantage | not published by hospital | — |
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Brachy source yttrium-90 at other Washington hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Providence St Joseph Hospital | Chewelah | $32,820.80 | not published |
| Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus | Seattle | $36,861.17 | $17,771.01 – $80,330.38 |
| Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital | Spokane | $34,172.79 | $17,771.01 – $61,529.65 |
| Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill | Seattle | $36,861.17 | $17,771.01 – $71,784.59 |
| Swedish Issaquah | Issaquah | $36,861.17 | $17,771.01 – $80,330.38 |
| Central Medical Center | Seattle | $16,979.60 | not published |
| Providence Centralia Hospital | Centralia | $31,103.54 | $17,771.01 – $106,480.48 |
| Providence Mount Carmel Hospital | Colville | $32,820.80 | not published |