Brachy src nonstrand c-131 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.

$109.88 with Regence vs $2,683.38 with Community Health Plan of Washington — 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
Regence MedAdvantage $109.88
Blue Cross of Idaho MedAdvantage $109.88
Aetna MedAdvantage $109.88
United Healthcare MedAdvantage $110.94
Molina MedAdvantage $112.01
WellCare MedAdvantage $112.01
Community Health Plan of Washington MedAdvantage $117.34
Premera HMO $144.09
Community Health Plan of Washington Cascade Care $179.86
Ambetter Coordinated Care Exchange $197.35
Premera Prime $223.09
Premera Signature $223.09
Premera Other Commercial Plans $223.09
Regence/Asuris Commercial $227.98
Cigna Commercial $306.80
Aetna All Commercial Plans $360.93
Kaiser PPO $362.76
Molina Apple Health $2,534.31
WellPoint Apple Health $2,559.15
Coordinated Care Apple Health $2,559.15
United Healthcare Apple Health $2,608.84
Community Health Plan of Washington Apple Health $2,683.38

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Brachy src nonstrand c-131 at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Providence St Joseph Hospital Chewelah $315.00 not published
Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus Seattle $241.49 $99.80 – $449.88
Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital Spokane $332.64 $99.80 – $344.59
Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill Seattle $241.49 $99.80 – $402.02
Swedish Issaquah Issaquah $241.49 $99.80 – $449.88
Providence Centralia Hospital Centralia $352.40 $99.80 – $596.34
Providence Mount Carmel Hospital Colville $315.00 not published
Swedish Edmonds Hospital Edmonds $241.49 $99.80 – $392.45

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