Brcassure comprehensive panel-sendout 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

$3,180.80

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.

$7,952.00

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.

$274.06 with Molina vs $6,168.09 with Aetna — 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 $274.06 ↓ -91%
Coordinated Care Apple Health $276.75 ↓ -91%
WellPoint Apple Health $276.75 ↓ -91%
United Healthcare Apple Health $282.12 ↓ -91%
Community Health Plan of Washington Apple Health $290.18 ↓ -91%
Premera HMO $1,824.88 ↓ -43%
Blue Cross of Idaho MedAdvantage $1,842.03 ↓ -42%
Aetna MedAdvantage $1,842.03 ↓ -42%
Regence MedAdvantage $1,842.03 ↓ -42%
United Healthcare MedAdvantage $1,859.92 ↓ -42%
WellCare MedAdvantage $1,877.80 ↓ -41%
Molina MedAdvantage $1,877.80 ↓ -41%
Community Health Plan of Washington MedAdvantage $1,967.22 ↓ -38%
Kaiser PPO $2,007.37 ↓ -37%
Regence/Asuris Commercial $2,098.61 ↓ -34%
United Healthcare Commercial $2,189.86 ↓ -31%
Cigna Commercial $2,189.86 ↓ -31%
Premera Signature $2,281.10 ↓ -28%
Premera Prime $2,281.10 ↓ -28%
Premera Other Commercial Plans $2,281.10 ↓ -28%
First Choice MHS Employee MCC/PPO $2,954.17 ↓ -7%
Community Health Plan of Washington Cascade Care $3,015.21 ↓ -5%
Ambetter Coordinated Care Exchange $3,308.51 ↑ +4%
First Choice MCC Wellfound Employee $3,846.38 ↑ +21%
First Choice PPO $5,574.35 ↑ +75%
Multiplan/PHCS All Commercial Plans $5,725.44 ↑ +80%
First Health All Commercial Plans $5,725.44 ↑ +80%
Aetna All Commercial Plans $6,168.09 ↑ +94%
SCAN MedAdvantage not published by hospital

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Brcassure comprehensive panel-sendout at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Providence St Mary Medical Center Walla Walla $2,894.50 $1,824.88 – $3,376.03
Kadlec Regional Medical Center Richland $2,939.30 $1,824.88 – $3,376.03
MultiCare Yakima Memorial Hospital Yakima $2,768.00 $1,824.15 – $3,339.53
St. Michael Medical Center Silverdale $2,564.10 $1,824.88 – $5,228.73
St. Anne Hospital Burien $1,774.03 $1,824.88 – $5,228.73
St. Anthony Hospital Gig Harbor $1,767.02 $1,824.88 – $4,357.28
MultiCare Auburn Medical Center Auburn $3,460.00 $280.33 – $3,576.76
MultiCare Good Samaritan Hospital Puyallup $3,460.00 $286.81 – $3,576.76

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