Bronchoscopy treat blockage at MultiCare Valley Hospital
12606 East Mission Ave, Spokane Valley, WA · Multicare · · NPI 1538345251
$4,342.00
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.
$10,855.00
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.
$2,310.79 with Molina vs $14,834.74 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 | $2,310.79 | ↓ -47% |
| Coordinated Care | Apple Health | $2,333.44 | ↓ -46% |
| WellPoint | Apple Health | $2,333.44 | ↓ -46% |
| United Healthcare | Apple Health | $2,378.75 | ↓ -45% |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | Apple Health | $2,446.72 | ↓ -44% |
| First Choice | MHS Employee MCC/PPO | $4,032.63 | ↓ -7% |
| Blue Cross of Idaho | MedAdvantage | $4,193.72 | ↓ -3% |
| Aetna | MedAdvantage | $4,193.72 | ↓ -3% |
| Regence | MedAdvantage | $4,193.72 | ↓ -3% |
| United Healthcare | MedAdvantage | $4,234.43 | ↓ -2% |
| WellCare | MedAdvantage | $4,275.15 | ↓ -2% |
| Molina | MedAdvantage | $4,275.15 | ↓ -2% |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | MedAdvantage | $4,478.73 | ↑ +3% |
| First Choice | MCC Wellfound Employee | $5,250.56 | ↑ +21% |
| Premera | HMO | $5,524.26 | ↑ +27% |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | Cascade Care | $6,864.66 | ↑ +58% |
| Ambetter | Coordinated Care Exchange | $7,532.40 | ↑ +73% |
| First Choice | PPO | $7,609.36 | ↑ +75% |
| First Health | All Commercial Plans | $7,815.60 | ↑ +80% |
| Multiplan/PHCS | All Commercial Plans | $7,815.60 | ↑ +80% |
| Premera | Signature | $9,908.90 | ↑ +128% |
| Premera | Prime | $9,908.90 | ↑ +128% |
| Premera | Other Commercial Plans | $9,908.90 | ↑ +128% |
| Regence/Asuris | Commercial | $10,126.48 | ↑ +133% |
| United Healthcare | Commercial | $11,568.76 | ↑ +166% |
| Cigna | Commercial | $11,710.01 | ↑ +170% |
| Aetna | All Commercial Plans | $13,781.26 | ↑ +217% |
| Kaiser | PPO | $14,834.74 | ↑ +242% |
| SCAN | MedAdvantage | not published by hospital | — |
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Bronchoscopy treat blockage at other Washington hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| St. Michael Medical Center | Silverdale | $2,621.36 | $3,741.85 – $15,711.49 |
| St. Anne Hospital | Burien | $1,813.64 | $2,553.96 – $5,345.49 |
| St. Anthony Hospital | Gig Harbor | $1,806.47 | $4,276.39 – $9,070.53 |
| MultiCare Auburn Medical Center | Auburn | $2,839.60 | $2,363.62 – $17,896.91 |
| MultiCare Good Samaritan Hospital | Puyallup | $2,839.60 | $2,418.27 – $17,896.91 |
| St. Joseph Medical Center | Tacoma | $1,967.13 | $4,276.39 – $9,070.53 |
| St. Elizabeth Hospital | Enumclaw | $2,098.79 | $1,009.71 – $5,345.49 |
| Virginia Mason Medical Center | Seattle | $4,927.11 | $7.43 – $1,246.36 |