Bronchoscopy w/tumor excise 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

$4,165.20

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.

$10,413.00

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.

$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.

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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

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 $2,310.79 ↓ -45%
Coordinated Care Apple Health $2,333.44 ↓ -44%
WellPoint Apple Health $2,333.44 ↓ -44%
United Healthcare Apple Health $2,378.75 ↓ -43%
Community Health Plan of Washington Apple Health $2,446.72 ↓ -41%
First Choice MHS Employee MCC/PPO $3,868.43 ↓ -7%
Blue Cross of Idaho MedAdvantage $4,193.72 ↑ +1%
Aetna MedAdvantage $4,193.72 ↑ +1%
Regence MedAdvantage $4,193.72 ↑ +1%
United Healthcare MedAdvantage $4,234.43 ↑ +2%
WellCare MedAdvantage $4,275.15 ↑ +3%
Molina MedAdvantage $4,275.15 ↑ +3%
Community Health Plan of Washington MedAdvantage $4,478.73 ↑ +8%
First Choice MCC Wellfound Employee $5,036.77 ↑ +21%
Premera HMO $5,524.26 ↑ +33%
Community Health Plan of Washington Cascade Care $6,864.66 ↑ +65%
First Choice PPO $7,299.51 ↑ +75%
First Health All Commercial Plans $7,497.36 ↑ +80%
Multiplan/PHCS All Commercial Plans $7,497.36 ↑ +80%
Ambetter Coordinated Care Exchange $7,532.40 ↑ +81%
Premera Signature $9,908.90 ↑ +138%
Premera Prime $9,908.90 ↑ +138%
Premera Other Commercial Plans $9,908.90 ↑ +138%
Regence/Asuris Commercial $10,126.48 ↑ +143%
United Healthcare Commercial $11,568.76 ↑ +178%
Cigna Commercial $11,710.01 ↑ +181%
Aetna All Commercial Plans $13,781.26 ↑ +231%
Kaiser PPO $14,834.74 ↑ +256%
SCAN MedAdvantage not published by hospital

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Bronchoscopy w/tumor excise at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
MultiCare Auburn Medical Center Auburn $2,904.40 $2,363.62 – $17,896.91
MultiCare Good Samaritan Hospital Puyallup $2,904.40 $2,418.27 – $17,896.91
Virginia Mason Medical Center Seattle $4,131.00 $7.24 – $1,221.08
MultiCare Capital Medical Center Olympia $2,904.40 $2,543.63 – $19,289.46
MultiCare Covington Medical Center Covington $2,904.40 $2,363.62 – $17,896.91
MultiCare Mary Bridge Children's Hospital Tacoma $2,904.40 $2,407.17 – $26,219.16
MultiCare Allenmore Hospital Tacoma $2,904.40 $2,419.22 – $17,896.91
Providence St Luke's Rehabilitation Medical Center Spokane not published $4,154.66 – $4,570.13

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