Bx of breast open 19101 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.

$949.09 with Molina vs $15,298.21 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
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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 $949.09
WellPoint Apple Health $958.40
Coordinated Care Apple Health $958.40
United Healthcare Apple Health $977.01
Community Health Plan of Washington Apple Health $1,004.92
Blue Cross of Idaho MedAdvantage $4,404.16
Regence MedAdvantage $4,404.16
Aetna MedAdvantage $4,404.16
United Healthcare MedAdvantage $4,446.91
WellCare MedAdvantage $4,489.67
Molina MedAdvantage $4,489.67
Community Health Plan of Washington MedAdvantage $4,703.47
Premera HMO $5,696.86
Community Health Plan of Washington Cascade Care $7,209.13
Ambetter Coordinated Care Exchange $7,910.38
Premera Prime $10,085.90
Premera Signature $10,085.90
Premera Other Commercial Plans $10,085.90
Regence/Asuris Commercial $10,307.38
Cigna Commercial $12,297.62
Aetna All Commercial Plans $14,313.27
Kaiser PPO $15,298.21

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Bx of breast open 19101 at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus Seattle $8,940.48 $4,534.03 – $14,753.91
Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill Seattle $8,940.48 $4,534.03 – $14,208.59
Swedish Issaquah Issaquah $8,940.48 $4,546.75 – $14,753.91
Central Medical Center Seattle $8,320.80 not published
St. Michael Medical Center Silverdale $2,961.14 $4,226.86 – $16,202.35
St. Anne Hospital Burien $2,048.72 $2,885.00 – $6,038.37
St. Anthony Hospital Gig Harbor $2,040.63 $4,830.69 – $9,353.91
MultiCare Auburn Medical Center Auburn $8,575.20 $970.79 – $18,794.97

All Washington hospitals for this procedure →