Chemotherapy injection 96542 at MultiCare Valley Hospital
12606 East Mission Ave, Spokane Valley, WA · Multicare · · NPI 1538345251
$329.60
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.
$824.00
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.
$29.97 with Molina vs $1,239.81 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.
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 | $29.97 | ↓ -91% |
| Coordinated Care | Apple Health | $30.26 | ↓ -91% |
| WellPoint | Apple Health | $30.26 | ↓ -91% |
| United Healthcare | Apple Health | $30.85 | ↓ -91% |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | Apple Health | $31.73 | ↓ -90% |
| First Choice | MHS Employee MCC/PPO | $306.12 | ↓ -7% |
| Blue Cross of Idaho | MedAdvantage | $371.53 | ↑ +13% |
| Aetna | MedAdvantage | $371.53 | ↑ +13% |
| Regence | MedAdvantage | $371.53 | ↑ +13% |
| United Healthcare | MedAdvantage | $375.14 | ↑ +14% |
| WellCare | MedAdvantage | $378.75 | ↑ +15% |
| Molina | MedAdvantage | $378.75 | ↑ +15% |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | MedAdvantage | $396.78 | ↑ +20% |
| First Choice | MCC Wellfound Employee | $398.57 | ↑ +21% |
| First Choice | PPO | $577.62 | ↑ +75% |
| Premera | HMO | $587.93 | ↑ +78% |
| First Health | All Commercial Plans | $593.28 | ↑ +80% |
| Multiplan/PHCS | All Commercial Plans | $593.28 | ↑ +80% |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | Cascade Care | $608.16 | ↑ +85% |
| Ambetter | Coordinated Care Exchange | $667.32 | ↑ +102% |
| Premera | Signature | $896.11 | ↑ +172% |
| Premera | Prime | $896.11 | ↑ +172% |
| Premera | Other Commercial Plans | $896.11 | ↑ +172% |
| Regence/Asuris | Commercial | $915.80 | ↑ +178% |
| Kaiser | PPO | $919.24 | ↑ +179% |
| United Healthcare | Commercial | $1,024.91 | ↑ +211% |
| Cigna | Commercial | $1,037.42 | ↑ +215% |
| Aetna | All Commercial Plans | $1,239.81 | ↑ +276% |
| SCAN | MedAdvantage | not published by hospital | — |
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Chemotherapy injection 96542 at other Washington hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus | Seattle | $988.32 | $382.49 – $1,162.01 |
| Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital | Spokane | $630.70 | $368.07 – $936.75 |
| Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill | Seattle | $988.32 | $382.49 – $895.03 |
| Swedish Issaquah | Issaquah | $988.32 | $153.21 – $863.58 |
| Providence St Mary Medical Center | Walla Walla | $333.90 | $109.79 – $680.94 |
| Kadlec Regional Medical Center | Richland | $483.70 | $71.14 – $718.42 |
| MultiCare Yakima Memorial Hospital | Yakima | $258.40 | $336.24 – $1,054.04 |
| MultiCare Auburn Medical Center | Auburn | $594.00 | $30.66 – $1,585.54 |