#covid19rsv-rsv 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

$48.00

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.

$120.00

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.

$18.64 with Molina vs $127.27 with Ambetter — 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 $18.64 ↓ -61%
WellPoint Apple Health $18.82 ↓ -61%
Coordinated Care Apple Health $18.82 ↓ -61%
United Healthcare Apple Health $19.19 ↓ -60%
Community Health Plan of Washington Apple Health $19.73 ↓ -59%
First Choice MHS Employee MCC/PPO $44.58 ↓ -7%
First Choice MCC Wellfound Employee $58.04 ↑ +21%
Premera HMO $70.20 ↑ +46%
Blue Cross of Idaho MedAdvantage $70.86 ↑ +48%
Aetna MedAdvantage $70.86 ↑ +48%
Regence MedAdvantage $70.86 ↑ +48%
United Healthcare MedAdvantage $71.55 ↑ +49%
WellCare MedAdvantage $72.24 ↑ +51%
Molina MedAdvantage $72.24 ↑ +51%
Community Health Plan of Washington MedAdvantage $75.68 ↑ +58%
Kaiser PPO $77.22 ↑ +61%
Regence/Asuris Commercial $80.73 ↑ +68%
First Choice PPO $84.12 ↑ +75%
Cigna Commercial $84.24 ↑ +76%
United Healthcare Commercial $84.24 ↑ +76%
First Health All Commercial Plans $86.40 ↑ +80%
Multiplan/PHCS All Commercial Plans $86.40 ↑ +80%
Aetna All Commercial Plans $87.05 ↑ +81%
Premera Other Commercial Plans $87.75 ↑ +83%
Premera Signature $87.75 ↑ +83%
Premera Prime $87.75 ↑ +83%
Community Health Plan of Washington Cascade Care $115.99 ↑ +142%
Ambetter Coordinated Care Exchange $127.27 ↑ +165%
SCAN MedAdvantage not published by hospital

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#covid19rsv-rsv at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Providence St Luke's Rehabilitation Medical Center Spokane $372.96 $70.20 – $77.22
Providence St Joseph Hospital Chewelah $312.90 not published
Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital Spokane $529.90 $70.20 – $252.72
Providence Centralia Hospital Centralia $114.40 $70.20 – $437.35
Providence Mount Carmel Hospital Colville $366.10 not published
Providence St Mary Medical Center Walla Walla $138.60 $70.20 – $129.87
Providence Holy Family Hospital Spokane $481.60 $70.20 – $299.59
Providence Regional Medical Center Everett - Colby Campus Everett $208.00 $70.20 – $294.84

All Washington hospitals for this procedure →