CT limited or localized follow-up study 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

$330.40

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.

$826.00

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.

$79.12 with Molina vs $594.72 with First Health — 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 $79.12 ↓ -76%
Coordinated Care Apple Health $79.90 ↓ -76%
WellPoint Apple Health $79.90 ↓ -76%
United Healthcare Apple Health $81.45 ↓ -75%
Community Health Plan of Washington Apple Health $83.78 ↓ -75%
Blue Cross of Idaho MedAdvantage $97.89 ↓ -70%
Aetna MedAdvantage $97.89 ↓ -70%
Regence MedAdvantage $97.89 ↓ -70%
United Healthcare MedAdvantage $98.84 ↓ -70%
Molina MedAdvantage $99.79 ↓ -70%
WellCare MedAdvantage $99.79 ↓ -70%
Community Health Plan of Washington MedAdvantage $104.54 ↓ -68%
Premera HMO $153.56 ↓ -54%
Community Health Plan of Washington Cascade Care $160.23 ↓ -52%
Ambetter Coordinated Care Exchange $175.82 ↓ -47%
Premera Other Commercial Plans $240.44 ↓ -27%
Premera Signature $240.44 ↓ -27%
Premera Prime $240.44 ↓ -27%
Regence/Asuris Commercial $245.72 ↓ -26%
United Healthcare Commercial $270.03 ↓ -18%
Cigna Commercial $273.33 ↓ -17%
First Choice MHS Employee MCC/PPO $306.86 ↓ -7%
Aetna All Commercial Plans $329.10 ↓ -0%
Kaiser PPO $386.62 ↑ +17%
First Choice MCC Wellfound Employee $399.54 ↑ +21%
First Choice PPO $579.03 ↑ +75%
Multiplan/PHCS All Commercial Plans $594.72 ↑ +80%
First Health All Commercial Plans $594.72 ↑ +80%
SCAN MedAdvantage not published by hospital

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CT limited or localized follow-up study at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Providence St Joseph Hospital Chewelah $497.00 not published
Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus Seattle $239.52 $100.77 – $375.11
Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital Spokane $878.50 $96.98 – $287.32
Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill Seattle $239.52 $100.77 – $363.14
Swedish Issaquah Issaquah $239.52 $101.06 – $375.11
Central Medical Center Seattle $1,200.00 $89.00 – $89.00
Providence Mount Carmel Hospital Colville $109.20 not published
Providence St Mary Medical Center Walla Walla $1,038.10 $80.52 – $179.41

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