Cystic fibrosis cftr 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

$774.00

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.

$1,935.00

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.

$274.06 with Molina vs $1,686.62 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.

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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 $274.06 ↓ -65%
Coordinated Care Apple Health $276.75 ↓ -64%
WellPoint Apple Health $276.75 ↓ -64%
United Healthcare Apple Health $282.12 ↓ -64%
Community Health Plan of Washington Apple Health $290.18 ↓ -63%
Premera HMO $499.00 ↓ -36%
Blue Cross of Idaho MedAdvantage $503.69 ↓ -35%
Aetna MedAdvantage $503.69 ↓ -35%
Regence MedAdvantage $503.69 ↓ -35%
United Healthcare MedAdvantage $508.58 ↓ -34%
WellCare MedAdvantage $513.47 ↓ -34%
Molina MedAdvantage $513.47 ↓ -34%
Community Health Plan of Washington MedAdvantage $537.92 ↓ -31%
Kaiser PPO $548.90 ↓ -29%
Regence/Asuris Commercial $573.85 ↓ -26%
United Healthcare Commercial $598.80 ↓ -23%
Cigna Commercial $598.80 ↓ -23%
Premera Signature $623.75 ↓ -19%
Premera Prime $623.75 ↓ -19%
Premera Other Commercial Plans $623.75 ↓ -19%
First Choice MHS Employee MCC/PPO $718.85 ↓ -7%
Community Health Plan of Washington Cascade Care $824.49 ↑ +7%
Ambetter Coordinated Care Exchange $904.69 ↑ +17%
First Choice MCC Wellfound Employee $935.96 ↑ +21%
First Choice PPO $1,356.44 ↑ +75%
Multiplan/PHCS All Commercial Plans $1,393.20 ↑ +80%
First Health All Commercial Plans $1,393.20 ↑ +80%
Aetna All Commercial Plans $1,686.62 ↑ +118%
SCAN MedAdvantage not published by hospital

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Cystic fibrosis cftr at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus Seattle $1,381.44 $449.10 – $1,515.96
Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill Seattle $1,381.44 $449.10 – $1,497.00
Swedish Issaquah Issaquah $1,381.44 $449.10 – $1,107.78
Providence St Mary Medical Center Walla Walla $2,142.70 $499.00 – $923.15
MultiCare Yakima Memorial Hospital Yakima $774.00 $498.80 – $913.17
St. Michael Medical Center Silverdale $1,864.89 $499.00 – $3,802.89
St. Anne Hospital Burien $1,290.26 $499.00 – $3,802.89
St. Anthony Hospital Gig Harbor $1,285.16 $499.00 – $3,169.08

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