Destruction by neurolytic agent w/imaging guidance lumbar/sacral (both sides) at MultiCare Valley Hospital
12606 East Mission Ave, Spokane Valley, WA · Multicare · · NPI 1538345251
$1,529.60
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.
$3,824.00
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.
$580.23 with Molina vs $7,998.96 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.
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 | $580.23 | ↓ -62% |
| Coordinated Care | Apple Health | $585.92 | ↓ -62% |
| WellPoint | Apple Health | $585.92 | ↓ -62% |
| United Healthcare | Apple Health | $597.30 | ↓ -61% |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | Apple Health | $614.37 | ↓ -60% |
| First Choice | MHS Employee MCC/PPO | $869.58 | ↓ -43% |
| First Choice | MCC Wellfound Employee | $1,131.90 | ↓ -26% |
| First Choice | PPO | $1,640.50 | ↑ +7% |
| Blue Cross of Idaho | MedAdvantage | $2,196.46 | ↑ +44% |
| Aetna | MedAdvantage | $2,196.46 | ↑ +44% |
| Regence | MedAdvantage | $2,196.46 | ↑ +44% |
| United Healthcare | MedAdvantage | $2,217.79 | ↑ +45% |
| WellCare | MedAdvantage | $2,239.11 | ↑ +46% |
| Molina | MedAdvantage | $2,239.11 | ↑ +46% |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | MedAdvantage | $2,345.74 | ↑ +53% |
| First Health | All Commercial Plans | $2,753.28 | ↑ +80% |
| Multiplan/PHCS | All Commercial Plans | $2,753.28 | ↑ +80% |
| Premera | HMO | $2,978.72 | ↑ +95% |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | Cascade Care | $3,595.37 | ↑ +135% |
| Ambetter | Coordinated Care Exchange | $3,945.10 | ↑ +158% |
| Premera | Signature | $5,108.86 | ↑ +234% |
| Premera | Prime | $5,108.86 | ↑ +234% |
| Premera | Other Commercial Plans | $5,108.86 | ↑ +234% |
| Regence/Asuris | Commercial | $5,221.05 | ↑ +241% |
| United Healthcare | Commercial | $6,059.16 | ↑ +296% |
| Cigna | Commercial | $6,133.14 | ↑ +301% |
| Aetna | All Commercial Plans | $7,299.17 | ↑ +377% |
| Kaiser | PPO | $7,998.96 | ↑ +423% |
| SCAN | MedAdvantage | not published by hospital | — |
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Destruction by neurolytic agent w/imaging guidance lumbar/sacral (both sides) at other Washington hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus | Seattle | $5,515.20 | $2,261.24 – $8,373.23 |
| Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill | Seattle | $5,515.20 | $2,261.24 – $8,063.75 |
| Swedish Issaquah | Issaquah | $5,515.20 | $2,267.58 – $8,373.23 |
| Providence St Mary Medical Center | Walla Walla | $2,454.20 | $1,710.86 – $4,025.62 |
| MultiCare Yakima Memorial Hospital | Yakima | $2,173.60 | $2,329.57 – $6,009.28 |
| MultiCare Auburn Medical Center | Auburn | $3,825.20 | $593.50 – $9,373.54 |
| MultiCare Good Samaritan Hospital | Puyallup | $3,825.20 | $607.22 – $9,373.54 |
| Virginia Mason Medical Center | Seattle | $3,182.91 | $12.42 – $1,007.90 |