Drng of mouth lesion 40801 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

$1,055.60

Cash price

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What a hospital charges a self-pay patient who pays directly, without going through insurance — usually well below the gross charge.

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$2,639.00

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.

$606.65 with Regence vs $2,032.85 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.

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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
Regence MedAdvantage $606.65 ↓ -43%
Blue Cross of Idaho MedAdvantage $606.65 ↓ -43%
Aetna MedAdvantage $606.65 ↓ -43%
United Healthcare MedAdvantage $612.54 ↓ -42%
Molina MedAdvantage $618.43 ↓ -41%
WellCare MedAdvantage $618.43 ↓ -41%
Molina Apple Health $623.18 ↓ -41%
WellPoint Apple Health $629.29 ↓ -40%
Coordinated Care Apple Health $629.29 ↓ -40%
United Healthcare Apple Health $641.51 ↓ -39%
Community Health Plan of Washington MedAdvantage $647.88 ↓ -39%
Community Health Plan of Washington Apple Health $659.84 ↓ -37%
Premera HMO $807.47 ↓ -24%
First Choice MHS Employee MCC/PPO $980.39 ↓ -7%
Community Health Plan of Washington Cascade Care $993.02 ↓ -6%
Ambetter Coordinated Care Exchange $1,089.61 ↑ +3%
First Choice MCC Wellfound Employee $1,276.48 ↑ +21%
Premera Prime $1,455.85 ↑ +38%
Premera Signature $1,455.85 ↑ +38%
Premera Other Commercial Plans $1,455.85 ↑ +38%
Regence/Asuris Commercial $1,487.82 ↑ +41%
United Healthcare Commercial $1,673.50 ↑ +59%
Cigna Commercial $1,693.94 ↑ +60%
First Choice PPO $1,849.94 ↑ +75%
Multiplan/PHCS All Commercial Plans $1,900.08 ↑ +80%
First Health All Commercial Plans $1,900.08 ↑ +80%
Aetna All Commercial Plans $1,903.51 ↑ +80%
Kaiser PPO $2,032.85 ↑ +93%
SCAN MedAdvantage not published by hospital

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Drng of mouth lesion 40801 at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Providence St Joseph Hospital Chewelah $665.00 not published
Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus Seattle $1,899.84 $624.54 – $2,076.08
Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital Spokane $1,910.30 $601.00 – $1,529.54
Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill Seattle $1,899.84 $624.54 – $2,009.83
Swedish Issaquah Issaquah $1,899.84 $626.29 – $2,076.08
Providence Centralia Hospital Centralia $1,055.08 $624.54 – $2,584.06
Providence Mount Carmel Hospital Colville $797.30 not published
Providence St Mary Medical Center Walla Walla $3,042.90 $487.53 – $2,005.41

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