Egd Ultrasound fine needle bx/aspir 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

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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.

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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.

$648.85 with Molina vs $7,750.08 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
Molina Apple Health $648.85
WellPoint Apple Health $655.21
Coordinated Care Apple Health $655.21
United Healthcare Apple Health $667.93
Community Health Plan of Washington Apple Health $687.02
Blue Cross of Idaho MedAdvantage $2,158.42
Regence MedAdvantage $2,158.42
Aetna MedAdvantage $2,158.42
United Healthcare MedAdvantage $2,179.38
WellCare MedAdvantage $2,200.34
Molina MedAdvantage $2,200.34
Community Health Plan of Washington MedAdvantage $2,305.11
Premera HMO $2,886.03
Community Health Plan of Washington Cascade Care $3,533.11
Ambetter Coordinated Care Exchange $3,876.78
Premera Prime $5,034.89
Premera Signature $5,034.89
Premera Other Commercial Plans $5,034.89
Regence/Asuris Commercial $5,145.45
Cigna Commercial $6,026.91
Aetna All Commercial Plans $7,090.66
Kaiser PPO $7,750.08

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Egd Ultrasound fine needle bx/aspir at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Providence St Joseph Hospital Chewelah $3,040.10 not published
Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital Spokane $2,057.30 $2,138.32 – $5,442.03
Providence Centralia Hospital Centralia $3,441.36 $2,222.08 – $9,110.79
Providence Mount Carmel Hospital Colville $3,047.80 not published
Providence St Mary Medical Center Walla Walla $3,304.70 $1,686.08 – $3,955.90
Kadlec Regional Medical Center Richland $3,304.70 $510.90 – $5,777.95
Providence Holy Family Hospital Spokane $3,397.10 $2,138.32 – $6,462.00
Providence Regional Medical Center Everett - Colby Campus Everett $1,234.48 $2,185.26 – $8,002.00

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