Exchange blood transfusion newborn 36450 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

$925.60

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.

$2,314.00

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.

$312.25 with Molina vs $1,814.49 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 $312.25 ↓ -66%
Coordinated Care Apple Health $315.31 ↓ -66%
WellPoint Apple Health $315.31 ↓ -66%
United Healthcare Apple Health $321.44 ↓ -65%
Community Health Plan of Washington Apple Health $330.62 ↓ -64%
Regence MedAdvantage $496.24 ↓ -46%
Blue Cross of Idaho MedAdvantage $496.24 ↓ -46%
Aetna MedAdvantage $496.24 ↓ -46%
United Healthcare MedAdvantage $501.06 ↓ -46%
Molina MedAdvantage $505.88 ↓ -45%
WellCare MedAdvantage $505.88 ↓ -45%
Community Health Plan of Washington MedAdvantage $529.97 ↓ -43%
Premera HMO $720.74 ↓ -22%
Community Health Plan of Washington Cascade Care $812.29 ↓ -12%
First Choice MHS Employee MCC/PPO $859.65 ↓ -7%
Ambetter Coordinated Care Exchange $891.31 ↓ -4%
First Choice MCC Wellfound Employee $1,119.28 ↑ +21%
Premera Signature $1,148.65 ↑ +24%
Premera Other Commercial Plans $1,148.65 ↑ +24%
Premera Prime $1,148.65 ↑ +24%
Regence/Asuris Commercial $1,173.87 ↑ +27%
United Healthcare Commercial $1,368.93 ↑ +48%
Cigna Commercial $1,385.65 ↑ +50%
First Choice PPO $1,622.11 ↑ +75%
Aetna All Commercial Plans $1,634.10 ↑ +77%
Multiplan/PHCS All Commercial Plans $1,666.08 ↑ +80%
First Health All Commercial Plans $1,666.08 ↑ +80%
Kaiser PPO $1,814.49 ↑ +96%
SCAN MedAdvantage not published by hospital

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Exchange blood transfusion newborn 36450 at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus Seattle $994.08 $510.88 – $1,823.79
Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital Spokane $1,096.20 $491.62 – $1,396.94
Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill Seattle $994.08 $510.88 – $1,765.58
Swedish Issaquah Issaquah $994.08 $512.31 – $1,823.79
Kadlec Regional Medical Center Richland $1,384.60 $288.58 – $1,517.24
Providence Regional Medical Center Everett - Colby Campus Everett $166.92 $502.41 – $5,987.00
MultiCare Yakima Memorial Hospital Yakima $1,593.60 $526.31 – $1,351.10
St. Michael Medical Center Silverdale $561.93 $802.12 – $1,921.73

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