Ghs change cysto/gastrost at MultiCare Valley Hospital
12606 East Mission Ave, Spokane Valley, WA · Multicare · · NPI 1538345251
$451.60
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.
$1,129.00
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.
$135.48 with Molina vs $956.17 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 | $135.48 | ↓ -70% |
| Coordinated Care | Apple Health | $136.81 | ↓ -70% |
| WellPoint | Apple Health | $136.81 | ↓ -70% |
| United Healthcare | Apple Health | $139.47 | ↓ -69% |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | Apple Health | $143.45 | ↓ -68% |
| Regence | MedAdvantage | $281.03 | ↓ -38% |
| Blue Cross of Idaho | MedAdvantage | $281.03 | ↓ -38% |
| Aetna | MedAdvantage | $281.03 | ↓ -38% |
| United Healthcare | MedAdvantage | $283.76 | ↓ -37% |
| Molina | MedAdvantage | $286.49 | ↓ -37% |
| WellCare | MedAdvantage | $286.49 | ↓ -37% |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | MedAdvantage | $300.13 | ↓ -34% |
| Premera | HMO | $379.80 | ↓ -16% |
| First Choice | MHS Employee MCC/PPO | $419.42 | ↓ -7% |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | Cascade Care | $460.02 | ↑ +2% |
| Ambetter | Coordinated Care Exchange | $504.77 | ↑ +12% |
| First Choice | MCC Wellfound Employee | $546.10 | ↑ +21% |
| Premera | Signature | $653.95 | ↑ +45% |
| Premera | Other Commercial Plans | $653.95 | ↑ +45% |
| Premera | Prime | $653.95 | ↑ +45% |
| Regence/Asuris | Commercial | $668.32 | ↑ +48% |
| United Healthcare | Commercial | $775.25 | ↑ +72% |
| Cigna | Commercial | $784.72 | ↑ +74% |
| First Choice | PPO | $791.43 | ↑ +75% |
| Multiplan/PHCS | All Commercial Plans | $812.88 | ↑ +80% |
| First Health | All Commercial Plans | $812.88 | ↑ +80% |
| Aetna | All Commercial Plans | $909.08 | ↑ +101% |
| Kaiser | PPO | $956.17 | ↑ +112% |
| SCAN | MedAdvantage | not published by hospital | — |
Visitor-reported prices
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Ghs change cysto/gastrost at other Washington hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Providence St Joseph Hospital | Chewelah | $299.60 | not published |
| Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus | Seattle | $864.00 | $289.32 – $1,104.03 |
| Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital | Spokane | $775.60 | $278.42 – $728.19 |
| Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill | Seattle | $864.00 | $289.32 – $1,068.80 |
| Swedish Issaquah | Issaquah | $864.00 | $290.13 – $1,104.03 |
| Providence Centralia Hospital | Centralia | $708.24 | $289.32 – $1,374.17 |
| Providence Mount Carmel Hospital | Colville | $389.90 | not published |
| Providence St Mary Medical Center | Walla Walla | $602.00 | $219.00 – $1,066.45 |