Ghs ed therapeutic lp, drain csf w fluoro 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

$1,470.80

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.

$3,677.00

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.

$580.23 with Molina vs $2,867.31 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 $580.23 ↓ -61%
Coordinated Care Apple Health $585.92 ↓ -60%
WellPoint Apple Health $585.92 ↓ -60%
United Healthcare Apple Health $597.30 ↓ -59%
Community Health Plan of Washington Apple Health $614.37 ↓ -58%
Regence MedAdvantage $793.99 ↓ -46%
Blue Cross of Idaho MedAdvantage $793.99 ↓ -46%
Aetna MedAdvantage $793.99 ↓ -46%
United Healthcare MedAdvantage $801.70 ↓ -45%
Molina MedAdvantage $809.41 ↓ -45%
WellCare MedAdvantage $809.41 ↓ -45%
Community Health Plan of Washington MedAdvantage $847.95 ↓ -42%
Premera HMO $1,067.75 ↓ -27%
Community Health Plan of Washington Cascade Care $1,299.67 ↓ -12%
First Choice MHS Employee MCC/PPO $1,366.01 ↓ -7%
Ambetter Coordinated Care Exchange $1,426.10 ↓ -3%
First Choice MCC Wellfound Employee $1,778.56 ↑ +21%
Premera Signature $1,829.83 ↑ +24%
Premera Other Commercial Plans $1,829.83 ↑ +24%
Premera Prime $1,829.83 ↑ +24%
Regence/Asuris Commercial $1,870.02 ↑ +27%
United Healthcare Commercial $2,190.30 ↑ +49%
Cigna Commercial $2,217.05 ↑ +51%
First Choice PPO $2,577.58 ↑ +75%
Aetna All Commercial Plans $2,588.54 ↑ +76%
Multiplan/PHCS All Commercial Plans $2,647.44 ↑ +80%
First Health All Commercial Plans $2,647.44 ↑ +80%
Kaiser PPO $2,867.31 ↑ +95%
SCAN MedAdvantage not published by hospital

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Ghs ed therapeutic lp, drain csf w fluoro at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Providence St Joseph Hospital Chewelah $963.90 not published
Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus Seattle $2,256.96 $817.40 – $2,937.74
Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital Spokane $1,791.30 $786.59 – $2,001.88
Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill Seattle $2,256.96 $817.40 – $2,843.98
Swedish Issaquah Issaquah $2,256.96 $819.70 – $2,937.74
Providence Centralia Hospital Centralia $1,488.24 $817.40 – $3,656.54
Providence Mount Carmel Hospital Colville $1,179.50 not published
Providence St Mary Medical Center Walla Walla $1,642.90 $612.78 – $2,837.73

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