Ghs st - re-eval for alt comm 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.

$42.80 with Molina vs $322.71 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 $42.80
WellPoint Apple Health $43.22
Coordinated Care Apple Health $43.22
United Healthcare Apple Health $44.06
Community Health Plan of Washington Apple Health $45.32
Aetna MedAdvantage $73.77
Blue Cross of Idaho MedAdvantage $73.77
Regence MedAdvantage $73.77
United Healthcare MedAdvantage $74.48
WellCare MedAdvantage $75.20
Molina MedAdvantage $75.20
Community Health Plan of Washington MedAdvantage $78.78
Premera Other Commercial Plans $90.29
Premera Prime $90.29
Premera Signature $90.29
Cigna Commercial $110.78
Premera HMO $116.98
Community Health Plan of Washington Cascade Care $120.75
Regence/Asuris Commercial $130.01
Ambetter Coordinated Care Exchange $132.49
Kaiser PPO $322.71

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Ghs st - re-eval for alt comm at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Providence St Luke's Rehabilitation Medical Center Spokane $281.61 $79.75 – $87.72
Providence St Joseph Hospital Chewelah $239.40 not published
Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus Seattle $120.48 $63.80 – $242.28
Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital Spokane $354.20 $79.75 – $202.96
Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill Seattle $120.48 $63.80 – $225.20
Swedish Issaquah Issaquah $120.48 $63.80 – $177.04
Providence Mount Carmel Hospital Colville $239.40 not published
Providence St Mary Medical Center Walla Walla $483.00 $72.23 – $147.54

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