Hla typing dr/dq 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.

$2.91 with Molina vs $54.70 with Ambetter — 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 $2.91
WellPoint Apple Health $2.94
Coordinated Care Apple Health $2.94
United Healthcare Apple Health $3.00
Community Health Plan of Washington Apple Health $3.08
Premera HMO $30.17
Regence MedAdvantage $30.45
Blue Cross of Idaho MedAdvantage $30.45
Aetna MedAdvantage $30.45
United Healthcare MedAdvantage $30.75
Molina MedAdvantage $31.04
WellCare MedAdvantage $31.04
Community Health Plan of Washington MedAdvantage $32.52
Kaiser PPO $33.19
Regence/Asuris Commercial $34.70
Cigna Commercial $36.20
Aetna All Commercial Plans $37.41
Premera Prime $37.71
Premera Signature $37.71
Premera Other Commercial Plans $37.71
Community Health Plan of Washington Cascade Care $49.85
Ambetter Coordinated Care Exchange $54.70

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Hla typing dr/dq at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Central Medical Center Seattle $135.20 $23.00 – $23.00
MultiCare Auburn Medical Center Auburn $63.20 $2.98 – $59.13
MultiCare Good Samaritan Hospital Puyallup $63.20 $3.05 – $59.13
Virginia Mason Medical Center Seattle $87.72 $21.12 – $94.30
MultiCare Capital Medical Center Olympia $72.00 $3.21 – $54.70
MultiCare Covington Medical Center Covington $63.20 $2.98 – $59.13
MultiCare Mary Bridge Children's Hospital Tacoma $63.20 $3.03 – $34.70
MultiCare Allenmore Hospital Tacoma $63.20 $3.05 – $59.13

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