Immunodiffusion nes 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.

$7.07 with Molina vs $25.47 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 $7.07
WellPoint Apple Health $7.14
Coordinated Care Apple Health $7.14
United Healthcare Apple Health $7.28
Community Health Plan of Washington Apple Health $7.49
Premera HMO $14.05
Regence MedAdvantage $14.18
Blue Cross of Idaho MedAdvantage $14.18
Aetna MedAdvantage $14.18
United Healthcare MedAdvantage $14.32
Molina MedAdvantage $14.46
WellCare MedAdvantage $14.46
Community Health Plan of Washington MedAdvantage $15.15
Kaiser PPO $15.46
Regence/Asuris Commercial $16.16
Cigna Commercial $16.86
Aetna All Commercial Plans $17.42
Premera Prime $17.56
Premera Signature $17.56
Premera Other Commercial Plans $17.56
Community Health Plan of Washington Cascade Care $23.21
Ambetter Coordinated Care Exchange $25.47

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Immunodiffusion nes at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus Seattle $53.76 $12.65 – $66.04
Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill Seattle $53.76 $12.65 – $63.93
Swedish Issaquah Issaquah $53.76 $12.65 – $66.04
Central Medical Center Seattle $63.20 $11.00 – $11.00
Swedish Edmonds Hospital Edmonds $53.76 $14.05 – $63.23
MultiCare Yakima Memorial Hospital Yakima $32.40 $14.54 – $25.22
St. Michael Medical Center Silverdale $37.91 $14.05 – $77.31
St. Anne Hospital Burien $26.23 $14.05 – $82.54

All Washington hospitals for this procedure →