Implant neuroelectrodes 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.

$14,011.22 with Molina vs $95,743.35 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 $14,011.22
WellPoint Apple Health $14,148.58
Coordinated Care Apple Health $14,148.58
United Healthcare Apple Health $14,423.31
Community Health Plan of Washington Apple Health $14,835.41
Blue Cross of Idaho MedAdvantage $21,821.62
Regence MedAdvantage $21,821.62
Aetna MedAdvantage $21,821.62
United Healthcare MedAdvantage $22,033.48
WellCare MedAdvantage $22,245.34
Molina MedAdvantage $22,245.34
Community Health Plan of Washington MedAdvantage $23,304.64
Community Health Plan of Washington Cascade Care $35,719.66
Premera HMO $38,030.54
Ambetter Coordinated Care Exchange $39,194.17
Premera Prime $57,882.98
Premera Signature $57,882.98
Premera Other Commercial Plans $57,882.98
Regence/Asuris Commercial $59,154.06
Cigna Commercial $60,932.03
Aetna All Commercial Plans $80,155.82
Kaiser PPO $95,743.35

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Implant neuroelectrodes at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Virginia Mason Medical Center Seattle $27,617.52 $24.69 – $3,712.14
Providence St Luke's Rehabilitation Medical Center Spokane not published $21,618.41 – $23,780.25
Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus Seattle not published $18,933.00 – $93,890.78
Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital Spokane not published $21,618.41 – $59,766.20
Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill Seattle not published $18,933.00 – $90,420.48
Swedish Issaquah Issaquah not published $16,664.00 – $93,890.78
Central Medical Center Seattle not published not published
Providence Centralia Hospital Centralia not published $7,556.33 – $112,784.61

All Washington hospitals for this procedure →