Incision of achilles tendon at MultiCare Valley Hospital
12606 East Mission Ave, Spokane Valley, WA · Multicare · · NPI 1538345251
$3,172.80
Cash price 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.
$7,932.00
Gross charge 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.
$1,463.25 with Molina vs $6,383.61 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
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| Molina | Apple Health | $1,463.25 | ↓ -54% |
| Coordinated Care | Apple Health | $1,477.59 | ↓ -53% |
| WellPoint | Apple Health | $1,477.59 | ↓ -53% |
| United Healthcare | Apple Health | $1,506.28 | ↓ -53% |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | Apple Health | $1,549.32 | ↓ -51% |
| Regence | MedAdvantage | $1,808.70 | ↓ -43% |
| Blue Cross of Idaho | MedAdvantage | $1,808.70 | ↓ -43% |
| Aetna | MedAdvantage | $1,808.70 | ↓ -43% |
| United Healthcare | MedAdvantage | $1,826.26 | ↓ -42% |
| Molina | MedAdvantage | $1,843.82 | ↓ -42% |
| WellCare | MedAdvantage | $1,843.82 | ↓ -42% |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | MedAdvantage | $1,931.62 | ↓ -39% |
| Premera | HMO | $2,535.65 | ↓ -20% |
| First Choice | MHS Employee MCC/PPO | $2,946.74 | ↓ -7% |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | Cascade Care | $2,960.65 | ↓ -7% |
| Ambetter | Coordinated Care Exchange | $3,248.64 | ↑ +2% |
| First Choice | MCC Wellfound Employee | $3,836.71 | ↑ +21% |
| Premera | Signature | $4,252.67 | ↑ +34% |
| Premera | Other Commercial Plans | $4,252.67 | ↑ +34% |
| Premera | Prime | $4,252.67 | ↑ +34% |
| Regence/Asuris | Commercial | $4,346.07 | ↑ +37% |
| United Healthcare | Commercial | $4,989.47 | ↑ +57% |
| Cigna | Commercial | $5,050.39 | ↑ +59% |
| First Choice | PPO | $5,560.33 | ↑ +75% |
| Multiplan/PHCS | All Commercial Plans | $5,711.04 | ↑ +80% |
| First Health | All Commercial Plans | $5,711.04 | ↑ +80% |
| Aetna | All Commercial Plans | $5,982.10 | ↑ +89% |
| Kaiser | PPO | $6,383.61 | ↑ +101% |
| SCAN | MedAdvantage | not published by hospital | — |
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Incision of achilles tendon at other Washington hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus | Seattle | $8,713.92 | $1,862.04 – $6,600.75 |
| Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital | Spokane | $5,577.60 | $1,791.86 – $4,560.28 |
| Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill | Seattle | $8,713.92 | $1,862.04 – $6,356.78 |
| Swedish Issaquah | Issaquah | $8,713.92 | $1,867.26 – $6,600.75 |
| Providence Holy Family Hospital | Spokane | $5,612.60 | $1,791.86 – $4,703.62 |
| MultiCare Auburn Medical Center | Auburn | $3,665.60 | $1,496.70 – $7,718.72 |
| MultiCare Good Samaritan Hospital | Puyallup | $3,665.60 | $1,531.31 – $7,718.72 |
| Virginia Mason Medical Center | Seattle | $2,768.28 | $10.13 – $2,071.60 |