Infect ag if varicella zoster 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

$52.80

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.

$132.00

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.

$4.89 with Molina vs $95.04 with Multiplan/PHCS — 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 $4.89 ↓ -91%
Coordinated Care Apple Health $4.94 ↓ -91%
WellPoint Apple Health $4.94 ↓ -91%
United Healthcare Apple Health $5.03 ↓ -90%
Community Health Plan of Washington Apple Health $5.18 ↓ -90%
Premera HMO $13.42 ↓ -75%
Blue Cross of Idaho MedAdvantage $13.55 ↓ -74%
Aetna MedAdvantage $13.55 ↓ -74%
Regence MedAdvantage $13.55 ↓ -74%
United Healthcare MedAdvantage $13.68 ↓ -74%
WellCare MedAdvantage $13.81 ↓ -74%
Molina MedAdvantage $13.81 ↓ -74%
Community Health Plan of Washington MedAdvantage $14.47 ↓ -73%
Kaiser PPO $14.76 ↓ -72%
Regence/Asuris Commercial $15.43 ↓ -71%
United Healthcare Commercial $16.10 ↓ -70%
Cigna Commercial $16.10 ↓ -70%
Aetna All Commercial Plans $16.64 ↓ -68%
Premera Other Commercial Plans $16.78 ↓ -68%
Premera Signature $16.78 ↓ -68%
Premera Prime $16.78 ↓ -68%
Community Health Plan of Washington Cascade Care $22.17 ↓ -58%
Ambetter Coordinated Care Exchange $24.33 ↓ -54%
First Choice MHS Employee MCC/PPO $49.04 ↓ -7%
First Choice MCC Wellfound Employee $63.85 ↑ +21%
First Choice PPO $92.53 ↑ +75%
First Health All Commercial Plans $95.04 ↑ +80%
Multiplan/PHCS All Commercial Plans $95.04 ↑ +80%
SCAN MedAdvantage not published by hospital

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Infect ag if varicella zoster at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital Spokane $106.40 $13.42 – $48.31
Central Medical Center Seattle $60.80 $10.00 – $10.00
Providence St Mary Medical Center Walla Walla $116.90 $13.42 – $24.83
Kadlec Regional Medical Center Richland $93.80 $13.42 – $52.47
Providence Holy Family Hospital Spokane $88.20 $13.42 – $57.25
MultiCare Yakima Memorial Hospital Yakima $22.00 $13.89 – $24.09
St. Michael Medical Center Silverdale $68.99 $13.42 – $140.67
St. Anne Hospital Burien $47.73 $13.42 – $140.67

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