Injection(s) epidural/subarachnoid cervical/thoracic needle placement w/guidance at MultiCare Valley Hospital
12606 East Mission Ave, Spokane Valley, WA · Multicare · · NPI 1538345251
$1,240.80
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.
$3,102.00
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.
$580.23 with Molina vs $2,867.31 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 | $580.23 | ↓ -53% |
| WellPoint | Apple Health | $585.92 | ↓ -53% |
| Coordinated Care | Apple Health | $585.92 | ↓ -53% |
| United Healthcare | Apple Health | $597.30 | ↓ -52% |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | Apple Health | $614.37 | ↓ -50% |
| First Choice | MHS Employee MCC/PPO | $705.39 | ↓ -43% |
| Aetna | MedAdvantage | $793.99 | ↓ -36% |
| Blue Cross of Idaho | MedAdvantage | $793.99 | ↓ -36% |
| Regence | MedAdvantage | $793.99 | ↓ -36% |
| United Healthcare | MedAdvantage | $801.70 | ↓ -35% |
| WellCare | MedAdvantage | $809.41 | ↓ -35% |
| Molina | MedAdvantage | $809.41 | ↓ -35% |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | MedAdvantage | $847.95 | ↓ -32% |
| First Choice | MCC Wellfound Employee | $918.19 | ↓ -26% |
| Premera | HMO | $1,067.75 | ↓ -14% |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | Cascade Care | $1,299.67 | ↑ +5% |
| First Choice | PPO | $1,330.76 | ↑ +7% |
| Ambetter | Coordinated Care Exchange | $1,426.10 | ↑ +15% |
| Premera | Other Commercial Plans | $1,829.83 | ↑ +47% |
| Premera | Prime | $1,829.83 | ↑ +47% |
| Premera | Signature | $1,829.83 | ↑ +47% |
| Regence/Asuris | Commercial | $1,870.02 | ↑ +51% |
| United Healthcare | Commercial | $2,190.30 | ↑ +77% |
| Cigna | Commercial | $2,217.05 | ↑ +79% |
| Multiplan/PHCS | All Commercial Plans | $2,233.44 | ↑ +80% |
| First Health | All Commercial Plans | $2,233.44 | ↑ +80% |
| Aetna | All Commercial Plans | $2,588.54 | ↑ +109% |
| Kaiser | PPO | $2,867.31 | ↑ +131% |
| SCAN | MedAdvantage | not published by hospital | — |
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Injection(s) epidural/subarachnoid cervical/thoracic needle placement w/guidance at other Washington hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Providence St Joseph Hospital | Chewelah | $963.90 | not published |
| Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus | Seattle | $2,092.80 | $817.40 – $2,937.74 |
| Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital | Spokane | $1,607.90 | $786.59 – $2,001.88 |
| Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill | Seattle | $2,092.80 | $817.40 – $2,843.98 |
| Swedish Issaquah | Issaquah | $2,092.80 | $819.70 – $2,937.74 |
| Providence Centralia Hospital | Centralia | $1,550.64 | $817.40 – $3,656.54 |
| Providence Mount Carmel Hospital | Colville | $1,127.70 | not published |
| Providence St Mary Medical Center | Walla Walla | $1,779.40 | $612.78 – $2,837.73 |