Ins mark abd/pel for right perq 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

$1,126.80

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.

$2,817.00

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.

$1,046.52 with First Choice vs $5,965.98 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
First Choice MHS Employee MCC/PPO $1,046.52 ↓ -7%
Molina Apple Health $1,187.75 ↑ +5%
Coordinated Care Apple Health $1,199.40 ↑ +6%
WellPoint Apple Health $1,199.40 ↑ +6%
United Healthcare Apple Health $1,222.69 ↑ +9%
Community Health Plan of Washington Apple Health $1,257.62 ↑ +12%
First Choice MCC Wellfound Employee $1,362.58 ↑ +21%
Aetna MedAdvantage $1,556.90 ↑ +38%
Blue Cross of Idaho MedAdvantage $1,556.90 ↑ +38%
Regence MedAdvantage $1,556.90 ↑ +38%
United Healthcare MedAdvantage $1,572.01 ↑ +40%
Molina MedAdvantage $1,587.13 ↑ +41%
WellCare MedAdvantage $1,587.13 ↑ +41%
Community Health Plan of Washington MedAdvantage $1,662.71 ↑ +48%
First Choice PPO $1,974.72 ↑ +75%
First Health All Commercial Plans $2,028.24 ↑ +80%
Multiplan/PHCS All Commercial Plans $2,028.24 ↑ +80%
Premera HMO $2,369.77 ↑ +110%
Community Health Plan of Washington Cascade Care $2,548.47 ↑ +126%
Ambetter Coordinated Care Exchange $2,796.37 ↑ +148%
Premera Signature $3,666.38 ↑ +225%
Premera Prime $3,666.38 ↑ +225%
Premera Other Commercial Plans $3,666.38 ↑ +225%
Regence/Asuris Commercial $3,746.89 ↑ +233%
United Healthcare Commercial $4,294.84 ↑ +281%
Cigna Commercial $4,347.28 ↑ +286%
Aetna All Commercial Plans $5,114.36 ↑ +354%
Kaiser PPO $5,965.98 ↑ +429%
SCAN MedAdvantage not published by hospital

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Ins mark abd/pel for right perq at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus Seattle $5,800.32 $1,602.81 – $5,853.10
Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital Spokane $3,893.40 $1,542.40 – $4,483.22
Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill Seattle $5,800.32 $1,602.81 – $5,666.30
Swedish Issaquah Issaquah $5,800.32 $1,607.31 – $5,853.10
Providence St Mary Medical Center Walla Walla $783.30 $1,227.80 – $2,853.44
Kadlec Regional Medical Center Richland $3,364.90 $354.11 – $4,869.28
Providence Regional Medical Center Everett - Colby Campus Everett $2,414.36 $1,576.25 – $8,002.00
MultiCare Yakima Memorial Hospital Yakima $1,603.20 $1,651.25 – $4,312.57

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