Ins mark thor 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

$2,896.40

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.

$7,241.00

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.

$1,187.75 with Molina 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
Molina Apple Health $1,187.75 ↓ -59%
Coordinated Care Apple Health $1,199.40 ↓ -59%
WellPoint Apple Health $1,199.40 ↓ -59%
United Healthcare Apple Health $1,222.69 ↓ -58%
Community Health Plan of Washington Apple Health $1,257.62 ↓ -57%
Regence MedAdvantage $1,556.90 ↓ -46%
Blue Cross of Idaho MedAdvantage $1,556.90 ↓ -46%
Aetna MedAdvantage $1,556.90 ↓ -46%
United Healthcare MedAdvantage $1,572.01 ↓ -46%
Molina MedAdvantage $1,587.13 ↓ -45%
WellCare MedAdvantage $1,587.13 ↓ -45%
Community Health Plan of Washington MedAdvantage $1,662.71 ↓ -43%
Premera HMO $2,369.77 ↓ -18%
Community Health Plan of Washington Cascade Care $2,548.47 ↓ -12%
First Choice MHS Employee MCC/PPO $2,690.03 ↓ -7%
Ambetter Coordinated Care Exchange $2,796.37 ↓ -3%
First Choice MCC Wellfound Employee $3,502.47 ↑ +21%
Premera Signature $3,666.38 ↑ +27%
Premera Other Commercial Plans $3,666.38 ↑ +27%
Premera Prime $3,666.38 ↑ +27%
Regence/Asuris Commercial $3,746.89 ↑ +29%
United Healthcare Commercial $4,294.84 ↑ +48%
Cigna Commercial $4,347.28 ↑ +50%
First Choice PPO $5,075.94 ↑ +75%
Aetna All Commercial Plans $5,114.36 ↑ +77%
Multiplan/PHCS All Commercial Plans $5,213.52 ↑ +80%
First Health All Commercial Plans $5,213.52 ↑ +80%
Kaiser PPO $5,965.98 ↑ +106%
SCAN MedAdvantage not published by hospital

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Ins mark thor 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 $4,055.10 $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 $712.60 $1,227.80 – $2,853.44
Kadlec Regional Medical Center Richland $814.10 $294.32 – $4,869.28
Providence Regional Medical Center Everett - Colby Campus Everett $1,932.32 $1,576.25 – $12,868.00
MultiCare Auburn Medical Center Auburn $1,917.20 $1,214.91 – $6,644.13

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