Instll rx agnt into rnal tub at MultiCare Valley Hospital
12606 East Mission Ave, Spokane Valley, WA · Multicare · · NPI 1538345251
$1,335.20
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.
$3,338.00
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.
$257.76 with Molina vs $2,403.36 with First Health — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Molina | Apple Health | $257.76 | ↓ -81% |
| Coordinated Care | Apple Health | $260.29 | ↓ -81% |
| WellPoint | Apple Health | $260.29 | ↓ -81% |
| United Healthcare | Apple Health | $265.35 | ↓ -80% |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | Apple Health | $272.93 | ↓ -80% |
| Blue Cross of Idaho | MedAdvantage | $281.03 | ↓ -79% |
| Aetna | MedAdvantage | $281.03 | ↓ -79% |
| Regence | MedAdvantage | $281.03 | ↓ -79% |
| United Healthcare | MedAdvantage | $283.76 | ↓ -79% |
| Molina | MedAdvantage | $286.49 | ↓ -79% |
| WellCare | MedAdvantage | $286.49 | ↓ -79% |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | MedAdvantage | $300.13 | ↓ -78% |
| Premera | HMO | $379.80 | ↓ -72% |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | Cascade Care | $460.02 | ↓ -66% |
| Ambetter | Coordinated Care Exchange | $504.77 | ↓ -62% |
| Premera | Other Commercial Plans | $653.95 | ↓ -51% |
| Premera | Signature | $653.95 | ↓ -51% |
| Premera | Prime | $653.95 | ↓ -51% |
| Regence/Asuris | Commercial | $668.32 | ↓ -50% |
| United Healthcare | Commercial | $775.25 | ↓ -42% |
| Cigna | Commercial | $784.72 | ↓ -41% |
| Aetna | All Commercial Plans | $909.08 | ↓ -32% |
| Kaiser | PPO | $956.17 | ↓ -28% |
| First Choice | MHS Employee MCC/PPO | $1,240.07 | ↓ -7% |
| First Choice | MCC Wellfound Employee | $1,614.59 | ↑ +21% |
| First Choice | PPO | $2,339.94 | ↑ +75% |
| Multiplan/PHCS | All Commercial Plans | $2,403.36 | ↑ +80% |
| First Health | All Commercial Plans | $2,403.36 | ↑ +80% |
| SCAN | MedAdvantage | not published by hospital | — |
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Instll rx agnt into rnal tub at other Washington hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus | Seattle | $764.16 | $289.32 – $1,104.03 |
| Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill | Seattle | $764.16 | $289.32 – $1,068.80 |
| Swedish Issaquah | Issaquah | $764.16 | $290.13 – $1,104.03 |
| Providence Regional Medical Center Everett - Colby Campus | Everett | $447.72 | $284.53 – $5,987.00 |
| St. Michael Medical Center | Silverdale | $299.21 | $427.10 – $1,012.68 |
| St. Anne Hospital | Burien | $207.01 | $291.51 – $610.14 |
| St. Anthony Hospital | Gig Harbor | $206.20 | $488.11 – $584.64 |
| MultiCare Auburn Medical Center | Auburn | $1,554.00 | $263.66 – $1,199.32 |