Interrogate subq defib 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

$76.40

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.

$191.00

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.

$26.13 with Molina vs $155.75 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 $26.13 ↓ -66%
Coordinated Care Apple Health $26.39 ↓ -65%
WellPoint Apple Health $26.39 ↓ -65%
United Healthcare Apple Health $26.90 ↓ -65%
Community Health Plan of Washington Apple Health $27.67 ↓ -64%
Regence MedAdvantage $41.98 ↓ -45%
Blue Cross of Idaho MedAdvantage $41.98 ↓ -45%
Aetna MedAdvantage $41.98 ↓ -45%
United Healthcare MedAdvantage $42.39 ↓ -45%
Molina MedAdvantage $42.80 ↓ -44%
WellCare MedAdvantage $42.80 ↓ -44%
Community Health Plan of Washington MedAdvantage $44.83 ↓ -41%
Premera HMO $61.87 ↓ -19%
Community Health Plan of Washington Cascade Care $68.72 ↓ -10%
First Choice MHS Employee MCC/PPO $70.96 ↓ -7%
Ambetter Coordinated Care Exchange $75.40 ↓ -1%
First Choice MCC Wellfound Employee $92.39 ↑ +21%
Premera Signature $99.79 ↑ +31%
Premera Other Commercial Plans $99.79 ↑ +31%
Premera Prime $99.79 ↑ +31%
Regence/Asuris Commercial $101.97 ↑ +33%
United Healthcare Commercial $115.80 ↑ +52%
Cigna Commercial $117.22 ↑ +53%
First Choice PPO $133.89 ↑ +75%
Multiplan/PHCS All Commercial Plans $137.52 ↑ +80%
First Health All Commercial Plans $137.52 ↑ +80%
Aetna All Commercial Plans $139.39 ↑ +82%
Kaiser PPO $155.75 ↑ +104%
SCAN MedAdvantage not published by hospital

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Interrogate subq defib at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus Seattle $125.76 $43.22 – $170.38
Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital Spokane $107.80 $41.59 – $130.50
Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill Seattle $125.76 $43.22 – $164.94
Swedish Issaquah Issaquah $125.76 $43.34 – $170.38
Central Medical Center Seattle $152.80 not published
Providence St Mary Medical Center Walla Walla $79.80 $33.41 – $76.94
Providence Regional Medical Center Everett - Colby Campus Everett $37.44 $42.50 – $152.25
MultiCare Yakima Memorial Hospital Yakima $102.40 $44.52 – $117.37

All Washington hospitals for this procedure →